Deadly and devastating storms have been growing in size, strength, and intensity. These weather patterns are occurring because the great flood the Bible describes is a reoccurring event.God has given us the answers we need. Free will means it is up to us to fix our planet.We can stop the rain!

This time, we have a rare mystery from Hulbert Footner (whose Madame Storey mysteries I greatly enjoy). His novel Queen of Clubs in this issue is a jazz-age mystery that—well, I don’t want to spoil the surprises. Read it and see for yourself!Also on the mystery front, we have original tales by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Robert Lopresti (thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), a classic crime story by David Goodis, and, of course, a solve-it-yourse...

Friendly Connections: Philadelphia Quakers and Japan since the Late Nineteenth Century discloses the history of relations among members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. In this book, Japanese and North American experts demonstrate that education, women's rights, interracial equality, politics, disaster relief, reform, and peace efforts have all benefited. Seventeen chapters detail this underappre...

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and...

Assesses the viability of management strategies implemented to improve soil health, e.g. intercropping and zero tillageProvides a comprehensive coverage of the dimensions of soil healthReviews the role of organic and other amendments in improving soil health

The City of Tau has long been a secret. Until now.As a genetic experiment and personal guard to one of the Originals, Alexia has always known her purpose. Keep her Original safe. Ensure the city of Tau remains hidden amongst the depths of the ocean. And destroy any and all undine who try to make those jobs difficult.Fortis has always known he was going to die early. His wife had seen a prophecy of his death in great detail, so he knows the exact moment he w...

One of the many engineers that keep Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy.She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it's her dream to help it flourish. Then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend: an undine, a dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten.Arges has fought his entire life for his people. With deadly...

Ace has spent her entire life hiding who she is.First, it was from friends and family who didn't know she was stealing from the rich. Then, it was hiding her true self in a prison city under the water. The worst was hiding herself from new friends who helped her destroy Alpha. What she didn't know was that the decision would force her to come into the light.Maketes has always been the jokester. No one takes him seriously, and if they do, it's only because h...

Like a songbird in a cage, Anya has spent her entire life as the General's perfect daughter.He snaps his fingers; she jumps. He tells her to smile; she beams like she is made of the sun itself. But underneath all those games and glitter, she's working to destroy her father and save the city she loves.When an undine sneaks his way into her city, intent on kidnapping her, she lets him take her.Daios is plagued by the decisions of his past. Souls haunt...

Alys Fairweather has always loved the sea.So when her father gets the opportunity to build a city beneath the waves, she is the first in the submarine with him. She never expected to discover an entire species of merfolk living there. And she certainly didn't expect to find one of them so captivating.But the song of the waves is one she has never been able to deny, even when that temptation comes in the form of a battle-scarred merman.Wave Song

The Last Supper by T. D. Hamm.

Three astronauts, Bryan, Hughes, and Williams, journey to Mars, fulfilling their dreams. Eagerly explore the barren landscape, but danger lurks beneath the surface. When disaster strikes, Williams must make an impossible choice to save the mission…