"It's A Maze Thing" At an ourdoor charity function, Cheryl wanders into a garden maze. Imagine her surprise when she bumps into her rival, Veronica! Worse yet, they're both lost! A strange alliance blooms as these two team up to find their way out. Can they make their way out?

After betrayal and heart break Silas Marner is left a bitter broken man. He lives in the village of Raveloe, where he spends his days making cloth and other materials for the townspeople. Due to his secretive and reclusive ways, the people of Raveloe never really come to know Silas, and he lives in solitude, having turned away from his former faith and happiness. Silas is a miser and hoards carefully his precious earnings. When everything is stolen from him once again he is about to give w...

In Inuit mythology, “sila” means air, climate, or breath. Bilodeau’s play of the same name examines the competing interests shaping the future of the Canadian Arctic and local Inuit population. Equal parts Inuit myth and contemporary Arctic policy, the play Sila features puppetry, spoken word poetry, and three different languages (English, French, and Inuktitut).There is more afoot in the Arctic than one might think. On Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut, eight char...

FANTASY TIME, PARADE RESTArchie and Dilton share a love of reading in FANTASY TIME but Archie will have to leave his head in the books instead of in dreams if theyre are going to come true. After Veronica is named Homecoming Queen, she enlists her friends to build the biggest, most spectacular parade float Riverdale has ever seen. Their work is a success but theyre too tired to enjoy it in PARADE REST.

**An Esquire Best Book of 2022!Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.**For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its willingness to take big risks. Across thirteen feature films, and t...

While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins' guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger — but it's all in a day's work when you walk the thin line on the brin...

In a faraway sky beyond the stars, there is a place called the Spiral Garden, where flowers sing, waterfalls giggle, and bunnies wear buttons made of moonlight. Watching over it all is Zeyra, the tallest bunny of all, with big shiny eyes and a body blooming with magical flowers.Zeyra takes care of the Spiral Garden with her two little bunny helpers, Pip and Luma. Every flower in the garden holds a dream from a child on Earth, and Zeyra makes sure each dream grows strong and bright....

The challenge was to write a short story for a charity anthology to be called Adventures Without Clothes - 20 people rose to the challenge!The guidelines were as follows: "Your story can be set anywhere in this world or any other you wish to create. Some of the people on this adventure must be without clothing for all or part of the undertaking. You should seek to include some elements of either quest, journey or rescue and some physical risk or danger for your protagonists. Gender...

This collection includes fifteen original poems and prayers written especially for young children. It brings the kind of warmth and love to storytime that only the beloved Berenstain Bears can deliver.Focusing on character traits and simple lessons and truths such as being a good friend, thankfulness, generosity, honesty, and bravery, these prayers and poems will enrich and grow the faith and prayer life of all the little c...

Usagi and his friend Inspector Ishida join forces once again as they embark on a mission to track down and uncover the importance of a foreign book that's been at the root of many problems across the land.The daring duo, desperate to solve the mystery and restore peace, are forced to undertake unusual measures as well as enlist the help of a few surprising sources to get the information they require. Will Usagi and Ishida come out victorious or will this mystery pr...

Silas the Beast is book 3 and the finale of the Death Knells MC trilogy!**Biker. Outlaw. Bad boy. Killer?On his deathbed, my MC president made me swear to keep his daughter safe.But marrying the girl is a dangerous mistake.She's in my house now – and I can't keep my hands off of her.Which is how she ended up pregnant with my baby.**JESSASilas has always done what he needed to do to surv...

I've always been on the outside looking in. A female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness. When I'm asked to beta test a new advanced AI system created by three brilliant and painfully good-looking colleagues, what I thought was a straightforward task quickly turns into something far ...