Sadie grew up spoiled, always putting her needs before everyone else. She thought she had all that life had to offer until one day everything changed. Would her small sacrifice change the hearts and minds of others living in Chickendale?

There are monsters everywhere, but would you know one if you saw one, or if they lived next door?What does a monster look like and what makes them monsters?This is the tale of many monsters seen from all perspectives - how they see themselves, and how everyone else sees them.Whatever they look like, whatever they have done to become monsters, they all will have a final cup of tea with Mr Johnstone

Dorcas the invisible cleaner has a lot of business to take care of as she tries to right the wrongs she sees nearly every day.Who is the most dangerous person in any building?Who can walk around and not be seen?Who can go about their true business and never be challenged?The cleaner - that's who.Will she succeed in her ambition?

Garrett Irwin sets sail across the Atlantic to carry out a simple task-close down and sell off the Worthing Estate.But an anonymous letter warns him to beware of strange events happening at the house-of mysterious lights, and people from other times appearing and disappearing.Sent into an unknown world Garrett must battle time, enemies known and unknown and his own fatal illness if he is to succeed.Will Garrett complete his task before his own time runs out?Find...

In So You Think You're A Leader – Qualities of Leadership, I share some of the components that will help substantiate your role as a leader. It is not to question your call but rather to give you pause regarding your assignment. There are certain intangibles, Qualities of Leadership, that if overlooked will diminish your influence as a leader. When we increase our knowledge base, we become an even greater leader thoughtfully equipped to lead. Once we know who we are and where we are going ...

Each year instructors and scholars contemplate their instructional spaces in search of information about incoming students and how best to relate course content to a new generation of learners. Communication Instruction in the Generation Z Classroom: Educational Explorations outlines communication considerations for effectively interacting with and instilling pedagogical practices that appeal to Gen Z using communication tools and course design principles to effectively engage students. Co...

When Irene Feltwynne left Ridgeline Country to pursue a career as a doctor, she left behind her two best friends and never looked back. Fast forward ten years, Irene returns to honour an oath they had sworn, which was to remain lovers, forever. Her plans become derailed when she finds out that Travis and Candace are now engaged to be married. There is a Christmas dance coming up at the Black Lodge, where Irene hatches a plan to win back their hearts. Is it too late for Travis and Candace t...

In OuterSol a handshake often comes with a knife in the back.It's been six months since the events on Europa. During that time, Tanis and the crew of the Kirby Jones have been working to uncover who was behind her betrayal and the oligarch's near assassination.When a routine intel handoff with the Jovians takes a turn for the worse, Tanis finds herself deeper in the spy game than she ever wanted to be.Now, on a short timetable to get to Earth, Tanis...

"Just once I'd like to fly into a system where everyone doesn't want to kill us."Tanis Richards has spent half her life on the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its two million passengers, across hundreds of light-years. She has risked life, limb, and those dearest to her to get this far.Now she's within reach of her goal; the New Canaan System, and a normal, stable life. The kind she's only dreamed about. The only remaining hurdle is to...

The Battle for New Canaan is over, but the war has just begun . . .Tanis and Sera have taken the I2 to Khardine, the new capital of the Transcend, and must now travel to the Inner Stars and meet with Scipian Empress, Diana—who they hope will be an ally to the Transcend.With the Trisilieds Kingdom, the Hegemony of Worlds, and the Nietzschean Empire all aligned with the Orion Guard—not to mention a civil war brewing in the Transcend—they will need all the hel...

New Canaan is under attack.Driven by Uriel, the Hegemony and its last remaining allies have sent their fleets against the ISF's homeworld. It's a final solution, little more than an attempt to bring about mutually assured destruction. Of course, the humans of Sol don't know that their leader is under the control of core AIs who do not care which side wins, so long as humanity is weakened.Tanis and Tangel have returned from the core, ready to defend their ho...

The Allied fleet has stopped the Nietzscheans at Pyra, but the battlefront grows wider day by day.While Sera distributes the Transcend's fleets to protect the alliance, Tanis must come to grips with what happened to her on Pyra's surface. In addition, Bob conveys a number of hard truths that will force her to re-think her role in humanity's future.But the allies' enemies are not sitting idle. General Greer, Justin, the Caretaker, and Airtha are all advancing plans to see th...