A tale of war, lost children, a traveling circus, a shaman, and a ghostwoman, told by a temple sweeper who has not spoken in twenty-five years. A love story of a one-eyed boy and mute girl that moves through quantum time from a ravaged landscape to an island monastery of refuge.In Scroll II, we travel back in time as the Temple Sweeper recounts to Enduring Sound his passage as a boy through the mountains after he escapes from the soldiers and searches for the girl. He has the girl'...

Scrolls of a Temple Sweeper is a novel of war, lost children, dream masters, a traveling circus, a theater troupe, a shaman, and a ghostwoman, told by a temple sweeper who has not spoken in twenty-five years. This book is for anyone who has felt the pain of separation, the fear of the future, the loss of a country or a language or a loved one. It's the quantum love story of a one-eyed boy and mute girl moving through time to an island monastery of refuge-where stones have become d...

This is not a book about Religion, as so many of my readers have inquired to me about. It is about my journey through the childhood and adolescent psychological injuries to my spiritual self.*©Spiritual Injuries are the often conscious and willful attempts to deliberately degrade and diminish the development of the psyche of the child/ person and thereby alter and or re-direct the ongoing moral developmental stages of the moral, psychological and physiological structure of the ment...

"The Apocalypse" is a gripping and visceral survival story set in the heart of a collapsing civilization.In the wake of a revolutionary vaccine gone wrong, cities fall, society crumbles, and the thin line between humanity and savagery fades. In the burning streets of Saigon, three young men must navigate a world overrun by chaos, violence, and a new breed of horror.As hope dwindles and trust becomes a rare currency, survival demands not only courage but painful sacrifices.

NOVELThe Black Camel**, by Earl** Derr Biggers [Charlie Chan series]A Hollywood star, a Hawaiian beach, and Charlie Chan on the case—secrets will out!SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY“Called Out,” by Hal CharlesCan you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!SHORT STORIES

This time, we have holiday-themed stories from Ron Miller (a great new tale featuring burlesque-queen-turned-private detective Velda), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (who remains one of my favorite fantasists active today), and Lillian M. Roberts (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman).Plus, we have great originals by Elizabeth Zelvin (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Hala Dika, Joshua David Bellin, and Edmund Glasby (concluding his two-part novel serial from last issue). Our ...

This issue, we have an eclectic mix of mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. For our mystery novel, we have a Fergus Hume classic, a bestselling Victorian mystery novel, and one which set the stage for many detectives that followed (including Sherlock Holmes!). We also have original mysteries from John M. Floyd, Terena Elizabeth Bell, and Janice Law (a new Holmes Impersonator story).On the fantasy and science fiction side of things, we have originals from Teel James Glenn, Keira R...

This issue, we have lots of fun stories in store. Our cover story is a new Velda tale by Ron Miller, and from there we move on to originals from DJ Cockburn, Laird Long, John Leahy, James Van Pelt, and of course Hal Charles, who has a new solve-it-yourself puzzler. Our novels are by B.L. Farjeon and Ray Cummings, and we have classic shorts from Philip E. High and Lester del Rey. Good stuff, all.Here’s the complete lineup—Cover Art: Ron Miller

Over the past two decades, the world has witnessed alarming environmental degradation—climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the pollution of natural resources—together with a failure to implement environmental policies and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor. As this new volume of his writings reveals, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has continually proclaimed the primacy of spiritual values in determining environmental ethics and action. For him, the predicament we face is...