It's often this editing process that makes all the difference between a good piece of work and a great one. The thirty pieces or shortlisted work that made it into the anthology, really came down to the elements of good writing working: powerful imagery, strong rhythms, original concepts, and something hard to pin down - a kind of beauty combined with honesty that kept us thinking about the work. These pieces were generally the more ambitious stories...

"Out of the Shadows: Confronting Codependency Head-On" offers a compassionate exploration of codependency, guiding readers towards personal liberation. From understanding the roots of codependent behaviors to breaking the cycle and building healthier relationships, this book provides insights, tools, and support for transformative change. With resources, affirmations, and journal prompts, it serves as a companion in healing, empowering individuals...

This book is for everyone. Everyone has had ups and downs. We all have had laughs and cries. We've had our good days and bad days. This book is to let people know that you can get back up, even when you fall. Even if you feel this is the worst thing you have ever done. I have been there and done that. Yeshua loves us even through our mess.

In 1940, when Michel Jeruchim was three, Nazi Germany invaded France. Two years later, a roundup of Jews living in the Paris metropolitan area was staged, to deport them to concentration camps. The Jeruchim family, Michel's parents, and his brother and sister, avoided arrest, but could no longer remain at home. Arrangements were made for Michel to hide in Normandy with a French Catholic family. His parents attempted to cross into the unoccupied zone...

Croat was a Lupan, one of the half-man, half-beast creatures long thought to be extinct or fabricated from fairy tales. Lupan were folklore, nothing more than a myth. Tora was a Sensitive. Her kind really existed, and normal people feared Sensitives because it was common knowledge that all Sensitives were evil and practiced the dark magicks. Captured and thrown together inside Baron Agrino's dungeon, they discovered a connection between them that...

What do you get the woman that has it all? For Yvonne, wholeness was a good place to start. Finding it would take her on the journey of a lifetime. Join her as she embarks on a journey to her past. Travel with her on a path littered with heartache and disappointment to a place of healing and self-discovery. Learn practical tips for your own journey across the treacherous waters of memory. Not all riches are meant to be spent in this memoir where monsters...

In this modern-age account of the Samaritan woman, Pastor Marilyn reveals the truth behind her thirst for love. The raw telling of her relationship with five husbands traverses the rough terrain of abuse, identity crisis, and low self-esteem. Through her story, those who have been victimized can find a hope chest of healing. It also highlights God's unlimited grace towards the individuals who perpetrate the abuse. To the church, each chapter reveals...

After years of struggling with guilt and shame for being associated with a serial killer sitting on death row, a sister comes to grip with the fact that she and all family members of death row inmates are, indeed, victims as well. Although her brother was, indeed, guilty of his crimes and deserved to pay for the lives he took, society placed her into the same category as him and quickly labeled her guilty by association. Bringing public awareness...

A romance set on the highways of old EnglandOn a cool crisp night in the Epping Forest, a stagecoach was moving amongst the shadows of a full silver moon."the moonlight gives the forest a magical glow", said Mary Gregory a passenger in the coach. The other passenger was her brother, Magistrate Sir Thomas Gregory, but he thought it felt less magical but more eerie and dangerous. He was seeing highwaymen and footpads in every shadow. The driver was...

What would you do if you thought you were losing your mind? What would you do if all those nightmares you thought were in your mind, were real? Out of the shadows comes a nightmare feeding on fear. Out of the shadows comes a demon bent on torment and death. Could you survive a demon determined to drive you to suicide?