Growing up in Your World

Our paramount task as parents or loved ones is to teach our children about our Heavenly Father. What better way to do this than to encourage our children 'to have a relationship with Him'?
It is hoped that through these prayers and Think About It sections, you will be able to pass on to your children an awe of the Lord. Then, they will understand the closeness of His presence, guidance and love. 

We do not presume that we will be the deciding factor in this marvelous journey in their lives. That privilege belongs solely to you. May your Heavenly Father richly bless you all...as you watch your blessings grow. 

Guardian Guerrillas

This is the fascinating story of Frank James, Jesse James older brother, as a bushwhacker in Quantrill’s Partisan Rangers during the Civil War. The actions of this brash, Shakespeare quoting young man represents the best and worst of guerrilla warfare in those turbulent and violent times.

After fighting as a Confederate soldier at Wilson’s Creek, captured and paroled, he returned home as a cocky nineteen-year-old barely staying out of jail. He joins Quantrill’s bushwhackers with escapades that are full of daring and bravery, sometimes cruelty, but also with humour.

We follow him through the many skirmishes and battles including the raids on Lawrence Kansas and Centralia Missouri and the critical events that precipitated them, the women’s prison collapse where several bushwhacker relatives were killed or injured and the infamous “General Order Number 11” that forcibly drove out all residents of an area over 2,200 square miles, twice the size of Rhode Island.

The characters in this work include soldiers, generals, politicians, crooks, thieves, farmers, bankers, lovers, wives, and sisters that suffered or caused suffering in this oft untold American history and their post bellum lives that were fraught with danger, excitement, success for some, failure for many, with ironic, karmic twists.

What drove these young men to become Jayhawkers and Bushwhackers? Were they blood thirsty cutthroats or Guardian Guerrillas?

Gullah Gravestones

Steve Riley is a realtor who sells his friend and client a large tract of land in coastal South Carolina for a pricey condo project. The old Gullah graveyard there is specifically not to be disturbed but during initial grading, it accidentally happens. The land explodes, forming a large crater, coughing out hideous, angry skeletons killing all the workers and pulling them into the doomed abyss—a fiery pit of no escape! Shocking mayhem has now come to the once peaceful sea island!

Unconcerned by the frightening supernatural event and events to come, Johnny is only upset about his ruined property and threatens Steve to get his money back. The two men become bitter enemies! Ironically, Steve’s twin daughters disappear. Filled with vengeance, Irish-tempered Steve believes Johnny kidnapped them! But did he? Out of desperation, Steve resorts to black magic in his quest to save his girls. After receiving amazing voodoo powers by an anomaly from the invisible world, will Steve find them? Can he deal with Johnny? And will the spirits rest again, under their Gullah Gravestones?  

Guns and Horses

From the Arctic tundra to the forested hills of the Klondike Plateau, this collection of Northern Short Stories hurls the reader into a maelstrom of wilderness adventure and survival. From a brutal fight to the death with the wolves and bears to the streets and saloons of scattered frontier towns slinging guns with outlaws and falling in love with beautiful women.

From the early explorers to modern times, driving dog teams of half wild huskies across the windblown wastelands and riding in the saddle with a Winchester under one leg, Simon Tourigny’s raw, rough characters roam the northern wilderness, hunting, hiding, fighting, and surviving in a land of rugged mountains, swift glacial rivers, and trackless forests.

Guns and Horses will take you to the razor edge of death and back again in time for tea and bannock. A blend of Jack London and Louis L’Amour with a dash of Tarantino and his own unique flair, this collection of stories will inspire you to keep going to the final, bitter end.

After all, what is life without love? While there is love there is hope, and while there is hope there is a chance...

Haikus-isms

This expansive collection features Ecila Mai’s observations on existence distilled into emotive works of poetry, prose and haiku. Drawing from diverse life experiences and poignant personal memories, these thoughtful writings invite self-reflection on both the trials and triumphs woven into the human experience.

As she delves into her rich interior landscape, Ecila’s raw ruminations examine the people, places and pivotal moments that collectively shaped her perspective. By confronting the fraught, the fanciful and even the mundane, her flowing verses illuminate the ebb and flow of life in all its dynamic complexity.

Ecila offers this diverse array of poetic pieces in hopes they will resonate with readers’ own winding paths, sparking intimate considerations about personal progression versus stagnation. Through contemplative language and keen emotional insights, Poetic Reflections serves as a stirring reminder that we each possess the power to transform our futures as we see fit – no matter the perils of the past.

Halloween Night

Have you ever wondered what goblins and ghosts do to prepare for Halloween Night? Let's find out...

Happenstance

Happenstance follows the ins and outs of young adults who make decisions that determine the fates of their hearts, at that moment in time.  
Lori returns home after one year of college, certain that age no longer presents an obstacle to pursuing Branson, the older gentleman she met the previous summer. Unexpected circumstances and moral roadblocks taint the possibilities and expose Lori's own immaturity, both spiritually and emotionally. Unable to find her definition of the perfect man, Lori moves her focus from guys to her career before entering into another relationship, complicated by its own set of challenges.
All seems lost until a chance encounter introduces her to the girl that holds the key to her happiness.

Harry's New Adventure

Harry the hamster wants to see the world outside of his cage.

With the help of a plump frog named Hoppy and a pretty bluebird, Bindi, he escapes and sets out for his dream day! They play on the pond jumping lily pads and playing leapfrog. Harry has never been happier! Suddenly Ssochi the black evil snake rustles through the underbrush ruining the happy adventure!  

The threesome must now devise a plan to help Harry and return him to safety.

Will Harry be saved? Does the plan work? Find out when you read Harry’s New Adventure!

Harvey's Hamburgers

What happens when an Iguanodon named Harvey decides to follow his dream of opening a food truck? Unfortunately, none of his family or friends want to try his delicious hamburgers. But one day, Harvey gets some unexpected customers. Can Harvey convince other dinosaurs to try his food? Will he overcome his fears and make his food truck a success? Discover if Harvey’s hard work will pay off in this delightful tale!

Havana-Merida-Chicago (A Journey to Freedom)

This second edition of Havana-Merida-Chicago is an autobiography which narrates - from human, psychological, sociological, and religious standpoints – how a Cuban scientist was raised in a communist environment, believed in it, was deceived by its dictatorial procedures, and escaped from it. The manuscript is also grounded on economic and political bases. It is an inspiring story of perseverance to succeed in life.

“The book is more than just a personal story: It is a metaphor for the power of freedom and the human spirit that eventually brings demise to repressive rule” Stanley L. Brue, egregious economist co-author of the book Macroeconomics, widely used as a textbook in business departments of American universities.

Hawdon

This novel is about Nemo, a minor character who dies early in Dickens’s Bleak House and is buried in a pauper graveyard in London. It turns out that Nemo, originally Captain Hawdon, has important relationships with the main characters of the novel. Lady Dedlock, mother of Hawdon’s child Esther Summerson, flees from her husband and dies at the gates to this graveyard. Hawdon: A Prequel to Bleak House brings Nemo to life, consistent with the clues laid down by Dickens. Included in this, we follow Captain Hawdon in Afghanistan during the first Afghan war of 1839 to 1842 and then in Ireland during the great famine of the late 1840s. This is a novel about dedication in relationships, the scourge of disease, and anticolonialism in Victorian times.

Hazel the Hunter

Hazel is an eight-year-old who likes to wear tutus and pearls while hunting.

Hazel has gone on many hunting trips with her mommy and daddy ever since she was a baby.

After reaching the proper age, and learning about gun safety, and hunting safety, along with appreciating the land and the gifts it provides, Hazel is ready to try for herself.

How will Hazel’s hunt turn out?