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In A Collection of Short Stories, William Stanley shares intriguing tales presented in four broad categories-wilderness and nature, fiction, science fiction and horror, and family-which leads readers into the lives and challenges of diverse characters. These include college students driving to Nevada to explore abandoned mines and ghost towns, a couple marooned on a deserted island, a serial hunter, a fur trapper, and a plantation owner in New Orleans. Readers are also treated to essays vividly describing nature, stories based on the author's memories growing up in rural Ontario, and light-hearted tales suitable for all ages.A Collection of Short Stories offers over a hundred entertaining narratives that vividly spark readers' imaginations, often making them feel part of the scene. It is a once in a lifetime literary experience which will not be soon forgotten.

Third-grade teacher and aspiring artist, Kate Boswell has been through a lot in her forty years of life. She faced her childhood friend's murder, a late-term miscarriage, and most recently, the death of her husband. When Kate sells a series of drawings at a gallery show to an anonymous buyer and saves her farmhouse from foreclosure, she's sure the bad times are over, but after the lucrative sale, Kate's favorite student, Cassie, goes missing. Kate is convinced that the Worm Man, the serial killer who abducted her girlhood friend, has grabbed Cassie too. Cassie was collecting worms in a bucket when she disappeared, and earthworms are the Worm Man's calling card. It all makes sense-except it doesn't. The Worm Man has been dead for a decade. Desperate to find Cassie, Kate joins forces with Globe reporter and Worm Man expert, Tom Kingsley. Together, they travel to Maine and follow up on a promising lead. When Kate is dubbed delusional, her involvement in the case strains her relationship with her new boyfriend, a local cop, and it puts her career in jeopardy. Fearing she'll lose her freedom and the life she's only recently started to rebuild, Kate is forced to confront the most frightening ghost of her past.

Larry Stephens is an American airman serving in Vietnam while his beloved wife Jeanie patiently awaits his homecoming. The worst occurs when Larry is shot down over North Vietnam. He somehow manages to evade the enemy and return home.However, Larry does not receive the hero's welcome he expected. Instead, he is accused of desertion and collaboration with the enemy. To make matters worse, Jeanie has taken a lover and filed for divorce, and the Vietnamese have sent agents to bring Larry back to face trial.Seemingly betrayed and alone, Larry fights to clear his name, win back his wife, and escape the teams sent to kidnap him. He sought to serve his country with honor; now, all he wants is to return home to his family in peace.

It was a brutally cold January day in the 1950s as Chick Gallin marched through his last week of training at the Probationary Fire School on Welfare Island, New York. When a full borough alarm sounded, he and the other trainees piled onto open trucks to respond. As they arrived on scene, building after building was on fire. As he stood in the heart of the chaotic scene, Gallin was officially initiated into an exciting yet dangerous life as a first responder.In a collection of true tales, Gallin shares a candid portrayal of the life of a New York City firefighter during two-plus decades. Throughout his anecdotes, he details what it is like to rush inside a burning, smoke-filled building and follow the hose to find an exit, deal with the fear of explosions, proceed through blackness to reach victims and then perform CPR, attempt to attain shut-eye between raising a young family and responding to alarms, inhale black smoke into the lungs, and precariously balance on an icy ladder in the lonely darkness of a windy night.A Fireman's Story shares true tales of a New York firefighter's experiences during his two-plus decades as a first responder.

In the distant future, technological advances near their climax. Mankind has imploded on itself through numerous wars assuming themselves as Gods. After the tragedy of the sixth KINGS war, two brothers, representatives of a world torn, must work together to rekindle their world. Can they convince the world that Nod is still needed, or will the Fire Kings return incite an evaporation of society through a final war?

Larry's parents had never seen him so preoccupied and possessed.For hours each day, he'd play basketball-and after he finished playing, he'd spend hours reading various basketball books. Posters of players were plastered all over his room."We need to get some handle on this," his mother told her husband, Dave. While he wasn't as concerned, he agreed he would talk to the school psychologist.That meeting, however, did not resolve much, and Dave was left wondering if maybe he was the one with a problem. He had never gotten passionately involved in sports. Maybe he was just envious of his son? Maybe he had been too passive as a child and should have had stronger interests?He remembered that he was on the debating team, but never possessed the drive to win over the other team. Okay, he thought to himself, you'd better tolerate your son's intensity and be patient and see where it leads.A Hoop Fable reveals how basketball provided Larry with a passion for life and gave him a foundation to move toward a successful career-and the lessons the game provided his family along the way.

Claude Fister owner and CEO of Mineral Technologies International; receives several calls from a Demarcel Abrahim; the last living descendent of the royal family of Turkey. Demarcel's after a collection of antiquated journals and stones; that once belonged to his ancestors, that Claude purchased at auction. These journals hold the incantations along with instructions for those who dare to evoke dark spirits. If used correctly and with conviction these spirits manifest certain occurrences for the practitioner. When Demarcel acquires the journals and the stones he performs the incantations. But something goes wrong; he blacks out and wakes up hours later on the marble floor with no recollection of what he's doing there. He panic's as he lifts himself up into a sitting position. He reaches over picks up his cane and makes his way out into the atrium. Its dark, the only light is coming in from outside casting shadows. Demarcel looks around not recognizing his surroundings. He calls out. "HELLO!" He waits, no answer, he stands there shaking and confused not knowing what to do next.

Lyrical and upbeat, During a Pandemic helps kids understand and navigate the recent events and the changes that have occurred in the world and everyday life.Through words and pictures, author Ashley Perrotti and illustrator Fazal Nabbie offer insight into what the pandemic means now and in the near future. It communicates the message that the most important part of life is family.