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Shelby McDougall's past is behind her. Almost. It's been five and a half years since Shelby put her infant twins up for adoption, and she's finally on track. Back in Santa Cruz, California, she's sharing an apartment with her brother, Dexter, and in her second year of criminal justice studies. She's landed her dream job as an intern to local P.I. Kathleen Bennett. And her stone-cold love life is heating up. Then a late-night phone call puts Shelby's perfectly ordered life into a tailspin. One of the twins has been kidnapped, snatched from home in the middle of the night. There are no witnesses - no clues, no trails to follow. After meeting the family, Shelby knows something is off. The adoptive parents tell her the children don't sleep, they eat constantly, and their IQs are off the charts. Against her better judgment, Shelby agrees to help. By the time she realizes she's up against something powerful, something evil, it's almost too late. As Shelby fights for her life, and that of the kidnapped child, she discovers shocking truths about herself and the children.

Surrogate mother Shelby McDougall just fell for the biggest con of all - a scam that risks her life ... and the lives of her unborn twins.Twenty-three-year-old Shelby McDougall is facing a mountain of student debt and a memory she'd just as soon forget. An ad in Rolling Stone for a surrogate mother offers her a way to erase the loans and right her karmic place in the cosmos. Within a month, she's signed a contract, relocated to Santa Cruz, California, and started fertility treatments.But intended parents Jackson and Diane Entwistle have their own agenda - one that has nothing to do with diapers and lullabies. With her due date looming, and the clues piling up, Shelby must save herself and her twins.As she uses her wits to survive, Shelby learns the real meaning of the word "family".

Thirty-nine interpretations of one word: detachmentEvery two years, Fault Zone editors challenge writers to stretch their imaginations in response to a single-word spark. This year, "detachment" has drawn forth a fascinating array of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. You'll find intriguing science fiction, laugh-out-loud humor, and thought-provoking stories drawn from real life ... alongside strike-to-the-heart poetry, lyrical storytelling, exciting adventure, and slice-of-life family drama.Featuring: Tom Adams, Doug Baird, Sue Barizon, Eva Barrows, Scott Best, Lawrence Cohn, Jo Carpignano, Tim Flood, Heather E. Folsom, David Harris, Laurel Anne Hill, Audrey Kalman, Nirmy Kang, Amy Kelm, D.L. LaRoche, Evelyn LaTorre, Lucretia Leong, Ida J. Lewenstein, Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, Ellen McBarnette, Richard E. McCallum, Patricia McCombs, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Margaret Nalbach, Bruce Neuburger, Luanne Oleas, Korie Pelka, Miera Rao, Cheryl Ray, Carol Reade, Harlan Suits, Anne Marie Wenzel, Alisha Willis, Mickie Winkler, and Nanci Woody.Edited by Kate Adams and Laurel Anne Hill.

"Sometimes people disappear into the North and are never heard from again."When her papá doesn't return, twelve-year-old Ixchel, a Maya from the Yucatan, resolves to leave home and make her way across the treacherous border into the United States to find him. Chel relies on an inexperienced smuggler and faces unknown dangers in a border tunnel.Frightened, but resourceful, she is driven by hope, love for her father, and her dream of going to school.

Private Investigator Shelby McDougall is out for revenge.Repeated miscarriages have caused Shelby's marriage to disintegrate. Financial ruin lies ahead. A cheek swab sent to an online ancestry service turns up a surprise child: Shelby's genetic offspring - found in the misty ether of the internet.The only way Shelby can hang on to her shredding sanity is to take things into her own hands and, once and for all, locate and apprehend Helen Brannon - the woman responsible for hijacking her fertility ... and her future.As Shelby closes in on her target, the stakes get higher and higher. But when Shelby finds Helen Brannon ... how far will she go?

Surrogate mother Shelby McDougall just fell for the biggest con of all - a scam that risks her life ... and the lives of her unborn twins.Twenty-three-year-old Shelby McDougall is facing a mountain of student debt and a memory she'd just as soon forget. An ad in Rolling Stone for a surrogate mother offers her a way to erase the loans and right her karmic place in the cosmos. Within a month, she's signed a contract, relocated to Santa Cruz, California, and started fertility treatments.But intended parents Jackson and Diane Entwistle have their own agenda - one that has nothing to do with diapers and lullabies. With her due date looming, and the clues piling up, Shelby must save herself and her twins.As she uses her wits to survive, Shelby learns the real meaning of the word "family".

Man vs. Poetry: The struggle continues.Wherein the author continues his struggle with the written word in this new volume of what some might call "poetry" ... if they had low standards. You will find contained within further musings on such random topics as chickens, lumberjacks, parrots, planks, rental lodging, and how to die convincingly on stage.Compiled (or maybe "accreted" is a better word) over the course of several years, Artisanal Gibberish II: Yet More Gibberish is the culmination of six years of University and a lifetime of experiences.CAUTION: We advise against drinking anything hot while reading these poems, to avoid nasal scalding.

It was supposed to be an easy jaunt to observe the stick-like aliens of Deep Valley Universe.But Ansegwe - perpetual student, aspiring poet, and scion of the (allegedly criminal) Varayla Syndicate - well, he just has to ruin everything. As everyone knows, Ansegwe may have sensibility, but he's not long on sense.When a weird, twitchy little creature attaches itself to him, Ansegwe violates every protocol in the handbook to save its life. Finding himself in all kinds of trouble, Ansegwe needs to make some serious life changes, starting with that complicated family of his.Ansegwe may just have to grow up ... now that he's adopted an alien.