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A Spider in the Tub is a collection of short stories, essays, poems, and one commercial script, none of which have ever been published or produced. They were all written over a period of many years and tossed into a box in my den with the hope of one day finding a way to share them with readers. Page Publishing has once again given me that opportunity, just as they did with my first book, Why I Never Had Kids.The title accurately describes the book's contents, as each entry will very likely surprise, even sting you in some way, and take you to places you never expected to go. Some of the short stories, particularly "e;To Steal a Tombstone,"e; "e;Cruel and Unusual Punishment,"e; and "e;The Devil in the Deep, Dark Water"e; may make you squirm and send a sharp chill from your toes, up your neck, and into your brain, causing your eyes to abnormally widen. Read them by a gentle fire late at night when you are alone to get their maximum effect.I believe that you will find the essays to be entertaining and informative, especially the pieces entitled "e;The Day I Met Jane Fonda,"e; "e;An Evening with Jimmy Webb,"e; and "e;Meeting the Clooneys."e; I am sure that local readers will very much enjoy "e;Crosley Field Memories."e;The poems will take you down a snaking road that is pleasant, sweet, jovial, dark, and rocky. They represent life's perpetual roller-coaster ride of human feelings. Long before you read this book's final word, you will more than likely ask yourself, Where does Matre come up with some of this stuff?Don't worry. The kid's all right. I'm just using and enjoying God's gift to me and doing what I do best-write!

In AD 1103, in the central lands of the Rus and the Siberian plains, the earth quaked as it was rent and torn asunder for hundreds of miles southward. Spilling forth from this deep abyss, chasm, was a deluge of enchanted energies and a series of interlocking deities who, having been trapped within the forming of the Earth, now ascended up, residing upon Luna, overlooking the world below. The dark and light energies of magic leaking into the atmosphere, encasing Earth and altering the civilizations upon her forever.Having learned to incorporate these new magical energies into restricted priesthoods, the militaries and daily life of all Europeans and Asians had, by AD 1337, changed wildly. And yet it was also at this time that Europe began to face a new and wholly daunting threat of a unified Lithuania, being the largest landmass kingdom in all of Europe, which was ruled over by the quasi-immortal Undeath Aristocracy.The Teutonic Order, having been invited by the Polish crown into the Baltic for their protection, was now Europe's, and, even more dire, Christianity's, last bulwark and defensive line against the encroaching corruption and vile taint of nature that was wrought by the undeath and their monstrous legions of Norr, the rank-and-file infantry who enforced the dark and enslaving rule of the undeath.The coming events and the newly arrived Teutonic member, Ludwig, would change, with steel, anger, and magical spells, not just the course and shape of events in the Baltic, but the very face and future of not just Christianity but humanity as a whole.

An hour north of Los Angeles, a gruesome discovery is made. Displayed in a very unusual manner is the body of a young promising assistant US attorney. Left next to her corpse is a cryptic note, "e;Find Des Cook, University of Georgia. He has the answers."e;Two thousand miles away, unassuming graduate student Desmond Cook receives an unexpected visit from the FBI. They pepper him with questions. Bewildered, he has no answers.Soon afterward, the killer contacts him with a task-figure out a series of historical riddles and get to the locations they designate. Failure to do so will result in more victims. Demanding to know why he is made the focus of such a game, the killer has just one response: "e;You have the answers. It's all in the presentation."e;Thus begins a deadly chase, as Des teams with FBI profiler Amanda Hertzel in a desperate attempt to solve the baffling clues and put a halt to the carnage. And in this race against time, as each layer of the mystery is peeled away, the killer's motivation becomes clearer, finally exposing a far more deadly conspiracy than they could have ever imagined.

Good or Evil- A Very Fine Line is a true story that spans the lives of a group of young men in a social club and how they are intertwined with the dealings of a "e;safe house"e;. Although the story is true, the character's names and places have been changed. Because of their family connections back in Italy, a young couple find themselves as keepers of a "e;safe house"e; for fugitives or businessmen trying to change their identity. While in the same town, a group of young men form a social club. The deeds of these young men are good, but their means are not. They made money by running a lottery numbers program. They were able to provide financial assistance to the needy and to their club. In adulthood, some of them follow a not so legal path and their deeds become evil.

The book is about love letters to God. I write about angels, love, and hate in the world. I write about my feelings about dying and even respect.It is a small book but a great read!

My book, My Two Iraqi Patches, is a story about my sons informing me that they had been notified that they were being deployed to Iraq. I received the news from both of my sons on the same day, and the news was very disturbing to me. The shock of learning that both of them were being deployed devastated me so that my hair changed colors on the left side of my head and the right side of my head. When I passed by the mirror and saw the impact of the news of learning that they were being deployed, I said to myself, "e;I did not wake up with both sides of my hair having the gray tracks running down both side of my head."e; I began to write down often how I felt with what had happened to me, and I felt I had no one to talk to about what I was experiencing. I later learned in moving to West Palm Beach, Florida, that a doctor explained to me that my hair must have been the weakest part of my body, explaining that when people receive devastating news, the part of the body that is the weakest is usually the part of the body that handles the news the worst. For instance, if I had a weak heart, I probably would have suffered a heart attack. I don't think if I had not written about my experience, no one would have believed me. When I thought of a title for my work, the best name I could come up with was the name I chose for the book, My Two Iraqi Patches.

Two siblings named Carl and Lizzie happen upon a door they don't remember being in their basement. The two siblings open the door and go explore what is behind it. While exploring what is behind the door, they stumble upon a monster.

"e;What if my daughter had lived? Rachel-would she have looked like Jay's daughters? She died because of me."e;Lord Jim Fausscyn. Spare to the heir. Unprovided for. Must make his own way. Naval career first. Then His Majesty's foreign service. Luckily, he'd won the pulchritudinous Rana, whose huge endowment of South African investments would keep them afloat. She'd also the rectitude of six Caesar's wives! Although the bloody-mindedness of a child age nine. Childish nightmares too, hadn't she once mentioned?Yes, they'd married, she warning him beforehand that adultery wouldn't be tolerated. She'd meant it, her first husband having been a notorious womanizer. Her second husband should've been faithful if not to find himself in punishing pain. Now bloke in a choke hold, brawny bloke down for the count. His noble Pa threatened to disown him. She herself threatened to leave him unless he shaped up pronto! Career in ruins too. Would he lose everything? Lose his sons? Chap on his knees. Chap driven to prayer though he'd not trusted to prayer since boyhood.Family man pressing on-chastened chappie will muddle through. Rana struggles too. She and Jim hardly mesh; it's jarring, even hilarious! Seriously though, why's she so phobic? And what really happened to Rachel's mum? Lost her mind, losing her baby? Occasionally even Rana weeps, wondering.This story, taking place in the midtwentieth century, is both serious and humorous. Foibles, idiosyncrasies, the utterly unexpected of silliness, irony upon irony, from intimate disaster to spiritual redemption. There's a mystery of deceit and lies, or well-meant misdirection. Crucial names get changed-so who's who? The younger generation is protected till truth must out. Forgiveness remains the issue.

FBI Agents Terry Longfellow and Adriana Dickinson are called on to investigate a case that became known as "e;the Decapitator"e; at FBI headquarters. The agents track the serial killer from Jamestown, New York, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Moundsville, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and to Western Maryland, which becomes his killing field. The Decapitator leaves countless clues for Agents Longfellow and Dickinson, challenging them with his arrogance in a game of cat and mouse.

History of Bridgeburg and Its People is a candid chronology of this small hamlet and the people who resided there through the years. It gives a personal glimpse of the way of life that was so much a part of the 1940s and 1950s as I remember them. Events and people of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are included. It goes through most of the families who resided there and their contributions to this small community, how the railroads helped to shape Bridgeburg, and eventually, the building of the railroad bridge that gave the town its name. Thinking back, it is truly amazing how their way of life was so much a part of this thriving community. On occasion, I think back to those years and the friends and families who dwelled there. This was so much a different world from the one in which we live today. Those memories still hold deep within my heart and cannot be forgotten.

Paul follows his introduction with a greeting to the Roman church and expresses his desire to preach in Rome someday. Paul gives a summary of the theme of his letter: "e;The Gospel...is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."e;The Jewish Christians found they were not the minority within a Gentile church. Paul therefore wrote Romans to encourage the Gentiles to live in harmony with Jewish Christians. Unlike Galatia, it is possible that the only Gentile converts in Rome were God-fearing Gentiles and quite happy with most Jewish practices. These Gentiles we're happy and comfortable with living under the Jewish culture and lifestyle. Converting to Christianity means that you are turning away from evil and more toward the good of this world."e;The just shall live by faith"e; according to Galatians 3:11 and Romans 1:17. The emphasis Martin Luther placed on the Gospel truth in the sixteenth century resulted in the Protestant Reformation. This doctrine of justification by faith brought new life into the Church and became one of the central teachings of the evangelical churches. An understanding of this concept will result in a deeper appreciation of the grace of God, as it comes to us through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Added note of today: Our young people is how we will live and grow up our future generations. Preachers, let's preach the word today. "e;Every life, all lives-Black, Brown, White, Yellow lives-matter. Faith is our guide."e;

The book is about my experiences as I grew from twenty-two to seventy-one years of age. I have one full brother and two half-brothers and a half-sister. I grew up in South California. I got saved in 1972. Even though my progress was slow, I eventually found peace but was troubled by my stress disorder. Finally got some help with stress and sleeplessness. I got counseling too and almost killed him because he was not trauma trained and he messed with my emotions. I quit counseling and started to self-medicate. I spent two weeks in the hospital, getting my meds in order. Then Pamela had her stroke at the end of July 2019. My granddaughter believes that God took her, but I know it was the devil. The cover picture is of a serene place

Sweet, sassy, and sour--the 3 S's most girls between the ages of seven to sixteen years old have been called or accused of being at least once. My name is Laylah Tyrell and I would have the honor of mastering all three before turning the ripe age of thirteen. Not bragging on anything negative of course, because those who knew me understood me and those who think they knew me, ended up labeling me as a troublemaker or the black sheep of the family. I was extremely observant at a very young age, somewhat bashful, but didn't much get pass me unless I wanted it to. That's why it came as a bit of a surprise when I learned my mom and stepdad wanted to send this city girl to the country, to avoid getting in more trouble and possible jail time.I admit, I did some wrong; possibly some unspeakable things growing up, but I was also forced to deal with a lot of things children my age shouldn't be exposed to, and I guess that made me hostile or as I would like to call it, "e;tough enough."e;You see I was abused and abandoned at the age of seven, abused by the son of a family friend and abandoned by my biological father, and although that does not excuse the wrong I did, it had much to do with me spiraling out of control as a teenager and hurting others along the way. The hurt, betrayal, suicidal thoughts, all these emotions would lead to behaviors that would fuel me for a decade to come. In Mind | Tammy Crumb

The prophecy of the chosen one begins with the conspiracy of the Order of Truth to release their god Lucifer from his underground prison on Mars. Who is the chosen one, and can the chosen one defeat Lucifer? Or will Lucifer sacrifice the chosen one to reign over the universe and destroy mankind?AJ Snyder is thrown into trying to figure things out with the death of his friend Zack. The only person he can trust to help him uncover the truth behind this prophecy is Sunshine Dae, a friend whose past has haunted and tormented her. Unsure who can be trusted, they begin the search. Across the universe their search begins to lead to unsettling discoveries about the past, present, and what lay ahead.Discovering lies from the past and knowledge of the present, Sunshine and AJ realize that there is nowhere to run and hide. The future of mankind depends on their knowledge and actions. But are the past events and current events going to hinder what needs to be done, or will they find a way to let go and face the evil head-on? The future of the universe is now in their hands.21

Bugsley is a pug trying to hide from two little sisters. Will they find him?

Alexander and Papa's Number Walk is a heartwarming story about a child and his papa. Alexander and Papa take the reader on an exploratory walk looking for numerals 1 to 10. They discover one-to-one correspondence with objects throughout the environment.The story is inspired by the author's father and ventriloquist doll, Alexander. Papa was a former deputy friendly in Racine County in Wisconsin. Alexander accompanied Papa on appearances to schools, fairs, parades, and various functions in Racine, Wisconsin. Alexander was a pillar of laughs for children throughout Racine, Wisconsin.Papa was able to maintain his role as deputy friendly until he retired. Papa passed in 2015. The doll, Alexander, spends time with Papa's children and grandchildren. Alexander is set to make appearances with his new book, honoring his papa.

A bereaved young professional woman living in Colorado inherits the substantial estate of her beloved aunt, including the large Virginia farm with a picturesque mansion where she had spent happy summers in her youth. She returns to Virginia to settle the estate and to decide whether to stay there permanently and immediately encounters a number of mysterious threatening and tragic incidents on the farm, plus a lawsuit aimed at breaking the aunt's will. Then complicating her dealing with all the strife of a new life, she feels herself fighting an attraction to the estate's coexecutor, her aunt's handsome lawyer. Action culminates when she is confronted by a murderer-the person behind all the previous threats.

Life Lessons in the Key of Life can be summarized by the following: It takes all kinds of people to make a world. The good, bad, and ugly consequences one goes through and deals with on a daily basis. Sometimes laughter and tragedy go hand in hand.A tribute to all of those "e;heroes"e; who risk life and limb everyday to keep us safe.

May your heart be judged. May your purpose be given.There is something in the air.This fantasy world is engulfed in a mysterious journey as the Ancients bid the provinces to a convocation of great importance in the city, Heravon. What they discover along the way will forever change their existence. He who sleeps shall awake. He who is blind shall see. Mysteries await at the base of the waterfall Saveravus.What does Illandria(R) have in store this time? The sun is setting over the Sky Tree Forest as the inhabitants prepare camp near the southern borders of the river Taipo. Where are Baryon and Kietla? What has become of Protixca since his accident, will he ever awake again? Why has the Arc of Illandria(R) emerged, and what of the presence of the Remanoc priests and their connection to Governor Faerico? Soon all the secrets shall be revealed as the Ancients' call is answered! Let's see what twists and turns are hidden along this life-changing journey as Illandria(R) gets the encounter of a lifetime! The Legends have arrived! Join as Yasha, Sanbae, Earos, Protixca, Baryon, and Kietla encounter them awakening from their slumber on this epic adventure! The land of Illandria(R), a land where the mind is a weapon and death is optional. a world where The Source reigns supreme and his guardians, the Ancients, endowed with great gifts and supernatural powers, watch over the land, leading all the inhabitants in the ways of the Great Books of Illandria(R).Join the adventure as our story brings the arrival of our travelers to the great province of Heravon, City of the King.Visit www.illandria.com for more insight for the series!

Something's Afoot is a hilarious tale that will keep you guessing!It is a sequel to The Fall of Two Moons. Steve McConnell is back with his entertaining antics! He must navigate his first job, his first car, varsity football, earth science, and his lead role in the school's musical, Somethings' Afoot. Steve must deal with his behavioral shortcomings, his relationship with his peers, and his eccentric family. Steve finds himself in a conundrum as two girls set their eyes on him romantically. He must balance those increasingly complex relationships while he tries to decide which girl is the one for him.Andy McConnell has Down syndrome. He must find his place in the McConnell family, survive a family vacation, and navigate his relationship with his adoptive father, Will. Andy finds himself promoted to team manager for the Portside High School football squad as he becomes good luck for the superstitious team. His sudden rise in popularity gets him voted onto the homecoming court. Andy must play his role in helping the team win the football league title and homecoming game while he manages his rising expectations to be named homecoming king.Will McConnell plans an epic family vacation that will go down in infamy. Will also balances his role as the Portside Education Association's lead negotiator and his relationship with his superintendent and boss. When the teachers go on strike, Will must settle negotiations, save the homecoming game, homecoming dance, and his son's musical, and pass a school facilities bond. With the weight of the world on Will's shoulders, he must also save his relationship with Andy, handle his daughter's dating entanglements, and keep a close eye on Steve's growing impulsive behaviors.Something's Afoot and the center stage is set for a wild ending. Steve's worlds collide once again in a zany comedy that will make you laugh out loud.

Imagine sometime in the distant past, before modern and organized societies, and several thousand years after the dinosaurs roamed the earth, a time when the earth was still relatively uninhabited other than tribes that roamed the planet across the varied continents. Suddenly, there are advanced colonies scattered across the planet that have the skill and knowledge to build great pyramids, build ships that can sail great distances and navigate based upon the stars, people with knowledge of the cosmos and mathematics.One such colony has sprung up along the coast of what is now known as central California, a village of perhaps two-hundred-plus souls who have come from far away. Among these are a young man and a young woman who have fallen in love but must overcome the embodiment of evil itself. They also must search for the object that will tell of their past and of their origins-an object that is critical to the successful continuation of their future and of the future of generations to come.

Trax is a cat full of curiosity and an adventurous spirit. On this day, he comes upon an amazing sight and sound, a squirrel doing something very unusual and entertaining-something not soon to be forgotten!

When a natural disaster puts Billy Malone at Nicole Freeman's cabin in the woods, she soon finds that his offer to help her out of her predicament was simply a way of drawing her in to his web of deceit. Her loneliness and desire for a connection blinded her to the truth of how she was being drawn in to a relationship that was fraught with dishonesty. Before she realizes it, this dashingly handsome, younger-aged, charismatic charmer suddenly has her unknowingly wrapped up in his schemes.As she learns more about him and the danger that she may be in, she tries to back away, but Billy won't have it. His self-destructive and manipulative ways keep her engaged, while his seizures and strokes tug at her compassionate side. Yet an overnight stay at the hospital gives her insight into a person that she couldn't have predicted being capable of deceiving not only her but also everyone in town who ever crossed his path.Nicole barrels down a road of figuring out how to disconnect from a man whom she discovers has a violent past without putting herself further into harm's way. She is aided by a local sheriff's officer who sees the trouble she is in and takes it upon himself to bring Malone in once and for all.

When you look at someone in a wheelchair, the wheelchair is not always what you should see. You do not know what that person is going through or what they have been through. So, before you are quick to judge a person, just think, that could be you someday or someone in your family. It is hard enough being in a wheelchair, then to have people around you look down on you and judge you or think you have a disease. This book is to let people know how easy it is to get hurt, whether you are on your job or whether you are in a car. So, the next time you see someone with a disability, do not be quick to judge.

Packed with delicious recipes originally developed for some major commercial restaurant chains, this cookbook has been created for the home cook, with ingredients lists in both US and metric measurements, and recipe portions for family-sized yields. Also included is the story of Bob Deal, the developer of the recipes and telling of his path to creativity with food.

At the outset of 1973, Alphonse Giordano is the unquestioned king of the New York underworld, supported by a secret society of enforcers, earners, and influencers who manipulate the city conditions to their own ends. Foremost on their mind is the construction of a Manhattan high-rise, a project they hope can provide them with a once-in-a-lifetime score, if only the right buttons are pressed. And press them Al does, no matter the risk or cost of human life. However, his actions draw unwanted attention from both sides of the law until the friction becomes too much. Something must give. And the city will never be the same.Uncover the truth of the story along with V, a struggling writer determined to sift through the ashes, no matter the implications.

War is coming. Alaric Santoro is an immortal warrior and the son of a king and of the original royal descendants that protects the human race.Katerina is a fay. She and Alaric share a connection that is fate, but Katerina has always chosen her duty to the fay sisters above all else.Torn between duty and love, Alaric and Katerina will be forced to decide where their loyalties lie. How will their love and free will change the course of events in the future? Sometimes, life gives a second chance, not always. It's what Alaric and Katerina do with those second chances that counts.

A true story of a young marine who escaped from a level 5 military prison on an island called Treasure Island. In the military, he graduated number one in his class; his future seemed bright. After his first love left him, his life spiraled out of control into drugs and crime. It's a true story of one unbelievable event after another. It will keep you wondering what's next and will give you hope if you've lost it.

K Dorm in 90 Days is a true story of life, how one's life can change in a matter of minutes. K Dorm in 90 Days will speak to loved ones at home and to the inmates that are living the hell we call incarceration. It is a real-life story of a man that had everything he needed in life but chose to make poor decisions that had him see life on the other side of concrete walls.K Dorm tells a story about how daily life in jail or prison affects not only the one incarcerated but also the family on the outside, how jail hurts a family and can tear them apart. It, hopefully, can speak to the loved ones and tell them how an incarcerated person's mind deals with the isolation and pain, how days can be long and nights even longer. It will speak of how one word can make a man sleep well or not be able to sleep for nights.K Dorm speaks to the inmates on not only how our decisions can isolate and put us behind bars but also how it sends our families to jail on the outside; how they live the life of worry, anger, and pain; how our actions affect them every day we are gone; and how it changes their thoughts on how to live going forward.K Dorm also speaks about how the system is broken in many ways. Once a criminal, always a criminal. It speaks about how people with a record are treated and how it is hard to ever be allowed back into society, be forgiven, and truly be given a second chance; how our system takes advantage of inmates' desperation and profits on the backs of our families.Rehabilitation or pure humiliation-you decide as you go into the life of a man who had land, a family, college education, and everything he needed but ended up seeing the life on the other side of the steel door and lost it all.

Sometimes God can be your best friend or closest relative along with some of his animal creations. Come along with us on an eventful journey between a cute small beagle and a song-filled Whippoorwill bird who are looking for their older friend. See how patience, will power, and faith can come together to allow miracles to happen!