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In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Gary Webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. For over thirty-four years, he wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels. He had an almost magnetic effect to these kinds of stories, and it was almost as if the stories found him. It was his gift, and, ultimately, it was his downfall.

In the shadows of the abyss, demons lurk. Most come with the insatiable urge to destroy everything in their paths, but some are tortured with redeemable qualities. How will these ten stories end? This anthology includes stories by Joann M. Shevock, Steve Benson, Gary Lee Webb, Layne Calry, Sue Harmeling, Jon Ray, Felicity Swan, M.D. Kubit, Laurie Bis, and Jenn Landon-Neubauer.

Do you know the 12 proven steps to write book descriptions to make your book sell? Nonfiction authors often neglect being creative when writing book descriptions. They imagine that the great content inside the book will make it a success. What a joke! Writing book descriptions is a form of copy writing - it's advertising! You are not just telling what is inside the covers. You are telling the potential reader or listener why they should buy the book.

These are the stories of my life, as I remember them, which is getting more difficult these days. I went from being a mischievous kid in Tacoma, to sailing on a Navy aircraft carrier around Asia at the beginnings of the Vietnam War, to a career in foodservice, and raising a family in Bellevue. There are a lot of stories in between. Here’s a sample of what’s inside: The Painter Twins: “When we were about four years old, Larry and I found a bucket of paint near the back of the neighbor’s garage where they had been painting the garage. No one was around so we decided their car needed ...

Welcome to The Human Experience Podcast, a show where we dive into deep conversations with people from all walks of life. Through this podcast, we aim to create a space where we can have meaningful conversations that help us better understand each other and the world around us. Our goal is to inspire listeners to connect with others, learn from different perspectives, and embrace the beauty of human diversity.