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Two expertly crafted crime stories set in a far-future science fiction universe, from two award-winning authors known for their gripping plots and unforgettable characters—a short novel and a long novella that will thrill fans of space adventures, mystery, and intergalactic intrigue in this...

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, the busiest time of the year at Beechy’s Sweets, where the Amish gifts of love and faith are even sweeter than the home-made candy. This audiobook includes three stories: The Sweetest Courtship by national best-selling author Emma Miller, The Sweetest Truth by national best-selling author Laura Bradford, and Nothing Tastes so Sweet by award-winning author Mary Ellis.

Building on her critically acclaimed novel The Last Days of California and her biting collection Always Happy Hour, Miller slyly transports listeners to her unapologetic corner of the South - this time, Biloxi, Mississippi, home to 63-year-old Louis McDonald, Jr. His wife of 37 years left him, his father has passed - and he has impulsively retired from his job in anticipation of an inheritance check that may not come. One day, he stops at a house advertising free dogs and meets overweight mixed-breed Layla.

What if you could see beyond the veil? Can a psychic reading solve a murder? Based on a True Story. Join Johnnie Devine, environmental activist by day and private investigator by default, as she journeys from the World Series of Birding in Cape May, New Jersey to Sarasota, Florida where birder meets murder. Author Mary Miller tells the true Florida Story: "I’d made up the mysterious murder of a birder. But when I arrived in Cape May, for the World Series of Birding, an important member of the birding community had gone missing. There was a Florida connection. Upon my return to Florida, a ...

Frankenskeeters! Mutant mosquitos take over the world! Disney's underworld, that is. Can we stop these mini-monsters before it’s too late? Enjoy murder, mystery and madness: Florida style. Join Johnnie Devine, environmental activist by day and private investigator by default, as she battles bloodsucking beasts and an even greater threat to Florida shores. Trouble always seems to find her. Travel through Florida's blackwater swamps, underground theme parks and romantic islands with Johnnie and her eccentric crew: a native Seminole medicine woman, a genetic scientist and the captain of both...

Two days after a blizzard hits Field’s Crossing, Indiana, Sheriff Jhonni Laurent discovers the frozen body of a high school senior under a 15-foot pile of snow and ice. Murder is rare in farm country, and this death marks the beginning of Jhonni’s first homicide case.

Can You Survive a Cat. 5? Join Johnnie Devine, environmental activist by day and private investigator by default, as she tangles with murder in the middle of a Cat. 5 Hurricane. Trouble always seems to find her. Explore exotic Wild Florida and the darker side of human nature, with threats of treachery and intrigue. Hurricane Blues: a Snack Size Florida Story best enjoyed in one sitting.

The characters in Mary Miller's debut short story collection, Big World, are at once autonomous and lonesome, possessing both a longing to connect with those around them and a cynicism. Her writing is unapologetically honest and efficient, and the gut-wrenching directness of her prose is reminiscent of Mary Gaitskill and Courtney Eldridge - if Gaitskill's and Eldridge's stories were set in the South and reeked of spilled beer and cigarette smoke.

Always Happy Hour weaves tales of young women who are deeply flawed, intensely real, and who struggle to get out of their own way. These women love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who love them too much or too little; they haunt gas stations, public pools, and dive bars, seeking understanding in the most unlikely of places; and, although each shoulders the weight of different baggage, they all suspect they deserve better.

Too many people fail to take control of their lives, allowing themselves to fall victim and accept whatever happens. When you choose to dream and defy the naysayers all around you can change direction and accomplish nearly anything you set out to achieve. In Changing Direction, Mary Miller lays out 10 choices anyone can make to impact his or her dreams. By concentrating on improving the future, you become a new, happier and more energized person.

The ice is melting—but what will it reveal? Spring has sprung, and Easter festivities are underway in Field’s Crossing, Indiana. The annual egg hunt is a huge success, thanks in no small part to Lisa DuVal, the owner of Big Al’s Diner who dyed all of the eggs. But when Sheriff Jhonni Laurent discovers Lisa’s body in her catering van later that day, the happy holiday quickly sours, and Laurent begins a murder investigation. All are shocked at the reading of the will when it’s revealed that the diner will be inherited by Lisa’s best friend—not by her daughter, which raises Laurent’s suspicions.

With The Last Days of California, Mary Miller bursts into the literary world, taking up the mantle of Southern fiction and rendering it her own with wry vulnerability and contemporary urgency. Miller’s revelatory protagonist, Jess, is fourteen years old and waiting for the world to end. Her evangelical father has packed up the family and left their Montgomery home to drive west to California, hoping to save as many souls as possible before the Second Coming.

The Blue Rose Magazine is dedicated to covering the world of Twin Peaks from Mark Frost & David Lynch.This cover was created by painter Lisa Hession who encompassed over 28 different scenes that take place in Twin Peaks over 3 seasons and a movie for this original painting. The hard copy is a wrap around cover. With the Kindle you get the full Jpg picture.This is a special issue where many of our writers return to the magazine to write about their favorite scenes in Twin Peaks. They look at it from a critical, personal, directorial or comic perspective. It is anything and everything that ...

Meditations to help you on your healing journey. Listen to them once or multiple times to calm your mind, body, and soul. Mary S. Miller has been a Licensed Social Worker for over 25 years. For more information you can visit www.marymillerlisw.com

In this book, Accredited Public Relations Professional Mary Ellen Miller shares her communications leadership journey on a $400-million dam project. This book is for PR professionals and project managers involved in issue management and stakeholder engagement on major infrastructure projects.

Dive into the fascinating life of George Mackay, a prominent Presbyterian missionary who left a significant mark in northern Taiwan between 1844 and 1901. This podcast provides an engaging, fictionalized account of his life, as summarized by Edmund Bloxam.

What does it take to get your ideas to scale deep? It takes a little art, a little science, and a commitment to speaking human-first. Speaking Human-First is for big thinkers, subject-matter experts, and agents of change hungry for influence and impact. Host and veteran storyteller Mary Knox Miller talks with thought leaders about their road to recognition and unique ways they've shared their work with the world. You'll be emboldened to communicate what you know by focusing on who you are and what those craving your wisdom need to hear.

Erased is a weekly environmental news podcast where we have connections and provide information on climate issues and stories that affect us every day.

Meet Mary and Jil, two friends separated by 6,783.38 miles, who decided to start a Catholic podcast about the Holy Spirit.

Learning is important no matter where you are. But some classrooms are very different than others. Discover all types of schools around the world in this fun, engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.