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Jack made the choice that few make, and now he is left wondering if he has thrown his life away or given himself a chance to make up for the past. But as always, it isn't just Jack that has been affected by his actions.

Alone again. Sitting on the ledge in the darkness of The Corridor. A sword thrust through his chest. His faithful companion, DogThing - thrown to the horde of zombies below. The scaffold bridge that was his only escape - destroyed. Rudy, Adler, Reg, and Marie - all separated by the closed portal.

Robert Brumm Jr., author of Windigo Soul and the Desolate series, brings you Stage Five - a collection of five short stories. Warning. May contain traces of the following: Talking cats and dogs, a serial killer on dialysis, testicle dissecting robots, prostitutes getting shot in the back, a meth head burned alive, a decapitated head kicked across the room, a puggle tempted to eat fresh vomit, a woman with a hangover wearing a Reggie White t-shirt, a pink litter box, and the extinction of the human race.

If you have ever enjoyed The Gruffalo, you might be amused by this fan homage to that wonderful work. If you haven't, do that first. The Gruffalo is for children zero to five years old. Buffalo Tiger is for six year olds and up. Both works are quite short and ultimately based on a Chinese folk tale about a fox and a tiger. Buffalo Tiger offers a solution to a special challenge of rhyming with "tiger" and adds a few nuances along the way. It invokes the world of insects, whereas The Gruffalo narrates from the world of larger animals.

Everyone's on edge when massive creatures are sighted lurking deep in the Pacific. But smooth-talking Parker smells an opportunity. He convinces his vice principal that the middle school is in danger, winning his classmates a day off…a kaiju day. But Parker's clever scheme backfires when the army swoops in and puts everyone on emergency lockdown. Now, his classmates are trapped at home with their parents, who insist on limiting their screen time, making them eat Brussels sprouts, and sharing their feelings.

Long after the world has died, one man goes on a journey to save a single soul and ends up changing the lives of countless others. For Jack Avery, living among the ruins of the outer zone and scavenging to survive is not the worst of nightmares. Something haunts him far more than any hunter patrol. In one short moment, two years before, something happened that changed him. This story is about his journey through the apocalypse, but also through his own regrets and doubts.

During a span of 55 years, Emil Richards has been a renowned presence in Hollywood soundstages, recording studios, jazz clubs, and international touring venues. Considered a supreme artist on the vibraphone, marimba and xylophone, as well as a master of his world-famous collection of percussion instruments, Richards is renowned throughout the world for his versatility.

In Jewish Gentle and Other Stories of Gay-Jewish Living, Daniel M. Jaffe explores various aspects of gay-Jewish life: coming out to self and family; (re)defining one's relationship to tradition and faith; surviving child abuse and teenage sexual identity angst; experiencing the adult joys and heartbreaks of dating, of forming relationships, and of losing them; coping with HIV/AIDS; considering parenting; and dealing with old age.

Three weeks after her mother’s death, Rebecca (Reba) Price cannot stand the oppressiveness filling her Texas home. Her sister, aunt, and maybe even her father blame her. She cannot disagree. Hacking into her father’s accounts she takes what she sees as her rightful inheritance and escapes to school in Montana. She convinces herself it’s not to be near where her mother died nor near the sabre-toothed cats. However, as her freshman year ends, she is drawn back into those mountains.

Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus everyone from Frank Sinatra to Marilyn Monroe. Bradley Lewis' novel about Cohen draws from thousands of resources - a virtual treasure trove of Mafia-related books, articles, and interviews. Lewis tells the early Mickey Cohen story during the period when he was growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, until the beginning of his foray with Bugsy Siegel into Las Vegas.

Hooked is based on the true-life story of Virginia outdoor television producer Jim Baugh. Jim Baugh Outdoors TV is one of Americas most diverse and entertaining outdoor programs and has been in syndication since 1989.

First come the letters, threatening Helen with divine justice if she persists in her plans. Then, on live television, someone takes a shot at Tom and Helen. It soon becomes apparent that someone’s decided to stop them at any cost. But Helen already knows who wants her dead. It’s someone from her past as a Detective in Washington, D.C. A serial killer who sees himself acting as God’s instrument to kill impure women.

The Fourteenth Witness Testament is Part 71 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. This book is the telling of the continuing journey of Benjamin Potéxaná Kareth. This book chronicles how God continues to guide and strengthen Benjamin to abide in Solitude and in Obscurity to complete the writing of The Book of Benjamin Kareth in large-town USA.

With Eyes Toward Eternity is Part 69 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. This book is an encouragement to always keep one's eyes toward eternity. Jesus encouraged us to store up treasures in heaven. The Bible encourages us to live for the next life, not this life. This book seeks to encourage you to keep your eyes on heaven as you live out your remaining life on earth.

The Thirteenth Witness Testament is Part 64 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. This book is the telling of the continuing journey of Benjamin Potéxaná Kareth. This book chronicles how God continues to guide and strengthen Benjamin to abide in Solitude and in Obscurity to complete the writing of The Book of Benjamin Kareth in small-town USA.

Exploring 613 is Part 68 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. This book is an exploration of the Law of God given through Moses on the mountaintop. This law is perfect and will revive the soul of the one who keeps them all perfectly.

The Beauty of the Holiness of God is Part 70 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. This book is an exploration of the beauty of the Holiness of God. God is Holy. He is set apart, unique, the only Living God. Nothing and no one is higher than Him. He is not “like” us. We were created in His image, but we are not “like” Him. How can I explain this to you? How to make you understand or how to make you see and understand the holiness, the set apart nature, of God?

The Letters to the Prophets of the World is Part 67 of The Book of Benjamin Kareth. I have been asked by God to write letters to each of the Prophets of the world. I will listen and write what God speaks. These are the first letters written to the prophets, those who are called by God to “Listen, Obey, and Speak Out!”.

Hieronymus is not only ready to die, he wants to die. It’s his time; however, the laws of Florida forbid him from carrying it out on his own. Self-murder, they label it. How many of the youngsters - a title he freely applies to anyone under the age of 65 - who put their blessings on such a law would change their minds about the whole self-murder thing once they, themselves, come to realize their days are at an end, that there is no point in trying to hold on, that there is no longer a life while certain death hoovers about them like a cold fog?

Connor Halldon believed what he had been told as a child. His mother had died in combat on a distant world. Until he finds an old message that had been left for him on the same day that she had fallen in combat. Now he doesn't know what to believe. Has his whole life since that day been based on lies? Was his mother even dead? Now, the Resistance soldiers are hunting him down, and he doesn't even know why. All he can do is follow the trail left for him.