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Measuring Reality

The short stories in "Measuring Reality" recall Bradbury’s Medicine for Melancholy era as well as a Lovecraftian Gothic horror which rudely intrudes on characters living otherwise calm pedestrian lives. Carefully chosen language in... Read More

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Stomach Flattening

Doug Setter’s satisfied clients include a former paratrooper and prison guard a martial arts instructor a Vancouver police officer and even a grandmother. Given the gushing testimonials present on the outside of the book readers will... Read More

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Born to Freedom

Freedom to most Americans is an abstract concept. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall the earnest rhetoric of Marxist—Leninist ideologues has been reduced to quaint slogans found in history books. But not to Lucy Ankus the heroine of... Read More

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The Owl and the Hawk

I believe with all my soul and intellect that Muslim fanatical terrorism poses the greatest threat to freedom the world has yet seen and unless defeated will ultimately conquer us. —"The Owl and the Hawk" John Errett The novel has... Read More

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Is Tehran Burning?

“’[A] nuclear missile attack on Israel is imminent as is a dirty bomb attack on this country. If and I underline if the information is valid beyond doubt it calls for no it demands a preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear and... Read More

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Clawed Back from the Dead

“He was caught in a chiaroscuro ballet with the light flickering on and off behind him. He became a part of the movie” the author writes. Such a cinematic ending to this big-picture crime thriller is unavoidable; the villain is... Read More

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Live Heal and Grow

“The truth is there is no easy way to heal from what life brings our way. It takes a lot of effort and time to work through our pain” Nancy Stoops writes. “There are no short cuts or surefire methods…Healing can feel very lonely... Read More

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Living Through Transitions

"Living Through Transitions" demonstrates that fundamental personal change like greatness is sought by some and thrust upon others. One cannot jump to the end without working through the initial jolt and the trying middle difficult tasks... Read More

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