J. Richardson
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In the early part of the twenty first century, ten years after an EMP disaster, Chris is surviving with her brother and father. In the small South Dakota town, constant threats cause them to reach out and form new alliances. Can they defeat the menace that keeps returning? Can they begin to restore their city or will they continue to live under the shadow of the marauders?
Will the new alliance be able to keep the town safe, to fight off roaming...
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In Washington D.C., the plans were set in advance for the evacuation of the government employees, if a catastrophic event occurred. Will and Maggie find themselves hustled away from their Whitehouse offices to a promised safe location, headed for an unknown destination and uncertain future. In the days after the complete power grid failure, will the couple find haven or will they and their fellow refugees find an intolerable existence?
4) It Was 2052
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Jackson grew up in the post catastrophe small town of Unity. Over thirty years, since an EMP struck, the earth and caused worldwide chaos, America is, far-from-healed and back to normal. The large Texas city of Dallas looms one hundred miles to the west. Still only a shadow of it's past life as a bustling metro city, the city is growing and changing. He has made his decision to give, the city a try. Will he find a new life or does danger lurk there?...
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*LIFE WAS NORMAL, BUT IN AN INSTANT A POST APOCALYPSE WAS THE NEW REALITY*
The normal bustle and rush, the everyday routine came to an abrupt end one early Spring day in America. Beth and her husband, Jack, are miles apart. Something extremely disastrous has occurred, this isn't merely a lights out event. Their family, in wide spread locations, will be, tossed into a dangerous and challenging new reality. Is there hope for Jack and Beth, and their...
6) West
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Cody and his friends have lived in the secure haven of Unity for over fifteen years. They have survived an EMP event and been victorious in a hard fought battle to keep their boundaries safe. Venturing out from their haven has become an intriguing idea. Will their journey west take them to new horizons, will they find adventure or will they be lost in a hostile and perilous America?
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Tyler is having one of the most exciting and best days of his young life, until the disaster happens and begins some of the worst days of his life. The chain of events that will carry him toward home will cross 400-miles of unknown territory. Some of the survivors he encounters will, help move him along on his journey and some will, bring danger that he could have never, imagined.
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*MYSTERIES FROM A WORLD BEFORE THE APOCALYPSE EMERGE ONCE AGAIN*
At 7,000 feet above sea level, a small community of survivors has found shelter from the conditions of a post EMP catastrophe in America. Cissy was just a young girl, when she arrived with her adoptive family, and is, now a young woman. The arrival of a stranger brings unexpected changes to her haven. Is she ready to leave her security, for danger-for adventure? The rough and towering...
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Was it an EMP? Was it a natural event or a manmade catastrophe? It had been a year and sketchy communications still gave no definitive answer. They were on their own. Jack and Beth had managed to gather their family together, in a short time. However, the unexplained event had been the end of life as they knew it. It was only the beginning of the challenges they would face, in their struggle to survive in this new life.
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*YESTERDAY'S LIFE HAS BECOME A FRIGHTENING POST APOCALYPTIC REALITY IN A BLINK*
Clay started his day as normal, on the wide river in the fascinating city of New Orleans. By the time, his paddle wheeler, the Annie Belle, returns the morning tour passengers to shore, it's apparent that something is very wrong. In the days after, as the new and changed world is, revealed, four new friends and two children will travel, a perilous journey. Up two mighty...
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Jeff and his young son, Kevin, are travelers in the often inhospitable landscape of the country. Fifteen years after a catastrophic event impacted America, challenges lurk in the unknown territories. Many chance encounters await. While most meetings are with people they will never see again, some will prove to be life changing. Join the travelers in their quest for a permanent home and in their struggles to survive.
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Twenty years after an EMP event caused chaos on a global scale, Lyn-Marie survives. In an old RV campground in East Texas, her group has created a village and managed to kept it secure through two decades. Though the world isn't prospering, the constant peril seems to have lessened---until the day the earth trembles under her feet. Will the massive earthquake to the north cause desperate migrations? In the aftermath of the distant quake, new dangers...
13) Serenity War
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A colony world not quite as Earth-like as the original colonists hoped has them reverting back to living on the land. Centuries later, their descendants, after years of peace, find tensions rising among the clusters. Will three teenagers be able to shift the tide with only bows and arrows and swords? When they meet a mysterious healer with ancient technology, their chances increase, but at what cost? Kahlo, a child of the Solo cluster, is unwillingly...
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Much Ado About Nothing is a delightful play which pits two intelligent, thinking people against each other, both of whom protest against love (and each other), but who finally come to embrace the other both literally and emotionally. The contretemps between Beatrice and Benedick is emotionally and intellectually satisfying, partially because the audience is included on the joke but also because it is rewarding to see two strong, independent personalities...
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It is probably natural that a reader feel sympathy for Desdemona; falsely accused, she suffers some of the most offensive name-calling in all of Shakespeare. But it is also appropriate to sympathize with Othello. He becomes malleable in the hands of Iago who molds him to his own vindictive purpose, never disclosing his reasons. Additionally, one should admire Emilia who is truly heroic in her denial of the accusations against Desdemona, her resistance...
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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night presents a character who is a literary descendant of Sir John Falstaff: Sir Toby Belch. Like Falstaff, Sir Toby is bombastic, mendacious, and pusillanimous. As in Falstaff's case, these character traits might be offset by the humor of the presentation; however, in this readers eyes, the humor does not redeem him or make him lovable. Malvolio is another person worthy of close consideration. As a near archetypical Puritan,...
17) First Call
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First call. In a funeral home, it means a death has occurred and it is the family's first contact with the funeral director.
Public health officials call regional funeral directors together for a meeting. An influenza pandemic is sweeping the country. Funeral director Jennifer Spencer is appointed Area Coordinator, working with military, bereavement personnel and public health officials to manage the morgue at an arena in Niagara Falls.
One of her...
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Because Julius Caesar has been required reading in most high schools, it may be the Shakespeare play most familiar to students. However, as one reader protested, it cant be much of a play when the hero dies early in the third act. However, many of us have been instructed that Julius Caesar is not the protagonist; Brutus is. This is apparently made clear by Mark Antonys comment over Brutus body in Act V: This was the noblest Roman of them all. On a...
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In only two playsThe Comedy of Errors and The Tempest--does Shakespeare observe the unities of time, action, and place. While these apparent constraints seem to restrict the playwright, they also demonstrate an artistry that transcends the apparent restrictions, especially in The Tempest. The added themes of justice satisfied and of young love realized make for a satisfying blend of artistry and stagecraft.
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Eldarin and Eldeena, twin siblings orphaned at a young age after the murder of their parents, were, raised in the village of Umbraxia at the orphanage. Kept in the dark as to the nature of their parents' deaths, the two grew up as normal and happy as one could expect under the circumstances. They laughed, had friends, got into trouble, and loved each other as siblings should.
Nearing the age of thirteen, the two were excited to learn that they would...