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Edge of a Fantasy and Other Poems is an audiobook of approximately fifty poems written in English and Spanish side-by-side in a bilingual format. 

Maggie Walsh has entered the convent. Abandoning her dreams to be an actress or a writer, Maggie embraces church teaching that says the convent is the path to perfection. It is 1960. Church reform is a few years away, but when it comes, radical changes unfold swiftly. Maggie embraces that change. Her brother, Jack, who tries at every turn to get Maggie to come to her senses, involves Maggie in civil-rights and anti-war activities - forcing her into conflict with her superiors. Maggie must choose: Will she keep peace in the convent or follow her conscience?  

Four years have passed since the destruction of the Phoenix Tower and with it the infamous A-Men. The once-great Dead City is now a no-go zone; abandoned and forgotten. Living in this nightmarish underworld Jack is a twisted shadow of his former self, a lone survivor in a world of warring gang lords and their crazed disciples. Yet something is stirring in the sanctuary of the near-space starstations; a realization that its governing sentience is dying and the one thing that can save civilization fell to earth a long, long time ago.

Dhá is the bundle of The Hermit, The Devil, and The Tower.

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With one sniff, sex researcher Leigh Fromm recognizes that any offspring she might have with the mysterious stranger would have a better-than-average chance of surviving any number of impending pandemics. But when Leigh finds out that the handsome "someone" at her great aunt's wake is Prince Roman Habsburg von Lorraine of Austria, she suddenly doubts her instincts - not that she was intending to sleep with the guy.

Heroes tells the tale of a daring escape from Kuwait after the invasion by Iraq and prior to Operation Desert Storm. Hawk and Ali have a common goal: get out of Kuwait alive! Using ingenuity and perseverance, they succeed in making their way through war-torn Kuwait and over a treacherous desert to Jordan - a feat Saddam Hussein deemed impossible.

Joanna Lyon is the great-granddaughter of the legendary TwenCen musician Sean Lyon. Joanna may have inherited some of her ancestor's musical talent, but her parents' bitter divorce and her Uncle Jack's attempts to remake her into another Sean have left her hostile toward her family and music. Her passion is for science, but since she has no access to the family funds, she struggles to earn enough credits for graduate school. Then her uncle sets up a business deal with her employer....

Finding Peace follows the relationship between Miss Mazey and Jamie as they travel through the obstacles, twists, and turns of Christian living. Miss Mazey will astound you as she gently teaches Biblical principles in answer to life’s problems. She lovingly guides us through the challenges that often grip us as we go about our daily lives. Her lessons will bless you as you learn what it takes to live a peaceful, rich, and rewarding life.

Maria Magliani, a forty-something single mom, finds fate to be unfair and unkind. Since her husband Michael died—purportedly by his own hand—she and her son Chip must fend for themselves, relying on acquired skills and experiences from a parochial Irish-Italian background.

As I journeyed through this part of my soul, I fell in love with myself and gained more passion for what my life could be. Poems of all styles flow freely in this book displaying all aspects and perspectives of my life: history, woes, troubles, circumstances, ideals, spirituality, graciousness and raw self expression. In this book, I provide a window to my soul, a legacy for the world. I hope that one day these poems will be studied by my descendants far and wide. Just like my heroine Chimamanda Ndichie.

Narrated by a much-loved grandchild, herself now old enough to be a grandmother, the story is about two young people, betrayed by their first loves, who found one another in an unexpected way. Because they’re first cousins, some considered their blossoming love anathema. They didn’t care and spent the rest of their lives unashamedly loving each other. It is also the story of a family, a mother, father, son, and daughter who loved and were loved by the two titular lovers. The book brims with love between mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren, people and pets! 

Do you know God? Can we know God? How does one get to know God? Who is God? What God do we want to know? Spending time in God’s presence is the way to get to know him.

Love takes many shapes and can be felt in many ways—in its presence and in its loss, in its discovery and in its growth. Love is a transformative process, meant to be shared and experienced freely, vulnerably, and without limits. Love Comes Remembering presents a collection of poems embodying the essence of love in all its forms. These verses reflect on the range of thoughts and sentiments that love can evoke in all of us. It is vital to share the importance of love with others in our lives. Discovering love is exciting, losing it is tragic, and remembering it is priceless.

Summer of 2020 presents a poetic voice unearthed by the backdrop of the mind-bending events in 2020. Devastating the sensibility of reasonable men and women. Black and white…all colors in between. Events that have stirred us from speechless to responsive. Responding in ways with the expectation to change a nation by rending its heart with truth. There are many who share this land. Yet only two, on who, the events of 2020 were planned. Enter at the beginning. Recall the days. Conclude for yourself, color or fade.

Short Stuff is a compilation of both narrative and poetic forms. I have always loved writing, but it took some jolts from my life journey to lead to more introspection and more freedom to hone these writings into some publishable form.

Lucy Luo. Author, Artist, Curator. Born in Beijing, China. Studied in London, Britain. Lives in NY, America.