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www.unlimitedpublishing.com/cwcr  Dick Burns |
 | Live or Die is a remarkable story of a 38-year-old stroke victim and his recovery. It is also about lessons learned during the ordeal and how his life and values changed with each step.
Dick Burns is a retired advertising man -- the one who put the smile on the PSA airplane and engineered a cultural icon: the Fruit of the Loom Guys. At 38, he suffered a stroke and was not expected to live. Yet many years later, he prospers in California, where he is an avid golfer and writer. He wrote this wise and whimsical story of his miraculous survival and recovery for you. |
 Marianne Ware |
 | The Meaning of Water is a collection of stories by Marianne Ware runs the gamut from intense childhood experiences to contemporary satire. The title piece tells of a young girl who becomes a veritable “wild child,” at the camp her parents manage in upstate New York. Other stories explore the nature and origins of sexual guilt and the minds and hearts of a well-meaning, if vicarious, Jewish mother. The most controversial piece probes the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of molesting the daughters of his lover.
Marianne Ware recently retired from teaching English and Creative Writing at Santa Rosa Junior College. She was a founder of the Russian River Writers’ Guild and has published poetry, fiction and non-fiction in more than a hundred literary magazines, anthologies and tabloids. |
 Ann Wilkes www.annwilkes.com |
 | In The Amazing Lavratt, beautiful Aranna Navna plans to conquer the galaxy one planet at a time. She steals the Awesome Lavratt, a mind control device, from a freighter in Horace Whistlestop’s junkyard. She takes Horace, too. With the Lavratt, Aranna manipulates the thoughts and desires of everyone around her —- until she gets to the Emperor of Calistania. Then things go from bad to worse for Aranna. The Lavratt, however, has only just begun!
If Ann Wilkes’ alien worlds don’t hook you, her sense of humor will. She has a unique voice that draws the reader into alien realms of danger, intrigue and rollicking adventure. Her science fiction stories have appeared in several online magazines and two print anthologies. |