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A collection of poignant short stories addressing romance, failures, intrigues, and beliefs from a male perspective.

A follow up to the original compilation The Palace of Winds and Other Short Stories, Through Thunder of Light is a collection of poignant, short stories addressing romance, failures, intrigues, and beliefs from a male perspective.

Carl Gustav Jung was a legendary womanizer. This dramatic fiction explores and illustrates the relationships C.G. Jung had with the four women most important to him: Emma Rauschenbach, his wife; Sabina Spielrein, his first patient and lover; Toni Wolff, patient, assistant, friend, and lover for 40 years; and finally, in his older years, with his student, Marie-Louise von Franz. Jung has made significant contributions to psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, and the comparative study of religion, and always needed the company of women to serve as his muses.

Most people think that life after retirement would mean relaxing on the couch watching TV and doing nothing else. As a result, they stop progressing and they no longer develop their social network, do meaningful activities or keep themselves in good, physical shape. This often leads retirees to ultimate boredom, disappointment and even depression. But what if you began to look at retirement as an opportunity for you to do the things you've always wanted to?

Six months after Isabelle Allen's husband dies in bed with his latest lover, she is bombarded by her well-meaning friends attempt to hook her up with any eligible male. They just can't accept that she doesn't want another man in her life. As far as Isabelle is concerned love was for fools. In exasperation Isabelle packs her car, loads up her basset hound Sammi-Sue, her cat Longfellow and all three escape to Baja, Mexico.

"The problem with political jokes is they get elected." Let's look at some of the best and the brightest (funniest) moments in our recent political and social history, quotes from the leaders that we so look up to and admire, and even a few celebrities. Why do we give them our undying attention, faith, and hope? Why not pay closer attention to who we're letting speak for and guide us?

When you butt heads with an all-powerful entity like ComStar, some feathers are bound to be ruffled. Branded outlaws for using a nuke above Lyons to stop the Second Sword of Light, the unit is forced back to Galatea, where they find even more distressing news. But a quick visit back to Earth, and all seems right again.

Evelyn's father did everything in his power to save his dying daughter, black magic included. But when a century later his plea for help gets into the wrong hands, all hell breaks loose. Caught in the slippery battlefield between the Vatican and a cult that wants to change the past, a young Italian professor and a beautiful French aspiring actress are too busy running away from murder and conspiracy to let physical attraction develop into love.

Jane and Ted Price have always known that something isn't right with their son, James. Despite all of the visits to specialists, no one has been able to diagnose what is wrong with him. In desperation, they turn to well-known psychiatrist, Bill Stevens for help. A series of suicides related to James' presence forces all involved to find answers.

The third war is well underway, and the unit has taken work on Lyons, on the Combine's border. None of that can compare to the recent additions to Alex's life. But, being a loving father and husband will have to wait. Precentor Martial Jamison's legacy is rearing it's ugly head, and it's not just a few pot shots, when an entire company with DCMS air support comes calling!

Detective Conor West, a homicide sergeant is thrust into the middle of several murder investigations. While doing his job, he encounters several criminals and spirits some who were part of the Los Cruces gang.

the early spring of 2900, a Fury class Dropship, trailing smoke and fire, dropped a single person into the Macachee Swamp on the FWL planet Hamilton, fully expecting said person to die on impact. Luckily for him, he didn't. And so began a quest not only to find out why he'd been left for dead on a world not his own but to understand who and what he was.