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Winner of the 2022 Connecticut Author Project for Young Adult Fiction For this teen reaper, collecting souls is effortless, but when she’s forced to play human, it becomes dangerous. Maggie is the best Collector in the After, and she knows it. But she’s more interested in moving up to a coveted position on the elite Guard—the protectors of humanity. When she accepts an important mission with the Guard, it’s an opportunity to show off her skills. But the mission goes awry, and Maggie finds herself stuck inside a human body with no way out. It should be a relatively simple fix: find the displaced soul, return to her normal afterlife. But Maggie only has a week before the body inherits ...
When asked to name the greatest moment of their lives, most people say their ten-year high school reunion, but try telling that to the Kooterville High Class of ’96! Even before they can partake in their first drunken Macarena, this group of backward-looking has-beens gets taken hostage by a helicopter full of super-powered troublemakers. A few dozen normal humans must face off against the likes of:• Socialist Super-Agent Dane McVain and his wondrous helicopter, Uppsala.• Super-Powered Super-Models Eva Destruction and Donna Correction• Dr. Arliss Poindexter and his warped creations, the Knockout Mouse and the Wolfian DucksEXCEPT… somewhere, among the fat, balding masses, lurks their arch nemesis, Drek Manifold.
Can the sins of the past dictate your future? For as long as she can remember, Jenny Miller has experienced intense intrusive visions. Plagued by graphic mental images of death and harm, Jenny is constantly on edge, always fighting to stay on this plane of reality. Until she gets one chance to learn if anyone else in her family suffered the same way. When Jenny and her mother travel to a rural town to sell their legacy home, evidence of the past surrounds them and forces concealed secrets to the surface. But the more Jenny digs, the more she entrenches herself in a sordid past. Soon after finding a hidden journal filled with disturbing messages, a local goes missing and the suspicions of the town’s sheriff turn toward Jenny and her mother. To prove their innocence, Jenny needs to come face to face with a killer who is more like her than she ever wanted. With the clock ticking, can Jenny withstand her visions long enough to uncover the truth and save herself? For fans of deeply layered thrillers by Alice Feeney, Lisa Jewell, and Catherine Ryan Howard.
Getting Even Just Got Even Better. . . They say you can't go home again--and when home is Tempest, Indiana, "Litter Box Capital of the World," who'd want to? Not Allie Dean. She couldn't wait to leave the place that made her feel worthless when she was at her most vulnerable. Seven years later and 170 pounds lighter, Allie's back, scouting locations for an indy flick. It's the perfect opportunity to exact the sweet revenge that comes with looking seriously hot. And the guy who broke her heart just happens to have made himself very available. . . Duncan Henry isn't used to being stood up, though the gorgeous blond who just ditched him looks like she does it all the time. Still, Duncan's deter...
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Pregnancy is a viewed as a window to future health. With the birth of the developmental origins of human adult disease hypothesis, research and clinical practice has turned its attention to the influence of maternal factors such as health and lifestyle surrounding pregnancy as a means to understand and prevent the inter-generational inheritance of chronic disease susceptibility. Outcomes during pregnancy have long-lasting impacts on both women on children. Moreover, nutrition early in life can influence growth and the establishment of lifelong eating habits and behaviors. This Special Issue on “Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation: Implications for Maternal and Infant Health” is intended to highlight new epidemiological, mechanistic and interventional studies that investigate maternal nutrition around the pregnancy period on maternal and infant outcomes. Submissions may include original research, narrative reviews, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
When Katy's pony, Amber, is diagnosed with a fractured splint bone and a cracked cannon bone, Katy feels as though the worst has happened. In reality the worst is yet to come. A decline in condition along with being attacked by several life threatening illnesses leads to Amber's future hanging in the balance. Katy is faced with a decision to either let her go or fight for her. "Why has this happened to you?" I asked her desperate for some sort of answer. Her small head was bowed low and her bottom lip trembled. This wasn't her; it didn't feel as though she was still alive. Her body was here but her mind and spirit were gone. How could I possibly make this decision? The facts and my head said to put her down, but right now the facts weren't good enough and my heart felt that she deserved more. Katy has the best possible support team behind her to fight for Amber's life. This then begs the question can they do it? Will Amber live?
Revive your book from the bottom of the charts with rights reversion. Have you sold your book to a publisher, but years later it’s not selling the way you want? Are you frustrated with their lack of marketing and little to no royalty payments? It’s time to take back your book rights. This guide will give you the knowledge and confidence to get your book rights reverted and how to place it in front of new readers, on your terms. In this book you’ll find: • The basics of rights reversion • What to do with your book after reversion • How to re-publish your book • Long-term considerations for your author business and backlist • Stories from authors successfully reverting and republishing their books You will always be your book's biggest champion. Don't condemn it to years of neglect at someone else's hands. Take back your rights and make them work for you for years to come.
The aspiration for my book was born out of the need to be able to tell my story. Sides of which many people have never heard or seen. I sat back for many years thinking about "What a book about me would look like?" Then I went through a very difficult time in my life, so I decided to share it with the world.
This third issue of Phenomenal Stories features the conclusion of the three-part cyberpunk short novel, 'Closer, ' and continues the science fiction end of the world novel, 'After.' In the short story department, Richard H. Nilsen tells the odd tale of "The Quick & the Curious," and the saga of Robert & Cara continues in the Robert W. Chambers-inspired tale, "The House of the Sign." The editor takes a look at "That Lovecraft Bunch," and 'Gosh! Wow! A Personal History of the Pulps' continues with part 3. Phenomenal Stories is a modern-day tribute to the science fiction/horror/fantasy/speculative pulp magazines of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.