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The biggest skeleton in the closet of VERONICA "RONNIE" BELLA, re-surfaces forcing her to confront her biggest secret - the Attempted Murder of her Ex-Husband SHANE BELLA, and a small fortune in stolen Government bullion.

A boy happens upon a stranger in an outside cafe. This stranger tells him of free ranging devil horse out on the high plains that can never be caught. This boy become obsessed with catching him. After many long trials and tribulations, he succeeds to catch the crazy devil horse of the Sierra Madrea. He eases onto the horse's back, seizing hold of the wild horse's mane for a ride deep into unseen realms that neither him nor the reader of this story, will never be able to forget.

Friendship doesn't always help one to escape depression, but friendship always lightens the load. Kami learns this powerful lesson through a very curious discovery in her Nanna's attic.

A tavern boy is fascinated with a disgraced pirate captain, Hugues Justice, but when a strange visitor arrives in the islands, can the boy find Justice and help him restore his honor?

Taeyeon dreads her existence and only wishes to disappear after her parents' death. Hayden is sent down to reveal the wonderful life and its extremities to her, hoping Taeyeon would believe in the world once more. But what happens when the world has already decided the fate of the lost girl? Will Hayden be able to fulfill his task without Taeyeon discovering the angel beside her? What will he do when he recognizes the sway of Taeyeon's heart for the celestial spirit that is himself?

Well. You found it. The one thing that has no motive. No agenda. No endgame. The story without end. The story that constantly changes. The story that can break the hardest of souls and a story that can make the most depressed hearts laugh. This is my greatest creation. An all new reality where we all have something in common. I can't wait to break your understanding of what is real and what is not. Are you ready?

With Christ for President, Jason Hill offers readers an astonishing collection of his short fiction, revised especially for this volume and highlighted by the inclusion of two new stories that are among the finest he has ever written. As is characteristic of all of Hill's works, these stories resonate with irony and compassion, honesty and insight, extending into the vast territory of the heart and the world, and even science fiction, from working-class Ohio to Honduras and the White House. Broad in scope and rich in imagination, Christ for President affirms Jason Hill's place as one of the masters of American storytelling.

The third anthology offered by the Royal Writers Guild of Cenla is full of Christmas short stories and poems about the the celebration of the birth of Jesus and other holiday miracles. Warm and encouraging words for this wonderful season.