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Six short stories. Worlds of possibilities. The future, both near and distant. Alternate and plausible realities. Messages of hope and of doom. Fate, chance, and definitely choices.

Caleb Ledger’s escape from the Myrkur and the theft of one of their sailing sloops has made him some powerful foes. Foes who’ll throw in squadrons of ships and broadsides of cannon to sink his vessel or take his crew as a prize.

Jack Matthews is caught driving home in a heavy storm. When he stops to help a young boy stranded in the rain, little does he know that he is entering a strange and sinister world. Black suited men are chasing the boy, and now Jack, and he realizes that he may never escape from the world in which he now finds himself.

What happens when a United States military dog unit lands on a small island controlled by the Japanese military during World War II? This story was inspired by true events. In about 1987, the events were described to the author by a man who was there. The names are fictitious and do not reflect real people, living or dead.

A man and a dog walk through a ruined world, fighting monsters. Is everything as it seems?

Of all the Jewish thinkers that arose in the 20th century, none stands out as revolutionary and as controversial as Mordecai Kaplan. Kaplan was paradoxical. Despite his commitment to Jewish life as generally recognizable to traditionally oriented Jews, his theological predilections were such that the fundamental nature of Jewish religious identity was transformed in his reconstruction of Judaism. While Kaplan was vilified by many Orthodox and finally excommunicated by the rabbis of Agudath Israel, not all his right of center critics were ready to dismiss him completely.

As a Scavenger in Elysium City, I know the score: keep my head down. Survive. And don’t mess with the Green Jacks. They might be the only magic left in this world (and the only way to grow food after the Climate Wars), but no one is strong enough to wear a Green Jack mask for long. So when I find one—the only thing I can do is run. Too late. It’s already chosen me.

Growing up together in Laredo, Texas, Juliana and ‘Gordo’ are inseparable. That is, until Juliana's mother passes away and her father moves them to California. Juliana is devastated and loses contact with her best friend. But as the years pass, the hurt fades. Years later, in California, Juliana follows in her late mother's footsteps and becomes a teacher. Feeling a longing to return to her roots, she makes the decision to go back to Texas.

Finn Thorsten—They say time heals all wounds. I thought I had gotten over high school trauma until the bane of my adolescence, Lesley Armstrong, put the toy manufacturing company I and most of the town work at on notice that we would be shut down on CHRISTMAS! I knew she was heartless, but this is a new low. How far am I willing to go to save my town?