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Best-selling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories.

In these profound reflections on the mysteries of life and death, Stone unpacks how childbirth reveals our anxieties, our physicality, our mortality. All who are born or give birth will someday die. While living and working in one of the world's most impoverished countries, teacher, doula, and mother Rachel Marie Stone unexpectedly caught a baby without wearing gloves, drenching her bare hands with HIV-positive blood. Already worried about her health and family and whether her service was of any use, Stone grappled with realities of human suffering, global justice, and maternal health.

Catherine Haywood is desperate to claim the affection of her long-time friend Frederick Milton, but Frederick only seems interested in courting the new young lady in town. Catherine makes a series of wishes, thinking that is the safer route rather than openly putting her heart on the line. But as each wish is fulfilled, she realizes getting what she wished for is not the same as getting what she wants.

Hannah Hadley is a permanent fixture in London Society and well on her way to becoming a spinster. Despite her beauty and kind disposition, Hannah has accepted the harsh reality of her situation: she will never marry. Continually affected by an illness from her youth, Hannah acknowledges her chances of entertaining potential suitors, at least respectable ones, is slim.

We are two Board Certified Behavior Analysts and licensed mental health professionals who are passionate about empowering individuals, disseminating important information, and fighting burnout. We dive into the importance of relating to our clients and the power of neurodiversity-affirming practices. We also discuss ways to combat burnout and share strategies for promoting joy and mental wellness. Join us in this empowering and informative conversation and don’t forget to share your thoughts and questions with us at madamebehavior@gmail.com. Remember, all are welcome! #...

How many times have we been encouraged to see the cup half-full instead of half-empty? Oftentimes in western society, the push to be optimistic and to think positive is drilled into us from a young age. However, if one is beginning to become more mindful, the transition to mindfulness may feel a little jarring. Instead of focusing just on the positive aspect of life, mindfulness encourages a realistic outlook on life that embraces the good and the bad, the positive, the negative, and the neutral.

Trauma recovery information from victims themselves and professionals.

Welcome to Let’s Get Spiritual where we will discuss aspects of personal and spiritual development with your host Rachel Lauren Stone along with special guests. Get ready for raw and real discussions on spirituality, intuition, personal growth, mediumship, and even metaphysical topics. Learn more about Rachel: IG @rachellaurenstone www.rachellaurenstone.com

A helpful guide to developing your leadership so that you can inspire and grow your team. All coaches are leaders, but not all leaders are coaches! Further your leadership skills by learning about transformational leadership. Unleash the power of inspirational coaching.

Her first London Season has arrived, but Clare Compton is far from enthusiastic. In fact, she finds the experience positively nauseating, and when her first ball ends in disaster, the consequences threaten to upend her entire Season. She wants nothing more than to retreat to her country home away from Society’s judgmental stares. Instead, respite comes from a most unexpected source. Patrick Milton, Clare’s childhood enemy, offers a cunning solution: he will serve as her escort for the final five weeks of festivities to help repair Clare’s reputation.

Tessa Lewis is set to embark on a Big-Time Career and marry Toronto's fastest-rising lawyer, who loves her to pieces. But when a visit to a flower market from her childhood sparks memories of the mother she lost too soon, Tessa puts her bright future on hold to work there, determined to come to terms with her past.

A Podcast that is a front for a Game Store that is a front for a Revolution, and other silly things.