Local Authors
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Run and Not Be Weary by Larry Lockhart Sometimes life requires us to make a leap of faith. Lee Murphy is a good runner - he finishes near the front in his local running club's races - but he thinks he should be better. He has tried everything he can think of to improve, but nothing works until a chance conversation with acquaintance and fellow runner Emily Dawson leads him to clinical psychologist Lucinda Gehringer, Emily's boss. Lucinda's instruction, Emily's friendship and Lee's developing faith combine to produce an inspirational yearlong odyssey. Others, particularly his pastor, befriend and support Lee along the way, but not everyone has his best interests at heart. Circumstances test Lee's growing faith. His own mother is an impediment and the self-serving Lucinda is a mixed blessing. Lee wants to succeed while being a man of God who cares for others. But it isn't easy in a dog-eat-dog world where some people are driven by ambition and self-interest. |
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The Youth of My Years by Alice Tipton Alice Tipton grew up on a dairy farm in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula during the 1940s and 1950s. She lived with her widowed father and her five brothers and sisters on the family farm, which was without such modern conveniences as electricity and indoor plumbing. Long, arduous hours were required on a daily basis to maintain the family’s livelihood. Despite the hardships, blessings and joys were found at the farm, and strong family ties were developed. Readers will be immediately charmed and delighted by the Swanson family, particularly young Alice, who is both shy and sensitive, yet capable of some of the most outrageous and humorous stunts imaginable: the destruction of the family garden while implementing a brilliant weeding shortcut, shocking visitors on battery-operated electric fencing, and nearly landing the family’s truck in a river. |
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Our Lady of Absence by Steve Mc Euen Steve Mc Euen’s poetry has been published in various periodicals and art journals, such as Apostrophe: University of South Carolina Journal of the Arts; Pegasus; and Sandcutters. He has won the Blair B. Morton Prize in poetry, and numerous of his poems have been anthologized. The body of his work, from which the poems of this volume have been selected, has been reviewed by Tony Ivins (Calliope, Late Autumn 2005), who states “From an innovative point of view, Mc Euen challenges the reader on a personal level. His is not just a subjective world, however. The works simply have the power to justify themselves. They are in Emerson’s words, ‘their own excuse for being’”. |
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Our Lady of Dreams by Chanson Duvall Chanson Duvall, a modern American mystic, grew up in the deserts of Arizona. He began having visions and spiritual experiences around age six, keeping them as personal events not meant to be shared with anyone. That is until one vision in 1987 requested that he tell the world of its prophecies. He ignored it as a creation of his own mind, until in 1991 it returned with a vengeance, once again demanding that the prophecy be told. He immediately began writing, framing the vision within an unpretentious novel, in order to give the public the choice, whether to believe or not. He completed the novel in 1999 and began searching for an editor and publisher. Then on 9/11/2001 the first part of the prophecy became a reality, sending Chanson into a tailspin. Even though the book was complete, in an unedited form, before that event, he was still reluctant to share it with the world. It was family and friends who persuaded him to publish it. Now we shall see if the world is ready for Our Lady of Dreams. |
