-Inspired by actual events       She holds her pen tightly in her hands as she writes the letter to the man that she once knew, knowing he will receive it long after she is gone and knowing this is the only way she could tell him everything.      I wasn't ready for you to come into my life. I wasn't looking for anyone to be there. Though I was not looking for you, you fell into my heart and you are in my heart now and...

This is a collection of poetry spanning 12 years of my life. Included is poetry of romance, society, culture, life, hardship, and frivolty. Enjoy! A Sacred Part  I’ve held the most sacred part of life under a burning sun A dark blue sky with white brave clouds Lazily laying upon trampled green grass freshly cut Wrapped only with a quilt made of yellow-purple patches And bits of unraveling thread Surrounded by smells of honeycomb ...

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This story chronicles the events that occur after the Mutiny on the Bounty.It is inspired by the recorded events that have been left behind for us.The sea opened a new life for us. We were no longer under the broad legal hands of Britain and no longer subject to the strict hell-beating hands of Captain Bligh. We were free men, captive only to our own minds. The sea gave to us her secrets: her secret lives, her secret sufferings, and her secret lessons.

This collection is made up of 4 scifi shorts.The themse range from shape shifters, alien invasions, global freezing, and a medium who reads the souls of people she meets.

An award winning story from the Best Fiction of UCF, Cypress Dome of 2007.          Additionally, a semi-final of the Laurel Hemingway contest 1997.                                      From Joy We Come,         &n...

I see what other eyes miss. Sometimes I see too much. Sometimes I do not see enough.The sky crackles like popcorn. Wind blows and rain begins to fall. Sarah walks home with her camel colored rain coat wrapped tightly around her body, rushing down the sidewalk to make it to her apartment before the rain begins. Wind pushes her forward and she falls on top of a man walking in front of her. He lands forward into a puddle, with her on top of him. Hair tousles in the wind. The man rolls...

Collection of 9 shorts by Ami Blackwelder SciFi Culutral Historical  

This is a comedy.'I was once told that a journey starts with the first step, so this was my prayer: for my husband to walk in my shoes.'On the borders of Iraq and Iran, there is a line that divides two kinds of people, two different traditions, cultures and ways of life. This relationship might be something akin to the lines drawn between the man and woman. Inside these white mountainous, lush green lands bordering the turquoise Persian Gulf, Iran is my home and where this ...

For 15,750,000,000 earthly years (7 heavenly days) and 6,000 spiritual generations, creation has been crying out and waiting for this moment, a moment in the nearest future.      ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says YHVH, that I will pour out of my spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.’  –Acts 2:17      A young, lean woman, with w...

World War II Munich RomanceIf you enjoyed The Things We Cherished, The Diplomat's Wife, The Zookeeper's Wife, The Fire by Night, From Sand and Ash, you will enjoy this novel."One of the best love stories you'll ever read." - A Readerin 2011 this book was downloaded over 13,000 times in a single month, surpassing A Tale of Two Cities for the number #1 spot in Historical Fiction, and landing the number #3 spot in Historical Romance, just between Jane Eyre and ...

A collection of 4 cultural short stories from India, Nepal, Iran, and Pitcarn