Zentangles are essentially drawings made on small pieces of papers using pen and ink. These designs go from crude to very intricate and allegedly have mystical powers. In this slightly dark and quirky urban tale, an obsessive young woman gets absorbed in her artwork. It comes from Aisle Seat, a collection of thirteen (13) short stories by John Hunter, an award-winning and produced scriptwriter who enjoys writing scripts, short stories and novellas.

"His ideas will help anyone who has the courage to understand that a real education must go beyond filling in circles on a standardized test form." —Rafe Esquith, New York Times-bestselling author of Teach Like Your Hair's on FireCan playing a game lead to world peace? If it's John Hunter's World Peace Game, it just might. In Hunter's classroom, students take on the roles of presidents, tribal leaders, diplomats, and military commanders. Through b...

"A strong-willed young woman raised to be a bounty hunter struggles to find a better life."When a skinny and unwanted child raised to be a bounty hunter blossoms into a handsome young woman, she wants to believe there is more to life than shooting people and collecting rewards. She longs to put her guns away and settle down, but first, she must track down the ruthless outlaws who have killed the man she had hoped to marry. Accompanied by a twelve-year-old ...

"Deep space truckers unwittingly transport a micro-terror which threatens to devour the Universe."An epic, outer space, horror story written for the enjoyment of all those who dare to ask, "Why do monsters always have to be so big?" The two parts of this novella-length adventure can be read together or separately. Tiny Critters is the exciting continuation and conclusion of this micro-terror tale and The Other White Meat is the beginning.Reminiscen...

"An obsessive young woman gets absorbed in her artwork."Zentangles are a popular graphic hobby. They are essentially drawings made on small pieces of papers using pen and ink. Their designs go from crude to very intricate and allegedly have mystical powers.This short story comes from Aisle Seat, a Collection of Slightly Dark and Quirky Short Stories.

“It is sad indeed that there are so many true and earnest believers who think of a victorious Christian life as a “super deluxe” version instead of normality and, in the words of the author, are “so busy enduring their failure that they have no time to enjoy their faith.” The mystery of how to “be” what as Christians we have been born again to “become” is now an open secret in Jesus Christ—that the secret of a changed life is an exchanged life! “I am confident that all who have the privile...

This book examines conventional time series in the context of stationary data prior to a discussion of cointegration, with a focus on multivariate models. The authors provide a detailed and extensive study of impulse responses and forecasting in the stationary and non-stationary context, considering small sample correction, volatility and the impact of different orders of integration. Models with expectations are considered along with alternate methods such as Singular Spectrum Analysis (S...

"With the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's voyage, compiled from the official papers, including the journals of Governor Phillip and King and of Lieutenant Ball and the voyages from the first sailing of the Sirius in 1787 to the return of that ship's company to England in 1792." First published in 1793.

What are the fundamental laws of existence? Do they shape the universe before creation, or do they unfold as life evolves? Is intelligent life a cosmic inevitability or a fleeting accident? And most importantly—what are our true limits as conscious beings?In Rules for Eternity, John Hunter embarks on a thought-provoking exploration of the biggest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This boo...

John Hunter lives by one principle: identity creates reality. But when a chance encounter with an American actress at a Cambridge hotel pulls him into a chain of events stretching from rural England to the streets of Bucharest, that principle is tested in ways he never imagined. Forced to confront the architecture of his own beliefs – and the shadows cast by the people orbiting his life – John discovers that reality is not something you witness. It’s something you author.As he navi...

A watched clock never movesThe church clock in this unassuming South Midlands village has stopped, and for good reason. The old man who wound it up lay lead in the tower, decapitated.Dr. Jackson (Jacko), a local historian, becomes drawn in to the police enquiry, but not before there are more unexplained deaths, including one at the home of a local MP. Then the vicar vanishes into thin air.Is there a common thread? Why are the Intelligence Services i...

In John Hunter’s classroom, students fearlessly tackle global problems and discover surprising solutions by playing his groundbreaking World Peace Game. These kids—from high school all the way down to fourth grade, in schools both well funded and underresourced—take on the roles of politicians, tribal leaders, diplomats, bankers, and military commanders. Through battles and negotiations, standoffs and summits, they strive to resolve dozens of complex, seemingly intractable real-world chall...