Intimate poems exploring the intersection of self, relationships, and nature.In Little Climates, L. A. Johnson delves into the complexities of human connection and the natural world. These lyric poems explore the spaces between individuals, both together and apart, revealing the subtle shifts in perspective that shape our understanding of self and others.Johnson's verses evoke a sense of longing, introspection, and wonder, inviting readers to conte...

The Spring 2025 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2025 Issue, edited by Peggy Schumaker, features poetry and prose by Naomi Shihab Nye, Felicia Zamora, Tim Seibl...

Since the beginning of recorded time, three foods have been recognized as being highly beneficial to human health. "The Best Fruits in the Land" examines these three foods and informs you as to why they have been and likely will continue to be excellent additions to a healthy diet. Recipes are included as are caloric and nutrition values; and interesting, but little known facts along with a few illustrations. Those who believe that "you are what you eat" will undoubtable find this book abs...

In Tell Me a Story Papa, see how imagination and dreams can make things feel real. A young girl wakes her father up from a dream, and asks him to tell her a story … A book of imagination and dreams, a collection of short stories told in a dream, with colorful illustrations and tongue-twisting names. Each page makes a statement with an observation. The first page reads, "Years ago, before men came to the Zambezi River, there lived hundreds of animals on its shores. Ghost Mountain is a beaut...

In a jungle village high up on Ghost Mountain, the people were happy and lived well, their leader was Chief Amado. The chief told stories and had words of wisdom. All of the people in his village loved his stories which left everybody around him hypnotized.For years nothing exciting happened in the village. Then one day a man wandered into their village, saying he'd gotten lost in the jungle and asked for something to eat. After he had eaten, he told the people of Ghost Mountain how...

This romantic and shocking murder story will grab you by the soul and hold you captive to the very last page. "A gripping tale, deceptively playful at times, this short story is a blunt reminder that truth is often stranger than fiction." –Detective Rainey was certain that Viola knew who killed the Blossom woman. It had to be her brother or her boyfriend. But the truth was even more shocking.A short story you will enjoy from start to finish (cover, and every page) L. A. Johns...

From a slave born in Washington D.C. to the namesake of a Maryland State University, Fanny Coppin was a world-class teacher. My book is a historical overview of her life and accomplishments. This book is the second in my Forget Me Not series.

"In Mrs. Pierce Demons ,'' just about everybody has a problem. The husband is caught between two women, the wife and the other woman that has been framed for her murder. Mrs. Pierce Demons, is about a man that has fallen out of love with his wife, but his wife is still in love with him. So miserable was Breezy with Doris that he started being mean and abusive to her, trying to make her leave. But, Doris still loved her husband. They asked the couple's personal secretary, a young, pretty wo...

"Yolanda The Enchantress" Is about the settling of the African wilderness in its simplest form; it is also a love story, one man trying to decide between two women, a young Zulu girl and a beautiful widow, settling the Congo with her brothers.Dominique de Salvo a soldier in the Portuguese army is forced to capture a young African girl. Yolanda had lived with her Zulu relative all her life. Dominique is determines to take her to her relatives - if he can find them. However, Dominique...

This baffling mystery story seeks to find who killed Nancy. Was it one of her friends, her servants or someone else? This book captivates the reader with characters, clues and intrigue. Jonathan and Isabelle closely observe all suspects to find a pattern to lead them to her murderer.Isabelle Brownstone is a drama, a romance story, a thriller, an explorative work; the story is fiction. Follow the migration of a young woman from the eastern shores of Virginia, to a new life in Norfolk...

What starts as only a whisper in the darkness, grows into a tale of epic proportions.The story has a few dramatic events that take you on a mental roller coaster which makes the book exciting. This book marks several changes in the young man, his growing awareness of himself and his surroundings, and his gradual disillusionment with several of the people and places he has idolized. The portraits that are drawn of his family are not always flattering, yet his love for his father is i...

He'll Kill you is a trip deep down into the intelligence rabbit hole – a book that shows how the "game" actually works including the compromises it asks of those who play by its rules -- and a portrait of two people fleeing for there lives, trying to regain a normal life, is a masterly depiction of the real world of shadows.Brittany discovered an inner strength and resourcefulness she'd never known -- but she also came to see that the life of a spy exacts a heavy toll. Her marriage ...