The year is 1993The power goes out in a small city in Northern Ontario, unbeknownst to the rest of the world. Darkness engulfs the entire district of Lex, trapping its inhabitants within invisible boundaries.Cult leader Malcolm Gabbo grasps the District of Lex in his hands.He takes what he wants, and what he wants is Leah's son.No Greater Love than a mother for her child.Leah Hollen always thought she would do anything to protect her son Adam.

Northern Ontario, 1993.When the power goes out in the isolated city of Lex, its people are trapped in a nightmare of darkness and fear. Cut off from the outside world, the district falls under the iron grip of cult leader Malcolm Gobbo, a man who takes whatever he wants—and now he wants Leah Hollen’s son.Leah thought she would do anything to protect Adam. She never imagined she would have to save him from his own father. With the help of Kai, a defiant young Indigenous man,...

A forsaken farmhouse, a heartbroken girl, and a blood-red flower with a tale to tell.After fate cruelly takes her parents in a chilling train accident, 14-year-old Jobeth is whisked away to a sinister foster home overshadowed by a nefarious couple with darkness of their own.Thrust into a world where secrets whisper through the walls, an ominous flower marks Jobeth, birthed from violence. Forever tethered together, it refuses to let go, lurking in t...

A Psychological Thriller Short StoryAfter almost twenty years, Mary Ellen’s return to her hometown is like entering a surreal and haunting nightmare. She had thought she left this all behind for good. The reason for her return? Her father’s funeral. But this trip back is more than just grieving and receiving condolences - it’s a reckoning with the ghosts of a past she worked hard to forget. Merrily, her sister, known for her wild nature, seems even crazier than Mary Ellen remembers...

A forsaken farmhouse, a heartbroken girl, and a blood-red flower with a tale to tell.After fate cruelly takes her parents in a chilling train accident, 14-year-old Jobeth is whisked away to a sinister foster home overshadowed by a nefarious couple with darkness of their own.Thrust into a world where secrets whisper through the walls, an ominous flower marks Jobeth, birthed from violence. Forever tethered together, it refuses to let go, lurking in t...

When Mary Ellen returns home for her father’s funeral, the house she fled decades ago feels alive with old secrets. Her sister Merrily’s strange, spiraling behavior only deepens the sense that something in those walls has been waiting for her. In this tense, atmospheric short story, memory, madness, and buried truth twist together in a home that refuses to let the past stay dead.Welcome home, Mary Ellen.

Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how global and national frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best interests of children. Synthesising the latest international research, experts redefine the ...