The effects of COVID and COVID management have had serious and far reaching long term effects. This book is a set of short stories exploring COVID and COVID management particularly in Ireland and worldwide."The essays and thoughts, reflections, observations are superb!"Lissa Oliver Best Selling Author and Journalist "I am in agreement with you on possibly every point. I am not even sure there are any points I would disagree with! Your sincerity and...

At the end of the Victorian era, a handful of public intellectuals advocated for tolerance of the "Uranian"-a man who loved other men. Some went so far as to propose that these "intermediate sexes" might, in fact, constitute a totally different species, even serve as intrepid guides in our march toward an uncertain future. The five speculative stories in Theodore McCombs's kaleidoscopic collection span several possible worlds, teasing the boundaries...

Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.

"Told in three distinct voices, Short War brings together a rapturous teenage love story set in Chile, the hunt for the author of an eye-opening literary detective story, and a complex reckoning with American political intervention in South America. When sixteen-year-old Gabriel Lazris-an American in Santiago, Chile-meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together....

Recently incarcerated Baron strikes up a friendship with his cellmate Otis, a man with a well-versed history of prison breaks. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recolls the story of how he met Marmalade, the love of his life, and their "Bonnie and Clyde" style scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they've always dreamed of.