Sixteen year old Toby Pierce is lost, disillusioned and just not happy with the path his life has taken ever since circumstances, four years earlier, changed the course of everything he knew as normal. While his friends look with anticipation towards the future and the enigmatic shadow of adulthood looming on the horizon, Toby could care less about...well, about anything. That is until he discovers the key..."always the key..".to the mysterious Door to Nowhere, a perpetually locked, never used, sealed doorway, tucked in the corner of his room. At first, wary of the odd key's sudden appearance...

Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings.

Nestled within the confines of a modern day family, The Little Red Christmas Ball is the last of the colorful breed of vintage ornaments that, once upon a time, shined brightly from within and sparkled tirelessly among the trees of yesterday. Passed down through the years, the Little Red Christmas Ball has become-these days- just a tad insecure as he finds himself more often than not relegated to the rear of the majestic Christmas tree. He fears he's become, well, just a little bit ordinary in this modern age of ornaments equipped with manufactured charm. Nonetheless, the Little Red Christmas...

First, let me say this is not a book about Zombies...at least not completely. So if you're looking for a good old blood and gore horror story, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Okay, sure...It has some Zombies in it, from time to time...but, really, what doesn't, these days? Inside you'll find some of my favorite stories from my on-line humor column, "The Freelance Retort" of which I've amassed 600 plus tales over the years...so far.While I strive to be humorous in all, I like to think they run the gamut from silly to sentimental and insane to insightful. One never knows what will turn up...