This is the year of the stranger for Gold Man Review Issue 4. Not just the people you meet but don't really know, but the moment when you realize someone you love is actually a stranger, or you are a stranger to yourself. Gold Man Review features the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of writers living on the West Coast.

What begins as any other day for strangers Emma, Will, Alex, and Fira, transforms into an amazing adventure, when the eleven-year-olds are unexpectedly teleported from their separate countries into the mind-boggling world of the Inner Core Kingdoms at the center of the Earth.

The four kids quickly discover that they've been chosen to help solve a series of mysterious abductions; the elements are disappearing. As they discover and test their new powers, the young humans begin to uncover clues about an evil plan that lies at the heart of the Core. The question is; can they figure out...

The Kings and Queens of the Elements should not have been so rude, aggressive and threatening when they unintentionally teleported eleven-year-old Kepi into the Earth's Core because this was the catalyst for her destructive rampage. With the single-minded objective of returning home, Kepi kidnaps Elements, attacks Kingdoms and unleashes a chain of events that spiral out of control. However, she is not the only human that has accidentally been summoned. A young boy named Pax has also arrived. Can he learn to control and amplify his growing powers in time to thwart Kepi and stop the barrage of...