Mary Louise Targus went shopping at the Mall with her friends. Mary Louise Targus never returned home. Eli Baker is hired to find the missing teen and he does, but not before she dies violently. When the next teenage girl goes missing in the quiet town of Olympia, Washington, Eli is determined to find her before she is murdered. What he discovers as his investigation unfolds is much more sinister than he suspected. What began as a simple missing person's case turns into all-out war against a criminal enterprise which profits from the perverted desires of many. Eli and his friends do not play...

Sheila, the self-professed "Goddess of the Insignificant and Guardian of all that is Miniature" has a gift. She is able to travel between alternate universes and bring to life people who have died. A wonderful gift to be sure but one she used sparingly. Sheila only resurrects people who once lived at St. Elizabeth's Home for Children during a devastating blizzard in 1959. Bill Hollis is stumbling through a disaster of his own making, namely his life. Bouncing from one meaningless job to the next, ddrinking heavily and womanizing to pass the time, he has no direction, no goals and seemingly no...

We began with five quail. It was a little hobby, we called it. Two years later we had 150 of them and sold nearly 300 dozen eggs. We began with a 5'x5' herb garden. Four years later we couldn't eat everything we produced. It would be safe to say we have caught the "urban farming" bug. The quantifiable benefits of urban farming are easy to list, but what about the benefits that do not show up in the numbers? Through urban farming we have found peace of mind. We know where our food comes from. We have become part of a "community," and in this day and age, it feels pretty darned good to say...