A twenty-something young lady who loses her job, with the help of a squirrel feeding sage of the streets, assists a twenty-something crack baby with the mind of a six-year-old teach about 30 illiterate adults how to read in one week. A contemporary urban story showing that dragons, dwarves, and elves are not mandatory when writing fantasy.

In this, the sequel to "The Vision of Second Samuel," the plans to do away with the inner city and its inhabitants actually start getting carried out. When Sam Rhee is caught in an explosion while Miss El and Miss Lucy are being intimidated by a group of questionable cops, it takes the help of Miss El's friends, both old and new, to straighten things out. In the process, Miss El learns the truth behind Sam's second sight and steps into the destiny for which she was born. Nia Maya and Mr. Hillman, as well, enter into the careers they were meant to have. Such is the paradise that can be found...

You would think picking up a fortune cookie accidentally knocked to the floor in an oriental restaurant WOULD NOT BE LIFE THREATENING But that was just the beginning of Perry's education in what seemed impossible ... but could actually happen. Perry thought he was just dreaming when he, as an adult, walked hand-in-hand with his great grandmother ... years before his father was even born. That's what Perry used to think. BUT NOT ANY MORE

Before there were such shows as "American Idol," "America's Best Dance Crew," or "America's Got Talent" one television production company took a chance on an entirely new type of TV show where an ordinary everyday person could become the next major star in the nation. Follow the producers, cast, contestants, and the American public through the very first season of a landmark television series. This is the search for "America's Next Narrator." This is THE QUOTE-A-THON.

The mental meanderings of a love-sick neophyte poet as he tries his hand at various forms of poems and lyrics