Columbine and Virginia Tech were not good omens. The victims there were unarmed sheep, who hid beneath desks and chairs, simply cowering as they died. They said "Baa" as they were being slaughtered. Something basic to our society has to change. It's time to stand and fight while we still can. And if our politicians tell us we can't protect our children in a daycare center, a post office, or a church, then we show them the door. We vote them out. We recall them. We take out the trash That's the attitude that America was founded on. Somewhere along the timeline, America has lost it's way,...

Natalie Katrell was a single mother. Her daughter, six-year old Amethyst, seemed like a miniature copy of herself, with long, blonde hair, shining blue eyes, and a smile that softened the hearts of most people who looked upon her. But neither Natalie nor Amethyst could see the man watching them. He always stayed off in the shadows, hidden around corners, or gazing from behind the innocent pages of a paperback book. Sometimes he sipped tea while at other times he nursed a vanilla latte with a double shot of espresso. But always, without fail, he watched Natalie and her daughter. He was...

The world is smaller than it used to be. We all live closer together, brushing elbows more often, getting on each other s nerves, causing confrontation to happen more and more. It is inevitable. When the pool gets crowded, people bump elbows. Sometimes I wonder what has become of America. When I grew up, we didn t even lock our doors at night. Only a fool would do that now. I suspect that the breakdown of society was caused by a combination of many things. Our families are no longer healthy and intact. Blood, murder and violence on television has desensitized us to killing in general. The...

After Hank Simmons caught his wife cheating with his Editor, he fled the hustle and bustle of the big city, and moved away with his four children to a small one-horse town in Northern Michigan. All he wanted was a little peace and quiet, and a safe and happy place to raise his children. Hank bought the local newspaper, and all was well . . . until . . . nine-eleven. And then the peace and tranquility of small-town America is suddenly shattered when a terrorist cell group from Detroit is infiltrated by FBI Special Agent Richard Resnik. Agent Resnik, hot on their trail, follows the terrorists...

It's the not-too-distant future, and in the wake of a nuclear terrorist attack, the President has signed the Freedom from Religion Act, which outlaws any public expression of religion. But what will the President do now that his wife and son are dead and he has converted to Christianity? Will he stand true to his newfound God, or will he buckle under political pressure? It was his lifelong dream to be President, but now he stands poised to lose it all, just for following the convictions of his heart.

Bond of Unseen Blood Evan Novack, nicknamed Bear by his friends, can pull back a 90-pound longbow and shoot the face off a silver dollar at 100 yards. At the tender age of 14 he had already wrestled a black bear and won Now at age 34 Bear towers over most men, and weighs in at 250 pounds of powerful, backstrapping sinew and bone-breaking muscle. In short, Bear is the envy of every man, woman and child in North Fork. Every mother's son wishes he were Bear . except for Bear himself. Though Bear's skills and accomplishments are the stuff of local legend, Bear is daily tortured by his own...