In a moment the fairytale was turned upside down. A tragic accident instantly claimed the lives of Missy's Woitula's mother, father, and two sisters. Left orphaned at age thirteen she was consumed by feelings of abandonment and loneliness as she carried the guilt and shame of why she was chosen to survive. Nearly forty years passed and Missy's heart was still held in bondage by this family tragedy. "Loss is a pivotal aspect of human experience that can leave a destructive legacy or strengthen us. Melissa chronicles her life journey of facing wave after wave of overwhelming loss and accompanying pain, finally finding peace and purpose in God's sustaining and sufficient grace. Readers will be strengthened and inspired as they walk with Melissa through her valley of the shadow of death." Dr. Gary Gregory, Associate Professor of Psychology--Williams Baptist College

Once upon a time Missy Woitula a chubby, bubbly, high-spirited 13-year-old girl lived in her family fairy tale; mom, dad, and five siblings. Unfortunately, June 9, 1974, a horrific car accident ghastly stole the lives of Missy's mother, father, and two sisters. Instantly Missy's family fairy tale was shattered; never to return home-never a chance to say good-bye. This mind boggling true story of Missy Woitula's defeat over tragedy will encourage you. Missy's teen years were extremely rough. The courts decided to split up the remaining siblings throughout the state and no one stood in Missy's defense. Missy feeling worthless counted down the days for her eighteenth birthday in hopes to flee her past. Leaving her foster home Missy explores her world while building her own throne of pride, stubbornness, drugs, alcohol, and depression. Missy's life spirals downward having no self-worth and identity scattered only to leave tormented feelings of abandonment, loneliness, guilt, and shame of why she was chosen to survive. Be compelled as you read the wave after wave of trials, unexpected tragedies, and the bad choices Missy made as a mask of survival. Missy desires to be free from the bondage held by this family tragedy. Nearly forty years pass and Missy's heart can no longer sustain the deceit and lies. In 2010, Missy cries out and and begins to get lost in her mind---wanting out. She begins to seek out healing desiring to let go of pride and other demons that hindered her growth. For the first time she experiences true forgiveness and the ability to forgive others and above all-learned to forgive herself. Missy surrenders her heart and her past to the one who always cared...Jesus Christ. Missy's story will challenge your past hurts and inspire you to know your tears are real and you are not alone. Let the words of this book bring inspiration to your soul; proving that no matter what the obstacle; through hope, faith, and love you too can persevere and overcome.

This critical work diversifies Victor Turner's concept of liminality, a basic category of postmodernism, in which distinct categories and hierarchies are questioned and limits erode. Liminality involves an oscillation between cultural institutions, genre conventions, narrative perspectives, and thematic binary oppositions. Grounded on this notion, the text investigates the liminality in Agatha Christie's detective fiction, Neil Gaiman's fantasy stories, and Stanislaw Lem's and Philip K. Dick's science fiction. Through an examination of destabilized norms, this analysis demonstrates that liminality is a key element in the changing trends of fantastic texts.

In The Snapper's Return the snapper serial killer came back from the Barbados more confident than ever. He had his private plastic surgeon to perform a facelift creating an entirely different image than the Feds were looking for. While the local, state and national police was chasing the snapper the snapper was out chasing crime.

Laura Fisher, pole dancer extraordinaire, has just moved to Great Falls, Montana to start over. When she takes to the stage for the very first time, she has no idea that her evening will end with her fighting off three men intent on taking her virtue, taking a leap out of a second story window, and a wild ride in a convertible to the small town of Fort Benton. The next day, with the thugs still chasing her, Laura embarks on a three-day canoe camping trip with E.B., a man she’s just met—despite the fact that she doesn’t even know how to swim. Out on the river, Laura encounters swarms of mosquitoes, a broken and leaking canoe, hail the size of golf balls, and an evil man named Tucker Claymore. Meanwhile, E.B. ,a broken-hearted farmer, becomes sick and is chased by a granny with a gun, among other misadventures. Along the way, Laura and E.B. meet a number of characters, including Campbell Carr, a businessman from New York who is on the river to mend fences with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Francine—a girl who knows better than to believe anything Dad says—and Daisy, Campbell’s mistress, whom he has also invited and plans to introduce to his daughter. Montana Rhapsody is a romp through the wilderness with these five disparate characters, all of whom want something—and all of whom are challenged in ways they never expected by their time on the river.

Strange things are happening in Fairy Hill. Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the wind, Anna senses she is being watched, but nobody believes her except the mysterious boy down by the lake. When her little half-brother, Jack, nearly gets lost, Anna suspects that someone is trying to steal him away. She wonders if the stories about the old house and the fairies are true. And if they are, could Jack be in real danger?

Sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek Oliver's freedom.