"This allegorical novel tells of a young woman's journey through the need, after God became sick, to kill the God she knew to make space for a God beyond the cherished notions through which she had imprisoned God." "[summary]"--

Though the terms “queer” and “Mennonite” rarely come into theoretical or cultural contact, over the last several decades writers and scholars in the United States and Canada have built a body of queer Mennonite literature that shifts these identities into conversation. In this volume, Daniel Shank Cruz brings this growing genre into a critical focus, bridging the gaps between queer theory, literary criticism, and Mennonite literature. Cruz focuses his analysis on recent Mennonite-authored literary texts that espouse queer theoretical principles, including Christina Penner’s Widows of Hamilton House, Wes Funk’s Wes Side Story, and Sofia Samatar’s Tender. These works argue for the existence of a “queer Mennonite” identity on the basis of shared values: a commitment to social justice, a rejection of binaries, the importance of creative approaches to conflict resolution, and the practice of mutual aid, especially in resisting oppression. Through his analysis, Cruz encourages those engaging with both Mennonite and queer literary criticism to explore the opportunity for conversation and overlap between the two fields. By arguing for engagement between these two identities and highlighting the aspects of Mennonitism that are inherently “queer,” Cruz gives much-needed attention to an emerging subfield of Mennonite literature. This volume makes a new and important intervention into the fields of queer theory, literary studies, Mennonite studies, and religious studies.

A speaker said, grief begins at birth and continues through death. This is a story reflecting a large portion of my life involvement in very serious religious errors. I request payment for the answers to all the questions of the church people who charged me to teach. When my mother advised me that "People will talk," I spent many years deciding she had meant vicious gossip. Talk is too polite for what has occurred from too much talking. Disease is way overboard and expenses for medication after so much talking is ridiculous. This book is a generic enumeration of the tales spun by the walking-talking books. Worst of all were the books in government employment in all levels except the local government. These people threw stones, attempted to sell bodies, threw their personal information and that of their employers, and then blamed their children for a long time. This generic thesis may provide some solutions to why they "died like flies in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam." Yes, it is true that people will talk and there you have those four scenarios for the well-behaved to just go die! My most treasured statement is that they have killed all the priests in the wars. That is all I saw on the military and prison grounds. After a study of the computer, I believe the problem is solved for the younger generation. These youngsters will be able to use their computers to control their population as they mature. Worse is they can also play on the telephone while the play killer games on their personal computers. Thus there will be no need for the battlefields shown in the movies these days. This theory is already verified by statistics on who cannot die from this development. Due to this development, the elderly are unable to pass away. There is no one to whom they can confess in the United States of America. And even if there were priests, the people probably would not go to confession. Haven't you noted all those talk shows because there are no priests to listen to their confessions. They kill all the priests on the battlefields!

A serial killer is roaming the streets of Milwaukee. He hides in plain sight. He could be your neighbor or your co-worker. Why does he kill? Is it for twisted love or from moral depravity? A fiery detective is on his trail. Will she catch him in time or will she become another victim? Live the path of destruction as seen through the eyes of the serial killer and experience the thrilling conclusion that ends with a wicked twist.

***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** Alec Krieder knew his best friend's family never locked their doors—making Kevin Haines and his family the perfect targets for a crime. One night, he waited until they were asleep...then entered the house with a knife. Alec burst into the master bedroom and stabbed Tom and Lisa Haines first. Then he attacked Kevin, who fought for his life. Meanwhile, at the end of the hall, Kevin's sister Maggie awoke to the sound of violence—and was the only one who made it out alive. Clean-cut and academically gifted, Alec seemed to have no motives, no history of psychosis—and no remorse. Some believed he was a serial killer in the making, a soulless monster plagued by "demons." Now, for the first time, acclaimed author Michael W. Cuneo shares the inside story—with shocking details of Alec's confession to his father, disturbing messages to his classmates, and chilling excerpts from his diaries—and takes you inside the dark, troubled mind of this teenage killer.

Meet handsome twenty-three years old Stephen Dee Richards (1856-1879), also known as the Nebraska Butcher. Murderer of nine people, including two young girls and a two years old baby boy, all brutally killed with an axe along with their mother. This chilling little book, records the interview, confession, life, execution, phrenological examination and even a farewell letter of a real one hundred-sixty years old serial killer. A dark time travel to the past.