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Step into a tale of intertwined destinies that spans two decades and traverses continents, capturing the essence of hope, love, and resilience. In this evocative novel, If You Are Born to be a Tamale, author J.T. Dodds, paints a vivid portrait of two individuals whose paths converge across two borders, against the backdrop of a changing world.
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Michael Allen left behind a partnership in a successful Ontario Tech company, and had given up after a lifetime of personal regrets, when he met Rachel Anderson. Through Rachel’s authenticity he learns there is more to the world than just surviving it, especially when time becomes a factor. Seeing himself through the mirror of a woman just as...

When somewhere is never enough as far away as yesterday collides with the inevitability of life on the road.

On an elusive mission to find his passion, the journey across Texas from dawn to dusk is a roller coaster ride with twists, turns, and crossovers on an unpredictable track. Luc Barbon enters a world where everything he believes in has an...

Luc Barbon, upon discharge from the army, was on autopilot heading to the Ozarks. His plan was to bury himself in an educational foxhole, insulated from the insanity of the Vietnam War and national angst. Somewhere he could rewrite his story.
He is on a mission to leave a past of self-doubt and fear of commitment behind only to find himself in an...

Luc Barbon felt like he was escaping from the reality of 1968. Retreating from his own dead-ends in the Ozarks and Dallas, and about to bury himself in another foxhole in East Texas. A place where the world evolved around a Dairy Queen. It just might be, he speculated, a safe spot to be for a while. What trouble could he possibly get into hidden...

The essays in Words Have Wings are born from the rich emotional depth and lyrical beauty of the accompanying poems, transforming poetic insights into profound reflections on life’s most meaningful moments. In Canvas of the Soul, for example, the poem Of Creativity and You speaks to the quiet space where creativity flows, while the essay delves...

Comes a Time of No Return is a collection of poems and essays that delve into the profound tapestry of the aging process—senescence. Within these pages, aging is not a mere passage of years, it’s a reinvention, a process of polishing oneself like driftwood washed ashore on a pristine beach. Humor intertwines seamlessly with reflections on life’s...