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In these nine stories of frost and snow, join a collection of survivors as they fight to overcome nuclear winter, 100 years of ice, elder gods, frozen deities, a town ruled by thugs, and more. This premier anthology from SummerStorm press features the writing of C. Marry Hultman, Christine Watts, Erin Fanning, Thaddeus Rutkowski, John M. Floyd, David Green, Derek Power, Louise Pierce, and Abigail Linhardt. “For I Hear You Calling” by C. Marry Hultman When Told wakes to find herself stranded on the frozen shores of the icy north she must battle the elements and the unknown in order to make it back to her child. “For Humanity” by Christine Watts The humans were all supposed to die by the start of winter, and then be reborn in spring. Except Lynn discovers that that is not true; one person stays behind. And that person is her. “The Snow Warrior” by Erin Fanning As a blizzard rolls across frozen Lake Huron, a boy and girl discover that no one is coming to their rescue and that legends sometimes come to life. Will they find the strength to survive and save their loved ones? “Iced” by Thaddeus Rutkowski The story of a boy who tries to make the best of cold conditions in rural America. He tries ice fishing and ice skating, but he mainly tries to please his artist father. Real warmth lies somewhere else. “The Warden’s Game” by John M. Floyd Whiterock, Alaska, is a lawless town controlled by three evil brothers. The townspeople have only one chance: the ghost of a legendary trapper who is said to come down out of the mountains only when all hope is lost. “The Saviours” by David Green When the world's leading technology company identify an impending threat, a team of scientists and soldiers are frozen with the aim of restarting our way of life should disaster strike. Nothing can prepare The Saviours for the world they discover... “Freezings Greetings” by Derek Power It’s the most magical time of the year. Which, for Filthy Henry, doesn’t mean time off. Rather he has to figure out how to stop a winter spirit bringing about a magically permanent winter. Happy holidays indeed! “Fractured Thinking” by Louise Pierce After witnessing the murders of his uncle and cousin during missionary service work, Sean Ashmore is returning home a troubled man. Plagued by visions of the murders, Sean finds himself lost in the woods during a blizzard. “The Silent Tower” by Abigail Linhardt The icy border of the Frozen Nation has closed. The people of a small village fight desperately for survival, cut off from their supply ships, when a girl steals food from the forest angering a tower inhabited by an ancient, dark god.

Racine, Wisconsin, 1950s. As the streets of the Mid Western harbor city of Racine is recovering from one crime syndicate, another rears its ugly head. The mysterious Black Diamond is flooding the streets with cocaine and the police are at a loss to stop it. Then several thugs are found cut up in a parkign garage. Detective Garfield Teague sets out to investigate this strange new development. Who or what is The Black Diamond seemingly always two steps ahead of him and is the strange vigilante wearing a hideous mask an ally or another enemy?

This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest edited by Drs. Charles Scott Hultman and Michael W. Neumeister, is devoted to Burn Care: Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Recovery. Articles in this issue include: Role of Physiatry in the Management of Chronic Pain; New Concepts in OT, PT, RT: Focus on Functional Cutaneous Units; Rehabilitation in the Acute vs Outpatient Setting; Role of Anesthesia in the Management of Chronic Pain; Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypertophic Burn Scars; Laser Modulation of Hypertrophic Scars; Fat Grafting for Burn, Traumatic, and Surgical Scars; Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Compression Syndromes; New Frontiers in Skin Grafting: The Painless, Scarless Donor Site; Tissue Rearrangements: The Power of the Z-pasty; Prefabricated Flaps for Burn Reconstruction; Microsurgery: Timing and Indications in Burn Patients; Hand Reconstruction: Functional Results; Head and Neck Reconstruction; Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Hand and Face; Ethics in the Setting of the Burned Patient; Psychosocial-spiritual Needs of Burn Patients; Aftercare, Survivorship, and Peer Support; Global Health Initiatives, Public Policy, and International Missions;Outcomes: Scar Scales, Physiologic Metrics, Measuring QOL; and Big Data: EBM and Best Practices.

In the tradition of Silent Spring, a modern parable of the American experience and our paradoxical relationship with the natural world. Though it seems a part of the "natural" landscape of New England today, the Swift River Valley reservoir, dam, dike, and nature area was a triumph of civil engineering. It combined forward-looking environmental stewardship and social policy, yet the “little people”—and the four towns in which they lived—got lost along the way. Elisabeth Rosenberg has crafted Before the Flood to be both a modern and a universal story in a time when managed retreat will one day be a reality. Meticulously researched, Before the Flood, is the first narrative book on the incredible history of the Swift River Valley and the origins Quabbin Reservoir. Rosenberg dive into the socioeconomic and psychological aspects of the Swift River Valley’s destruction in order to supply drinking water for the growing populations of Boston and wider Massachusetts. It is as much a human story as the story of water and landscape, and Before the Flood movingly reveals both the stories and the science of the key players and the four flooded towns that were washed forever away.

Uniquely Us explores the complicated connection between Autism, Marriage, and Faith and provides a path forward for the Neurodiverse Couples working together in this journey. Stephanie and Dan Holmes write from lived experience as a NeuroDiverse Christian Couple (NDCC) as well as professional experience working with NDCCs. Their first book, written with their adult children, Embracing the Autism Spectrum focuses on their parenting journey of neurodivergent children and discovering their own neurodiversity in marriage. Uniquely Us is based on published research from Dan's later-in-life adult autism diagnosis. It focuses on faith, marriage, and autism, examining how neurodiversity and faith create a complex relationship dynamic for NeuroDiverse Christian Couples. Uniquely Us is designed to educate clergy, coaches, chaplains, and counselors on the nuances and complexities of working with NeuroDiverse Christian Couples.

This book's aim is to improve the integration of Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory, research, and practice, leading to more cost-effective career interventions that help persons to make informed and careful career decisions over a lifetime. The starting point for the book's content was the 2004 Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, and Lenz book, Career Counseling and Services: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach, which itself was a revision of the 1991 Peterson, Sampson, & Reardon book, Career Development and Services: A Cognitive Approach. We had four goals for this edition of our book. Our first goal was to update the theory, research, and practice of CIP theory from 2004 through the end of 2022. Our second goal was to expand the authors to better reflect the diverse community of practice that has emerged for CIP theory over the past eighteen years. Our third goal was to remove cost as a potential barrier to disseminating knowledge about CIP theory by making the book accessible as an open-access publication through the Florida State Open Publishing. Finally, our fourth goal was to disseminate the book via open-source software available in libraries which can be used to make periodic book content updates more feasible.

Europe; the continent of fallen empires, vengeful Gods, lovers, myths, and legends. From the leshys of The White Forest in the east to the Fae and Wildlings of the west, Europe is home to a rich tapestry of folklore and, within these pages, we shall share those stories with you. Featuring a plethora of experienced and first-time indie writers, Lost Lores and Legends takes you on a journey of the fantastical, the romantic, the dark, and the desperate through three-hundred-and-fifteen tales of exactly one-hundred words. As you read, remember this: the legends are true... don't dare to forget. With stories from: Olivia Arieti, Abdul-Qaadir Taariq Bakari-Muhammad, Gabriella Balcom, Chris Bannor, Evan Baughfman, T.L. Beeding, Joshua E. Borgmann, Maggie D Brace, Mark Budman, Keith R. Burdon, Adam Carpenter, Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump, A.S. Charly, Holley Cornetto, Simon Clarke, Christopher T. Dabrowski, Meera Dandekar, Radar DeBoard, Deborah Dubas Groom, T.R. Earnheart, K.B. Elijah, L.T. Emery, Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway, DJ Elton, Ximena Escobar, Daniel Fisher, Declan Fletcher, Nick Gerrard, R.A. Goli, S.O. Green, Jennifer Hatfield, Zachary Hennis, Chris Hewitt, Brandi Hicks, Liam Hogan, Joel R Hunt, Nerisha Kemraj, Andrew Kurtz, Charlotte Langtree, Scarlett Lake, Emma K. Leadley, Colin Leonard, Gordon Linzner, Kati Lokadottir, John C. Mannone, Madeleine McDonald, Stacey Jaine McIntosh, Melody E. McIntyre, Umair Mirxa, S.C. Morgan, Victor Nandi, B.A. Nielsen, R.S. Nevil, Dale Parnell, Moe Phillips, Callum Pearce, Alannah K. Pearson, Destiny Eve Pifer, Simon J. Plant, Kim Plasket, Kimberly Rei, McKenzie Richardson, Alanna Robertson-Webb, Philip Rogers, Mary Rajotte, Connor Sassmannshausen, Dorian J. Sinnott, Donavon 'Monster' Smith, V.H. Stone, Joshua D. Taylor, Luis Manuel Torres, Nicki Vardon, Bernardo Villela, Thomas K.S. Wake, Jacek Wilkos, G. Allen Wilbanks, Anne Wilson, Patrick Winters, Jasiah Witkofsky, Brianna Witte, Emilian Wojnowski, Rainie Zenith Foreword by best-selling author and folklorist Benjamin Radford

Europe; the continent of fallen empires, vengeful Gods, lovers, myths, and legends. From the leshys of The White Forest in the east to the Fae and Wildlings of the west, Europe is home to a rich tapestry of folklore and, within these pages, we shall share those stories with you. Featuring a plethora of experienced and first-time indie writers, Lost Lores and Legends takes you on a journey of the fantastical, the romantic, the dark, and the desperate through three-hundred-and-fifteen tales of exactly one-hundred words. As you read, remember this: the legends are true... don't dare to forget. With stories from: Olivia Arieti, Abdul-Qaadir Taariq Bakari-Muhammad, Gabriella Balcom, Chris Bannor, Evan Baughfman, T.L. Beeding, Joshua E. Borgmann, Maggie D Brace, Mark Budman, Keith R. Burdon, Adam Carpenter, Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump, A.S. Charly, Holley Cornetto, Simon Clarke, Christopher T. Dabrowski, Meera Dandekar, Radar DeBoard, Deborah Dubas Groom, T.R. Earnheart, K.B. Elijah, L.T. Emery, Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway, DJ Elton, Ximena Escobar, Daniel Fisher, Declan Fletcher, Nick Gerrard, R.A. Goli, S.O. Green, Jennifer Hatfield, Zachary Hennis, Chris Hewitt, Brandi Hicks, Liam Hogan, Joel R Hunt, Nerisha Kemraj, Andrew Kurtz, Charlotte Langtree, Scarlett Lake, Emma K. Leadley, Colin Leonard, Gordon Linzner, Kati Lokadottir, John C. Mannone, Madeleine McDonald, Stacey Jaine McIntosh, Melody E. McIntyre, Umair Mirxa, S.C. Morgan, Victor Nandi, B.A. Nielsen, R.S. Nevil, Dale Parnell, Moe Phillips, Callum Pearce, Alannah K. Pearson, Destiny Eve Pifer, Simon J. Plant, Kim Plasket, Kimberly Rei, McKenzie Richardson, Alanna Robertson-Webb, Philip Rogers, Mary Rajotte, Connor Sassmannshausen, Dorian J. Sinnott, Donavon 'Monster' Smith, V.H. Stone, Joshua D. Taylor, Luis Manuel Torres, Nicki Vardon, Bernardo Villela, Thomas K.S. Wake, Jacek Wilkos, G. Allen Wilbanks, Anne Wilson, Patrick Winters, Jasiah Witkofsky, Brianna Witte, Emilian Wojnowski, Rainie Zenith

In these nine stories of frost and snow, join a collection of survivors as they fight to overcome nuclear winter, 100 years of ice, elder gods, frozen deities, a town ruled by thugs, and more. This premier anthology from SummerStorm press features the writing of C. Marry Hultman, Christine Watts, Erin Fanning, Thaddeus Rutkowski, John M. Floyd, David Green, Derek Power, Louise Pierce, and Abigail Linhardt.