A typical hardworking man and his fiancee are living together in the heart of East New York, trying to save money so they can move to a better place. When his fiancee is viciously taken from the home, he becomes a one-man army to take on a notorious drug lord who holds her captive and is also known as a ghost. Suddenly, their lives change in two different directions, and all hell breaks loose.

Vince isn't perfect, but his love for Kaz reveals the best of him. Their coastal farm is an idyllic place to raise their two children, and Kaz ensures that life is easy and full of fun. Here, Vince can indulge both his passions - for words and for his wife.But when an unexpected event shatters their contentment, Vince isn't ready for the responsibilities he must face.In creating the fable of the Rose Leopard - the most beautiful creature in the world - he tries to explain to his children a universe that doesn't always make sense."The Rose Leopard" is a compelling debut novel, a poignant and often funny tale of love, grief and the transformative power of story-telling.

Writing poetry has given me the strength to progress in my life day by day. It motivates me to express my inner thoughts, feelings, and life long experiences. As a child, I always enjoyed writing how I felt. Poetry to me has always been my way to express the love, anger, frustrations, etc that I carry with in myself. It keeps me strong and focused. I encourage many young adults to join the world of poetryIt will be a lot of fun!

Reproduction of the original: Frivolities by Richard Marsh

Drawing from two decades as a hospice chaplain, nurses’ aide, and emergency medical technician, the Rev. Matthew J. Holmes invites us to peer into the often occulted dimensions of life’s endings. From bedsores to isolation, impacted bowels to the nursing home economy, from neglect to deep, desperate love, modern death’s characteristics are navigated here with insight, honesty, depth, and clarity. Following the sense of horror and humor evoked in each narrative are theopoetic and theological reflections from the Rev. Thomas R. Gaulke, PhD. Tom brings a playfulness to the conversation, engaging issues of hope, meaningless, disenchantment, sacramentology, grace, and religiosity in relation to modern death and postmodern longing. Every day, worlds end. Armageddon is not a battle far removed into the future. It is taking place right now—in the hospital, at the nursing home, across the street, and inside our very bodies. The world ends in ways big and small. It ends in pain and in love. It ends with tears and with relief. The ends of worlds are often grotesque, final battles the bloodiest. This book is an opening into those endings and an invitation into the search for whatever meaning and whatever of God might lie therein.