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Do we spend our lives searching in vain for an answer,
or do
we find a version of the truth we can live with, and live with it?
A Version of the
Truth
by Marsh Rose
Genre: Memoir
Over forty years, Marsh and her partner built a life defined
by love, devotion, and independence. He supported her when she bought her home
in California wine country, when she grieved the deaths of her parents, when
she built her career as a psychotherapist, and even when she overcame a
lifelong fear of dogs to adopt a rescued greyhound.
They never married or shared a home—by choice. They were lovers and confidants,
deeply committed to one another. Yet, they only met on Tuesdays and Fridays.
And then, one day, he vanished.
When Marsh finally tracked him down, she discovered the unimaginable: he had
suffered a catastrophic stroke. His memory was gone. He could no longer speak.
And he was living with a woman who knew him by a different name.
What was the truth? With him unreachable behind the devastation of his illness,
and with the danger that exposing their relationship could cause irreparable
harm, Marsh was left to confront a hall of mirrors—plagued by questions,
silences, and uncertainty.
In the end, she discovered a universal reality: we all live with some
unknowable mystery. The question is—do we spend our lives searching in vain for
an answer, or do we find a version of the truth we can live with, and live with
it?
Marsh Rose is a freelance
writer, psychotherapist and college educator. Her short stories have appeared
in a variety of publications including Cosmopolitan Magazine, the San Francisco
Chronicle, Carve Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, and New Millennium Writings
where she took first prize for creative nonfiction in 2018. She lives in the north San Francisco Bay Area with her greyhound, Adin.
The Quiet Hero: My Father’s WWII Story Still Matters Today
When I first sat down to preserve my father’s memoir, I Was Just a Radioman, I didn’t imagine it would resonate beyond our family. He wasn’t a general or a decorated war hero. He didn’t storm beaches or command fleets. He was a Navy radioman—quiet, observant, and deeply humble. And yet, his story has become one of the most powerful reminders I’ve encountered of what it means to serve.
In a world that often celebrates the loudest voices, my father’s was soft but steady. He didn’t seek recognition. He simply did his job—transmitting messages, maintaining equipment, and listening through the static.
Through his recollections, I discovered something profound: history isn’t just shaped by those in command. It’s built on the backs of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in silence.
His memoir isn’t just a timeline of events. It’s a window into the emotional texture of wartime life: the camaraderie, the fear, the boredom, and the quiet moments of reflection between missions. It’s about the humanity behind the uniform. And in today’s fast-paced, social media, soundbite-driven culture, I believe we need stories like his more than ever.
When we remember the quiet heroes, we remember the full truth of history. We honor the nuance, the sacrifice, and the resilience of those who didn’t ask to be remembered—but deserve to be.
If you’ve ever loved someone who served, or wondered what war looks like from the margins—not the headlines—I invite you to read I Was Just a Radioman. It’s not just my father’s story. It’s a tribute to every unsung voice that helped shape our world, who fought against the wrongs happening in the world and gave us the freedom we have today.
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I made a promise to my father, that I'd do what I could and find a way through my writings to make sure the world wouldn't forget those who sacrificed their lives for the world's freedom. I knew people would dismiss history. I had no idea they'd forget how vast the devastation was or how vile the world had become.
I hope I've managed to keep that promise to him through storytelling, strategy, and heart—is exactly how legacies endure.
I Was Just a Radioman isn’t just a memoir; it’s a living tribute to the quiet courage that shaped history.
I'm not just trying to sell you a book. My ultimate goal is to preserve a voice that might otherwise be lost in the noise of modern life. And with everything going on in the world, stories like my father’s remind us what real service, humility, and resilience look like.
In his words. No fluff.
Their hearts were strong, and their courage endless.
From devastation to victory, the story of these brave men−the deadly, mysterious, and illusive Black Cats is a journey into the past where nightmares came true and hatred reigned. A time in history we should never, ever forget.
The day which will live in infamy…was just the beginning.
From his words to paper. No fluff, just plain talk from Radioman H P Lawrence, WW2 decorated veteran, Black Cat, and Pearl Harbor survivor.
Grab your copy today.
Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart (NavyHistory.org) This self-published monograph was compiled by Ms. Ackerson to preserve the family history of Aviation Chief Radioman Henry Lawrence's service in World War II. The audience at which the book is directed is family and friends. Henry Lawrence, in June 1940 at the age of seventeen, joined the U.S. Navy Reserve unit at Newport, Rhode Island. On 12 May 1941, he was called to active duty and sent to Aviation Radio School at NAS Sand Point outside of Seattle, Washington. On 19 November 1941, he arrived in Hawaii as an Aviation Radioman and was assigned to VP 22 located on Ford Island. VP 22 at this time was flying PBY-5 Catalina flying boats.
Chief Lawrence's tale of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is told in six pages, which add little to what has already been written about the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Ford Island. His service in the Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1945 was as a radioman on board PBY-5 Catalinas of VPB 71. His service in VPB 71 is told through a series of vignettes that focus on the carrying out of nocturnal patrols in the waters of the Southwest Pacific and off the coast of Formosa. These flights, Black Cat Missions, were carried out by flying at 1,000 feet above the sea, searching for Japanese merchant ships to attack. These vignettes are full of nuggets of information about U.S. Navy Black Cat operations during World War II.
Chief Lawrence's account of his service in World War II ends with The war's over! I will thank Colonel Paul Tibbets, his Enola Gay, and celebrate August 14th for the rest of my life. Once discharged from the Navy, Chief Lawrence spent the next 18-years in the Naval Reserves.
This book is an interesting read, but I suspect that only the hard-core World War II naval aviation aficionado will place this book in his library.
Sweet heat. Sharp
skates. One perfect shot at forever.
Brian Anderson has always been the good guy—center for the Los Angeles Quakes,
team peacemaker, and top scorer. He’s watched his teammates fall in love one by
one, but he’s stayed far from the line of fire—until a fierce left winger
blindsides him in a no-holds-barred charity game. Alexis Barlowe doesn’t care
about NHL fame. She’s too busy raising her daughter and guarding her heart
after one betrayal too many.
Brian is determined in his pursuit, and Alexis eventually lets him in. He’s
everything Peter, her ex, wasn’t—kind, dependable, crazy about her and her
daughter. But when a woman from Brian’s past shows up five months pregnant and
claiming he’s the father, Alexis’s walls come crashing back down.
The test says the baby is his. But Brian swears it’s not true. As secrets
unravel and old wounds reopen, both must decide if love is worth the risk—or if
their happily ever after is just another story cut short.
Brian:
Hockey Romance
He Falls First, Insta Love
Single Mom
Secret Daughter
She Plays Hockey
Insta Family
Confirmed Bachelor
She Doesn’t Believe In Love
Perennial Good Guy
Alisa Jean is the
pseudonym for award-winning authors Marla A. White and C J Bahr. They first
teamed up over thirty years ago over a bottle of Zima (don’t ask) while
polishing their gear for a horse show. They’ve since moved on to better
beverages and writing novels. Separately, Marla prefers to murder characters in
the usual way, while C J uses paranormal means. The long-time best friends
joined together as a writing team through their mutual love of hockey. Wonder
twin powers activated! Their hockey romances examine flawed characters with
heart, humor, and sexy sizzle.
One apartment. One
fake boyfriend. One agreement waiting to be broken.
Makayla:
I’m tired of my dad playing matchmaker.
As a music teacher juggling life with sickle cell disease, I don’t have time—or
energy—for forced dinner dates with “eligible men.”
So, I come up with a plan: find a fake boyfriend, let him move in, and make it
believable.
Daniel was never supposed to say yes.
He’s a grumpy, emotionally walled-off lawyer who hates chaos and clings to
solitude.
But now he’s in my apartment—tall, brooding, infuriatingly neat—and fitting
into my world way too easily.
I don’t believe in love. Not when life has taught me it rarely sticks around.
But something about him feels dangerously real.
Daniel:
Something about her captured my attention the moment I met her.
I knew I was in trouble.
Controlled and always alone—that’s who I’ve been.
But I said yes before I could stop myself.
Because moving into her tea-scented, music-filled home was the only way I could
be close to her.
She’s sunshine and sharp edges. She hums while stirring honey into her cup and
smiles through pain like it’s nothing.
This was supposed to be pretend.
But with every stolen glance and late-night conversation, the line between real
and fake keeps slipping.
She doesn’t believe in love.
I never thought it was possible.
But living with her is rewriting everything I thought I knew—
And walking away might not be an option.
A. Akinosho lives in her own little nest in Illinois. An avid reader
and enjoy reading thrillers, suspense and romance novels (partial to romance
genre). When, She’s not reading or keeping up with life. She enjoys writing and
creating twist to stories. She loves writing about diverse characters,
friendship and overcoming challenges through, what is perceived as a weakness.
From devastation to victory, the story of these brave men−the deadly, mysterious, and illusive Black Cats is a journey into the past where nightmares came true and hatred reigned. A time in history we should never, ever forget.
The day which will live in infamy…was just the beginning.
From his words to paper. No fluff, just plain talk from Radioman H P Lawrence, WW2 decorated veteran, Black Cat, and Pearl Harbor survivor.
Grab your copy today.
Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart (NavyHistory.org) This self-published monograph was compiled by Ms. Ackerson to preserve the family history of Aviation Chief Radioman Henry Lawrence's service in World War II. The audience at which the book is directed is family and friends. Henry Lawrence, in June 1940 at the age of seventeen, joined the U.S. Navy Reserve unit at Newport, Rhode Island. On 12 May 1941, he was called to active duty and sent to Aviation Radio School at NAS Sand Point outside of Seattle, Washington. On 19 November 1941, he arrived in Hawaii as an Aviation Radioman and was assigned to VP 22 located on Ford Island. VP 22 at this time was flying PBY-5 Catalina flying boats.
Chief Lawrence's tale of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is told in six pages, which add little to what has already been written about the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Ford Island. His service in the Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1945 was as a radioman on board PBY-5 Catalinas of VPB 71. His service in VPB 71 is told through a series of vignettes that focus on the carrying out of nocturnal patrols in the waters of the Southwest Pacific and off the coast of Formosa. These flights, Black Cat Missions, were carried out by flying at 1,000 feet above the sea, searching for Japanese merchant ships to attack. These vignettes are full of nuggets of information about U.S. Navy Black Cat operations during World War II.
Chief Lawrence's account of his service in World War II ends with The war's over! I will thank Colonel Paul Tibbets, his Enola Gay, and celebrate August 14th for the rest of my life. Once discharged from the Navy, Chief Lawrence spent the next 18-years in the Naval Reserves.
This book is an interesting read, but I suspect that only the hard-core World War II naval aviation aficionado will place this book in his library.
The Sacred Band of Thebes lives on, a world away, in this
mythic epic of love in war in ancient times.
In 338 BCE, during the Battle of Chaeronea that results in
the massacre of the Sacred Band of Thebes, Tempus and his Stepson cavalry
rescue twenty three pairs of Theban Sacred Banders, paired brothers and lovers,
to fight on other days. These forty-six Thebans, whose bones will never lie in
the mass grave that holds their two hundred and fifty-four brothers, join with
the immortalized Tempus and his Sacred Band of Stepsons, consummate ancient
cavalry fighters, to make new lives in a faraway land and fight the battle of
their dreams where gods walk the earth, ghosts take the field, and the angry
Fates demand their due.
The Sacred Band of Stepsons series is Homeric and heroic
fiction following the exploits of an ancient cavalry unit modeled on the Sacred
Band of Thebes. Deftly mixing history, myth, and fantasy, Morris’ Sacred Band
of Stepsons live and die in a world where gods are real and magic works —
sometimes.
Morris’ accursed cavalry commander, Tempus, first
appeared Sacred Band first appeared in the million-selling Thieves’ world
shared-universe in 1981. Subsequently, Janet Morris, first alone and
subsequently with her husband Chris Morris, take the Sacred Band into their own
series of novels, set in the fourth century BCE. Passionate, gritty, lyrical
prose and unforgettable characters make this series. Perseid Press Sacred Band
novels includes the “Author’s Cut” of the Beyond Sanctuary Trilogy and Tempus, as
well as the epic novel The Sacred Band, and The Fish the Fighters and the
Song-girl.
Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and published more than 30
novels, many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. Most of her
fiction work was in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she also wrote
historical and other novels. Morris either wrote, contributed to, or edited
several book-length works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on
nonlethal weapons, developmental military technology and other defense and
national security topics.
Christopher Crosby Morris
(born 1946) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a
lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author
Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2
Technologies, Inc. He writes primarily as Chris Morris, but occasionally uses
pseudonyms.
What if the man
stalking you worked in IT—at the police department?
"Think it couldn't happen to you? Think again. Read. This. Book.” —John
DeDakis, Award-winning novelist, writing coach, and former editor on CNN's
"The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer"
This true crime case is told with brutal honesty,
exposing the silent terror of stalking. Gripping details of kidnapping,
intimate partner abuse, and surveillance using everyday tools engrained in
society—and most households—uncovers systemic blindspots. From
overlooked police reports to exhausting court battles, it’s a story of a
woman’s resilience in the face of relentless fear. A must read for fans of true
crime, survival stories, and psychological thrillers.
Stalkers don’t just
hide in the shadows. Some log in.
Kathryn meets Todd, a charming IT expert for the police
department. He coaxes her into a brief relationship and turns a normal breakup
into a reign of terror. Todd isn’t just obsessed—he’s inside Kathryn’s home
network.
He doesn’t have to be in her house to watch her. Or hear
her.
He sees her text messages—on his screen.
He can follow her car without ever leaving his house.
And he even tells her why: “You are mine. And I don’t
share.”
When Todd asks Kathryn if she wants to see death coming, she
tells him no. Now she waits for it every day. Dismissed by officers, Kathryn
builds a case police can no longer ignore. But the more she learns about Todd’s
past, the more she suspects he might be tied to the unsolved murder of a woman
she has only one thing in common with: Todd.
And if she’s right, she might be next . . .
“A powerful, riveting
account about a woman being victimized by a modern-day monster.” —Kirkus
Reviews
“Urgency of feeling
pulses throughout . . .” —BookLife
“An inspiring story
of survival . . . the horrors of stalking and its devastating effects on the
mental health of those targeted . . .” —Chanticleer Book Reviews
& Media
“The specificity of emotion, the
physiological response to trauma, and the intellectual clarity . . . give this
book its power.” —Independent Book Review
“Unfollow Me kept me on the
edge of my seat from beginning to end. Caraway’s will to get justice in her
case and her composure through it all shows a resilience that not many
possess.” —Memoir Magazine
* 2024 Grand Prize Winner in Narrative
Nonfiction (Journey Award, Non-Fiction Overcoming Adversity)
* 2024 1st Place Winner in
Thriller/Suspense (Clue Award)
* 2024 1st Place Winner in
Non-Fiction Cover Design
Kathryn Caraway
thought a conviction would end the nightmare. She was wrong.
Todd Bennett is getting out of jail—and he hasn’t forgotten
her. The government offers her a lifeline: new name, new life, new country. But
freedom comes at a cost and safety is an illusion.
U.S. Marshal Wes Kade doesn’t care about feelings. He cares
about results. Cold, disciplined, and relentless, he has built a career on
keeping people alive. But something about this case doesn’t add up. He realizes
this isn’t personal—it’s war.
With nowhere left to hide, Kathryn must face the terrifying
truth that some nightmares never end.
A gripping
psychological thriller where survival isn’t just about escape—it’s about
fighting back.
Wow! I have absolutely DEVOURED this book, and Kathryn
Caraway has become my new favorite author! He Follows Me is the fictional
follow-up to Unfollow Me, and it does not disappoint. What starts as a
semi-cozy read turns into a tense thriller with an absolutely explosive ending!
Give this one a read, especially if you have read Unfollow Me! – Goodreads reviewer
Kathryn Caraway lived life as the target of a stalker for years.
After her perpetrator’s conviction, Kathryn founded the Unfollow Me Project to raise
education and awareness of the debilitating effects of stalking, as well as to
offer support to those being stalked. For more information, go to https://unfollowme.com.
War is a Racket, and
Culture is Blind: The True Cost of Conflict
Journey through a century of strife in this gripping
dual-timeline novel with:
George Sher Gul:
A Muslim cameleer fleeing early 20th Century Afghanistan, seeking hope in
Australia's unforgiving outback. He navigates harsh landscapes and the
prejudices of White Australia, with his dream of belonging hanging by a thread.
Patterson: An
Australian soldier in post-9/11 Afghanistan, questioning the war's true motives
amidst corruption and personal demons.
Their intertwined stories challenge our beliefs on war,
peace, and humanity.
Experience heart-wrenching choices, cultural clashes across
generations, and a quest for belonging spanning continents.
This thought-provoking historical fiction exposes
deep-rooted xenophobia, drawing parallels between early 20th century Australia
and today's complex geopolitical landscape.
Together, it offers a witty yet unflinching critique of
global politics—questioning the cyclical nature of conflict.
From sun-baked Australian deserts to war-torn Afghan
streets, immerse yourself in a powerful journey through time and culture.
Will George Sher Gul find his future in a land that views
him as an outsider?
Can Patterson discover peace amidst chaos and national
expectations?
Uncover these answers in a compelling tale of resilience,
hope, and the enduring human spirit.
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embark on an unforgettable adventure that will challenge your perspectives and
touch your heart!
What readers
are saying:
Between breathtaking descriptions of Afghanistan's
demonic and razor-sharp craggy edges and the sun-scorched Australian outback,
Brendon Patrick weaves a tale that will leave you questioning everything you
thought you knew about both nations' shared history.
Brendon Patrick is an emerging voice in historical fiction,
drawing upon his experiences as a veteran of the Australian Army and his
heritage as a descendant of Afghan Cameleers. His debut novel: Afghani explores
the untold stories of Australia’s multicultural past.
Based in Brisbane, Brendon is a self-taught writer who founded Bulldog Self
Publishing to bring authentic Australian stories to readers. When not writing,
he can be found spending time with his beloved bulldogs and advocating for
diverse voices in literature.
