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How would you feel if you were constantly told how much you looked like a famous star, especially when another famous star pulls you out of a line to tell you that you look just like him? Terry Wayne Hammock finally decided enough was enough, and began researching his family tree...only to find out that a lot of that tree was mysteriously missing! Within these pages is the journey of Terry Wayne Hammock as he began amassing evidence in a few short years...enough to get his name legally changed to "John T. Wayne"...and to hopefully claim his American Heritage!

Trail of The Oracle is a mystery murder by Jack Gannon and Cyndi Williams-Barnier. Lieutenant Commander Angela Jason, also known as Agent Oracle, is the agent in charge of the Task Force section, which conducted a specialized study on the internet and the dark web. Angela had a natural aptitude for using her imagination and spatial judgment and could search through data streams for concealed data. A few weeks ago, Angela found a Goliath cipher, which indicated that there was a terrorist threat. Angela identified Mister Terrence as a terrorist. Mister Terrence reported to someone that he made sure he was seen on his way to Washington and that the Task Force was hunting him. When students die and Mister Terrence suddenly disappears, it cannot be a coincidence, and a special team is deployed to investigate.

Several authors from the United States and Canada have submitted short stories and poems for the first annual TALES ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD anthology. Genres range from the Wonderful World of Oz to westerns, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, and more in prose and poetry.

"Where is the World is The Canal Zone" is an historical coloring book ideal for children in grades 1-3. Children can have fun while learning a bit of geography and history of the former American territory known as the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama.The historical highlights of this color-and-learn book span 5 centuries of discovery and development of the "Crossroads of the World." Cultural diversity is represented in original coloring images while keeping the history of Central America's exploration and development family-friendly.The coloring book is the creation of two artists who were born and raised in the Canal Zone. Artist Edward J. Husum III and graphic designer Loreen Ridge-Husum are descendants of Roosevelt Medal Holders, which were American employees who worked in the Canal Zone for at least two years prior to the end of 1914. Their families lived in the Canal Zone until the late 1970's. Edward and Loreen took great care to base their renderings on historical fact as well as personal memories of their former homeland.

"Ziggy Zig-Zags the Light and Dark Fantastic, Volume 1" is a fantasy graphic novel with a story and scripting by awarded author Ron Baxley, Jr., art by renowned Oz artist Vincent Myrand, and layout and lettering by Ali Tavakoly (who has also done work in the comics industry). Ziggy, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi based on Ron's shelter-adopted emotional support dog of the same breed, is one of many steeds of the elves in Wales and is the elves' chosen champion for great quests. (According to Welsh mythology, in fact, the markings around many Pembroke Welsh Corgis' heads and around their necks indicated that small saddles and stirrups were once on their bodies and that the Corgis were used as horses by the elves and faeries). As a steed, with his saddle like a super hero cape, Ziggy is chosen by the elves to rescue various characters in different fantasy worlds, including Neverland, Oz, and Wonderland. He even has adventures in the modern reality of the "Out World" including with a figure fictionally attached to World War II. During Ziggy's quests, he is pursued by the Dark Elf, a fallen elf from the Welsh woods, and other foes. Like Baxley, Jr., he contends with anxiety during his quests. Ziggy wears a silver dog tag with the elven runes for valor and even anxiety written there. Whether he can evade his foe has to do largely with how he contends with his anxiety and holds with faith.

O.Z. Diggs the seventh, descendant of Oz the Great and Terrible Wizard, like all male heirs in his family, was cursed by the wicked witch of the West. Or so the story, which had been passed down through many generations, is told. He was the storyteller now, and the last of his line, fated by the witch's curse never to produce an heir. But he does think he has found a way out. In order to break the curse and thus allow himself and his family to return to Oz, he must be recognised as a descendant of his distant relative. Things seem to be set in motion. He has come across one of the magical staffs owned by Oz, and through it he received a message about a band of good wizards and witches that were also cast out from Oz. They call themselves the Society of the Walking Cane, and he is certain they can help him. But as is always the case, there are those of good, and those of evil, and those of evil will stop at nothing to ensure the witch's curse remains in place. Can he break the curse, or is he fated to be the end of his line? Find out in Ron Baxley, Jr.'s O.Z. Diggs Himself Out.O.Z. Diggs Himself Out is a spin-off of the popular Wizard of Oz, focusing around the distant descendants of the original Wizard, and a curse bestowed upon his line. Ron Baxley, Jr. writes in an imaginative first person perspective style which, alongside a serious plot, has elements of humour, and also darker humour to it. As stated in the book, the lines between the real adventure and that immortalised through the story have been altered. This allows the author to take something familiar and turn it to their own devices. There is a lot to like about this story, such as adventure and world building. It definitely fits quite nicely into the fantasy genre, and will appeal to that audience. Imaginative, fun, and enjoyable, O.Z. Diggs Himself Out makes for an entertaining read, whether you're a fan of the Wizard of Oz or not.K. J. Simmill, Readers Favorite LLC

In the beautiful South Carolina coastal city of Beaufort there once lived a mysterious man known only as "Driftwood" Corry. No one knew from where he came or why he ended up in the Sea Islands east of Beaufort during the 1960s and early 1970s. He became well-known for the incredible works of art he made from driftwood found along the beach and marsh fronts, and for the Gullah masks he made from horseshoe crab shells, both of which he sold from his home/store fronting US Highway 21 on Harbor Island to tourists on their way to Hunting Island and the future resort Fripp Island. He disappeared in the mid-1970s as mysteriously as he arrived in the early 1960s.Decades later, long-time resident and first-time author Gibbes McDowell decided to bring "Driftwood" back to life in this entertaining tale based in part on the little-known local life of "Driftwood".In "Driftwood Unmased", Gibbes brings "Driftwood" from his beginnings in Ireland through the front lines of World War I, his eventual arrival in America and final stop in Yemassee, South Carolina, before hitching a ride to what would be his final home on Harbor Island near the Atlantic coast."Driftwood" takes up home with the Sea Island Gullah community on neighboring Saint Helena Island, which welcomes the strangely-accented white man into its own, and "Driftwood" even wins over the mysterious witch doctor "Dr. Snake" to make his home and marry one of their women. It isn't long after his arrival that he attracts the attention of the local sheriff and his good ol' boy deputies, but the conflicts of the pre-desegregation south are relatively minor until the day "Driftwood" discovers pirate gold in the marshes near his home...and a piece shows up and is brought to the sheriff's attention!"Driftwood Unmasked" explores the fictional political heirarchy of Beaufort and the Sea Islands in all its fact-based reality, sharing with the reader what life was like in those times decades past. Shining through all the political turmoil and threats, "Driftwood" steadfastly remains unchanged in his calm fight against "The Man".As an appendix, McDowell presents the true biography of "Driftwood", the result of his research as he was writing his engrossing fictional tale, many aspects of which turned out to match Gibbes' imagination long after the chapters were written!Such is the life of Beaufort legend "Driftwood" Corry!

Sam, a 95-year-old man of decades on the sea, receives one final summons from his first and decades-long true love, Macy. As he casts off on one last voyage across the Atlantic from South America back home to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, he remenisces on the many times over the decades he and Macy spent time together: meeting and immediately falling in love, having a son; always loving each other but never staying together. Every time she called for him he returned to her, each time hoping it would be the time they finally stay with each other...but it was never meant to be. His 5500-mile sea trip allows him time to relive their lives, always apart but occasionally together, and the dreams that could have been. He arrives home in time for one last sea venture with his true First Mate.