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A Pioneer Woman's Lonely Struggle Author: Olive A. Fredrickson Motherless, the youngest of twelve children, stuck with her stoical father in the harsh, un-surveyed wilderness of northern Alberta in 1910, Olive began an extraordinary life. She married, had children, traveled, fought starvation and wild animals, lost her husband, lost a child, and married again, all against the backdrop of the take-all wildness that defined her – a wilderness equal part beautiful and brutal. As Olive struggled, her strength of character and love of the land colored her adventures and while her life had much sadness, an ineffable kind of childlike wonder [...]

Did I Mention Alan Moore? Writer: Alan Moore Artist: J.H. Williams III So I get onto the DC Universe app one Tuesday—when they load the new comics for that week—and saw an announcement that PROMETHEA, the entire series, was now available to read on the app.  What’s Promethea, I wondered.  So I checked it out, saw it was written by Alan Moore and that was all I needed. Having read WATCHMEN, FROM HELL, V FOR VENDETTA, and my absolute favorite comic of all time, MIRACLEMAN, the words “written by Alan Moore” sealed the deal for me and I immediately added [...]

Two Realities, One Life Author: Josie Silver Lydia and Freddie are meant to be. Their love is fairy-tale perfect, and they have been completing each other’s sentences since they were fourteen. Now, at 28, Lydia is engaged to Freddie and the special day is coming up fast. The only proverbial fly in the ointment is Jonah Jones, Lydia’s once-upon-a-time pre-Freddie best friend, and currently Freddie’s annoying best mate who is never, ever absent. Jonah doesn’t get that three is a crowd, and his days of being useful are long over. When Jonah’s sudden need for a ride on Lydia’s birthday [...]