I Street Press

2017-2018 Annual Report And Catalog of Titles

Cover Design by Tenaya Jacobson Interior Layout and Design Gerald F. Ward

Printed in the United States Sacramento Public Library I Street Press 828 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]

I Street Press is a service of the Sacramento Public Library and is not a separate publishing entity. High-quality, perfect-bound paperback printing is provided. Marketing, editing, design and distribution services are not currently offered

Espresso Book Machine I Street Press

I Street Press

2017-2018 Annual Report And Catalog of Titles

INTRODUCTION i

I STREET PRESS iii Authors and Titles iv Books Printed iv Programming and Attendance v Publishing Appointments vi Receipts vii Significant Events viii

CATALOG OF TITLES Anthologies 3 Art 4 Biography 4 Business 7 California – Description and Travel 8 Extraordinary Crossings 8 Cooking 9 Family History 9 Fiction 14 History 19 Literature 22 Mental Health 24 Music 25 Personal Narrative 25 Poetry 26 Sports 30 Science 31 Teaching 31

Introduction

For local authors, the easiest and coolest part of self-publishing is using the I Street Press to help finish and print their books. Conversely, the hardest part for every author is writing and revising their book. Library staff cannot help write or edit an author’s book. We can make printing their books as stress-free as possible. We do make suggestions on formatting and creating covers that speed the process. Staff of the I Street Press (henceforth known simply as Staff) strive to make the author’s experience in self-publishing as clean and rewarding as possible. There are five elements of self-publishing that Staff make every effort to achieve with every author. These five features make self-publishing with the I Street Press memorable. Simplicity – Staff have ample experience in the self-publishing industry, knowing the simplest route to help each author achieve a finished book. We have the tools available, the knowledge to teach authors how to format their books and the expertise to create simple covers that work. While some authors may demand a complicated interior, with charts and images, text boxes and side panels, most of those who use the I Street Press want a clean and uncomplicated interior. Staff stress the reasons for not having an interior that is distracting to the reader at it is presented on the page. We encourage a seamless layout and design so that the reader will focus on the author’s writing and not be preoccupied by a confusing presentation. Realistic Expectations – Most authors carry an expectation of the process without having the experience or the practice of making a book. They see the finished product, books done by other publishers, whether well-known or vanity presses, and expect similar results. What they do not know is that they will get to see the entire process, from formatting to printing and binding their book. With this experience comes a level of comfort in writing and finishing more books. First-time authors are impressed with the unexpected results, while those who have penned other titles printed by the I Street Press tailor their work for the final result. Reaction – Those who have worked diligently on their writing are always enthusiastic and happy when they watch the first copy of their book print right before their eyes. Staff have witnessed authors’ reactions ranging from giggling to tears of joy. Many authors appear stoic until they hold the first copy of their newly printed book. Their hard work has paid off. Concrete results – One of the goals of our Staff is to not take money until the author is ready to print. Having a concrete book, something they can hold in their hands and page through, gives each author a feeling of accomplishment. Authors get to pull the first copy of

i their book out of the delivery chute. What had been a dream is now a reality and they will leave holding their book in their hands. Integrity – Usually the first book off the press is a proof copy meant to be carefully examined for errors in writing and grammar, in layout and design. It is the intent of Staff to never print books without the author’s full approval. Staff help authors achieve their goals by helping them self-publish. The I Street Press remains a premier service of the Sacramento Public Library, with a national and international impact on the self-publishing world.

The Library and the I Street Press would like to acknowledge the work of a number of individuals, without whom the I Street Press could not have been as productive:

David Henson Mary Ellen Burns Larry Fox Devon McMindes Melissa Lopez Natalye Abuan Megan Civitello Sally Bang Michelle Reeves Melani Adachi

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The I Street Press began operation in October of 2011, moving into full book production by May of 2012. The I Street Press is a fee-based service of the Sacramento Public Library (SPL), using an On Demand Books (ODB) Espresso Book Machine (EBM) to produce quality, perfect-bound paperback books. Prospective authors attend free information sessions, presented twice a month, to learn what the I Street Press can and cannot do for them in helping them self-publish their books. After the session, Staff takes appointments with individual authors to assess their work to ensure the formatted documents can be printed by the EBM. Books printed may be for individual distribution to family and friends, or sold through retail outlets, online, and brick-and-mortar stores. Structured fees are set to meet the hard costs of producing a book. These fees include one of two set-up fees, per-book costs, extra services (e.g., help with cover design, ISBN, barcode, LCCN), plus tax. SPL currently has access to the International ODB database to upload books printed for wider distribution. Because of the unique service under the authority of SPL, the I Street Press can neither sell books locally nor distribute royalties to authors. When a title is uploaded to the ODB database, it may be printed by any outlet that has access to the database, but especially those places with an EBM. There are a number of criteria used to measure and evaluate the success of the I Street Press. These sources include:

 number of authors using the I Street Press  number of titles uploaded  number of physical books printed  programming and attendance statistics  publishing appointments  receipts for services rendered

iii Authors and Titles There are 462 titles in the I Street Press inventory by 360 authors. Subjects for books includes fiction, biography, self-help, poetry, religion, local history, children’s books, college textbooks and senior projects. Languages are not limited to English, but include Spanish, German, Finnish and Farsi. The number of copies of each title printed range from one to hundreds. Books Printed I Street Press has printed a total of 26,895 books, averaging 3842 books per year. In the fiscal year 2017-18 the I Street Press printed 3212 books.

2011 July to December 391 2012 January to June 1,397 Total FY 2011-12 1,788 2012 July to December 2,780 2013 January to June 1,719 Total FY 2012-13 4,499 2013 July to December 2,896 2014 January to June 1,665 Total FY 2013-14 4,561

2014 July to December 1,438 2015 January to June 2,347 Total FY 2014-15 3,785

2015 July to December 2,645 2016 January to June 1,937 Total FY 2015-16 4,582 2016 July to December 2,203 2017 January to June 2,265 Total FY 2016-17 4,468 2017 July to December 1,437 2018 January to June 1,775 Total FY 2017-18 3,212 Grand total 26,895

iv Programming and Attendance Since its inception, I Street Press has presented the services offered by SPL to more than 2,500 people. I Street Press offers two information sessions per month. Beginning in 2013 and continuing through 2018, Staff offered tours of the EBM process, traveled to off-site locations to speak with writers’ groups, and have begun offering classes on formatting the book and cover using MS Word, in addition to the information sessions. Programming and attendance has remained steady since inception.

Average number of people attending a program per fiscal year is 364.

2011 July to December 0 2012 January to June 406 Total FY 2011-12 406 2012 July to December 132 2013 January to June 222 Total FY 2012-13 354 2013 July to December 213 2014 January to June 331 Total FY 2013-14 544

2014 July to December 173 2015 January to June 105 Total FY 2014-15 278

2015 July to December 155 2016 January to June 230 Total FY 2015-16 385 2016 July to December 135 2017 January to June 230 Total FY 2016-17 365 2017 July to December 119 2018 January to June 98 Total FY 2017-18 217 Grand total 2,549

v Publishing Appointments The number of publishing appointments is proportional to the number of authors and titles represented within the I Street Press inventory. Since its inception, I Street Press has held 1,972 appointments, each lasting an average of one hour. Often, an author will have two appointments or more before finishing and self-publishing their book. Some authors will come and use the I Street Press on a regular or irregular basis because they are publishing more than one title.

Average number of appointments per fiscal year is 281.

2011 July to December 131 2012 January to June 23 Total FY 2011-12 154 2012 July to December 93 2013 January to June 99 Total FY 2012-13 192 2013 July to December 185 2014 January to June 125 Total FY 2013-14 310

2014 July to December 142 2015 January to June 117 Total FY 2014-15 259

2015 July to December 190 2016 January to June 191 Total FY 2015-16 381 2016 July to December 189 2017 January to June 191 Total FY 2016-17 380 2017 July to December 134 2018 January to June 162 Total FY 2017-18 296 Grand total 1,972

vi Receipts Since its inception, I Street Press has collected $300,510.77 in receipts for services and printing books. Hard costs include paper, ink, copyright registration, costs of services (e.g., ISBN and barcode, postage), monthly maintenance and printing costs (with a handful of incidentals). Receipts are commensurate to number of books printed.

Average receipts per fiscal year is $42,930.11.

2011 July to December $834.39 2012 January to June $11,561.30 Total FY 2011-12 $12,395.69 2012 July to December $22,518.45 2013 January to June $18,712.58 Total FY 2012-13 $41,231.03 2013 July to December $32,976.34 2014 January to June $18,176.11 Total FY 2013-14 $51,152.45

2014 July to December $17,973.43 2015 January to June $27,985.38 Total FY 2014-15 $45,958.81

2015 July to December $32,251.24 2016 January to June $21,978.57 Total FY 2015-16 $54,229.81 2016 July to December $28,005.72 2017 January to June $28,580.49 Total FY 2016-17 $56,586.21

2017 July to December $18,859.82 2018 January to June $20,096.95 Total FY 2017-18 $38,956.77 Grand total $300,510.77

vii Significant Events Two significant events occurred during the fiscal 2017-18 year which impacted the production of the I Street Press. The first event occurred when the Staff person in charge of the I Street Press underwent a medical emergency that required his being absent from the day-to-day operations for three months. During this interval, another staff person with knowledge of the process stepped into the position and helped keep the presses rolling. Sacramento Public Library would like to acknowledge and thank David Henson for his flexibility and commitment to the Library and the I Street Press during this time. The second event occurred when Xerox informed the Library and the I Street Press that they would be dropping the extended maintenance agreement at the end of June 2018. The I Street Press has been paying $1,700.00 per month for this maintenance agreement with Xerox. Because of the physical reliability of the EBM, Xerox has given limited attention to the maintenance of the machine, mostly confined to changing glue. Staff have reached an agreement with Xerox to continue providing service for the EBM on a per-visit basis. This arrangement will provide significant savings to the Library and the I Street Press. Xerox will continue to provide service for the printer, a Xerox 4112 copy machine, attached to the EBM under a continuing service contract. While the EBM is more than 7 years old, it shows no evidence of wearing out.

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Catalog of Titles

Frankenstein : A Graphic Interpretation (Adapted from the original work) Mary Shelley

FICTION Shelley, M. ISBN: 978-1-945526-26-8 ($20.00) 212 pages LCCN: 2018932680

Illustrated by Stephanie Taylor

Based upon the original 1818 novel by Mary Shelley.

Shelley wrote Frankenstein at the ripe old age of 19 as part of a weekend’s entertainment. A challenge to conjure up a truly harrowing ghost story is for me the most impressive aspect of the story behind the story. This young woman outshone Byron AND Shelley, and today, 200 years later, I for one have to cheer that it is her work that endures today as part of our history and culture. ~ Rivkah Sass

Frankenstein was born from a communal trip. In 1816, the Shelleys, Claire, Byron, and John Polidori stayed at Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Claire, who was pregnant with Byron’s daughter, hoped to convince him that their relationship was a serious one. Mary was grieving the loss of her first baby and enjoying her son. Shelley and Byron traded ideas, while Polidori tried to fit in. Byron proposed that everyone in the group write a ghost story. A nightmare prompted Mary to write a short version of Frankenstein, which she later expanded into a novel. Mary published the first edition of Frankenstein anonymously in 1818, and rewrote the novel extensively for it publication in 1831. ~ Carrie Sessarego

Anthologies

Children's Voices : Learn, Earn & Become Famous! : Image Eleanor J. Marks 2017 Holocaust Essay Contest image Bernard Marks, Editor 940.5318 C5365 2017 v.1 ISBN: 9781945526909 Volume One ($32.95) 596 pages 940.5318 C5365 2017 v.2 ISBN: 9781945526916 Volume Two ($32.95) 534 pages ISSN: 2377-2565

The essay-writing project began in 2008 at Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento, California with only four entries. In 2012 the project was opened to 6th-12th grade for public, religious and private schools in California as well as European schools. In 2014 undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the world were eligible to participate. Over the past seven years the writing project grew to over 700 entries in 2017 alone. The Eleanor J. Marks Worldwide Holocaust Essay Writing Project honors her memory by promoting remembrance and study of the Holocaust. It is also intended to enhance education in the schools through the annual essay-writing project.

Available through Amazon.com Will be available through Ondemandbooks.com

Other Volumes in the Children’s Voices Series: 940.5318 C5365 2012 940.5318 C5365 2013 940.5318 C5365 2014 v.3 bk.1 940.5318 C5365 2014 v.3 bk.2 940.5318 C5365 2015 940.5318 C5365 2016 v.1 940.5318 C5365 2016 v.2

Also by Bernard Marks: Yingele Nit Vein: “Boy, Don’t Cry” – Memories of a Jewish child, 1939-1945

3 Art

Image Impressions of Sacramento: 50 Pen and Ink Drawings Dennis Bylo ISBN: 978-1979685214 ($19.95) 116 pages

Impression of Sacramento is an art book of 50 pen & ink drawings by Denis Bylo that starts at Tower Bridge and proceeds on a counter clockwise oval around the Capitol Park and finishes at Tower Bridge. The bulk of the drawings were commissioned by Loaves & Fishes, Leroy Chatfield, Director, a privately funded Homeless Survival Center. The lack of cars or people in the drawings are because Dennis felt that homeless people, in the dead of night, also see an almost unpopulated city scape. When they are forced to be areas all by themselves, (they) momentarily see the same views of Sacramento as Dennis. Available through Amazon.com

Biography image Through the Years: The Legacy of Robbie Waters Robbie Waters 320.85 W324 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-28-2 ($14.95) 204 Pages

There is a theme that runs through this manuscript like a familiar and comfortable thread. That is the way he and his wife, Judie, have survived and thrived during 58 years of an unforgettably wild martial ride. It takes a strong couple to survive public scrutiny, media glare, bruising electoral campaigns and all the different high- profile events that have painted the Waters family as one of the most written-about clans in the last 50 years of Sacramento history.

4 Luella Johnston : California’s First Councilwoman image Nicolas Heidorn, With a forward by Councilmember Angelique Ashby. DDC Pending ISBN: 978-1-945526-29-9 ($20.00) 70 pages LCCN: 2018937777

Luella Johnston was an early 20th century society grande dame who metamorphosed into a local political crusader. She had a transformative impact on Sacramento politics and policy, helping to propel California’s capital city into the modern era of municipal governance. She was also a pioneer in the march towards gender equality as California’s first elected city council woman. She promised to “do all in my power and within my province to maintain the laws bettering the condition of women, and will bend every effort in that direction.”

1939 Monkman Pass: An Eight-Year-Old Boy’s image Adventure of a Lifetime Richard Brooks ISBN: 978-1-945526-12-1 ($9.95) 40 Pages

The remarkable endeavor by dedicated people to open tourist lodges at Kinuseo Falls, along the Monkman Pass.

Available through ondemandbooks.com http://net.ondemandbooks.com/odb/selfespress/9781945526121

5 image A Mulatto Slave: The Events in the Life of Peter Hunt, 1844-1915 by Denise I. Griggs 976.200496 H942zg 2010 ISBN: 978-0-615-47613-1 ($15.00) 160 pages LCCN: 2011501868

This story is an introduction to young teens about families during slavery in America. It is written in the style of the Writer’s Federal Project (WPA) of the 1930’s, when African American former slaves were interviewed. Peter Hunt was Mulatto, born of a slave owner and his slave, named America. Ironically, they were enslaved on a plantation in a town named Liberty. Peter Hunt’s life is examined from oral family history, and historical documents of the political, cultural, and economic times during slavery in American history. After the Emancipation by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, Peter Hunt enlisted in the newly formed United States Colored Troops (USCT), for the Union Army during the Civil War. This story of Peter Hunt is a “must read” for teens, so that they may understand that life isn’t always what it appears to be.

Available on Amazon.com image Curious George’s Big Adventure : The Hunt for the Legendary Black Jaguar By C.J. Wallker Plagerized by Denise Johnstone

As a kid I had always been fascinated by the lost ruins of the Aztecs. I first read about the Yucatan in a Boy’s Life magazine serial. This was followed by a movie serial set in the jungle fastness which I attended faithfully every week at the Baguio Theatre. Schmaltzy stuff, but it was heady brew for a pre- teenager. Now I was in my early twenties, and I was busy talking Herb and George into crossing the Gulf of Mexico and making our way into the jungles of the Yucatan to search for ruins and cenotes and pre-Columbian artifacts to smuggle away for sale at huge profits to collectors and museums.

6 The Early Years: A Lil’ Bit of Huckleberry By Tom Carroll

285 Pages LCCN: 2018938425

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: of the two I was more Huck than Tom. Tom engaged the world, always trying to turn things to his advantage, whereas Huck just floated along, encountering on the way a book-full of adventures. My adventures were not as timeless as his, but looking back they were interesting

Also by Tom Carroll The Garden or (in the alternative) The Serpent’s Fang: a tale of original sin. Fiction Carroll

Business

You Can’t Save 80 Million Filipinos! But You Can Build image Me a Park by Matthias “Bube” G. Mendezona and Roberto “Bobby” E. Aboitiz ISBN: 978-9715391221 ($17.00) 140 Pages LCCN: 2018938714

In this pithy tome, Mendezona recounts the experience of working together with the Aboitiz family (an influential Filipino business clan based in the central Philippine province of Cebu) and a Japanese partner to build what would become one of the biggest ship-building sites in the region. The book is valuable from several perspectives—as a personal memoir relating the difficulties of establishing a greenfields industry in a developing country with its peculiar hydra of tradition, politics, bureaucracy, corruption etc. while raising one’s family and building one’s own career; as a case study which could be taken up in a business school; and the detailed observation of dealing with the many factors and varied role-players involved in the transformation of an underdeveloped town into a competitive global role-player in the shipping industry.

Available through Amazon.com 7 image How To Profitably Manage Rental Properties: All The Secrets I Learned In 40 Years As A Property Manager Bradley N. Meyer 333.338 M612 2014 ISBN: 978-1500987596 ($18.95) 92 pages This book is to guide real estate investors, real estate agents, certified Realtors, brokers, and anyone wishing to know how to be an effective investor and property owner. [M]y job is to show you ways to help that innate ability to flourish. … I believe that every investment portfolio should have rental properties. It is a tried-and- true method of creating generational wealth.

California – Description and Travel

Image Extraordinary Crossings William Oudegeest DDC Pending ISBN:978-1-945526-35-0 ($25.00) 212 pages LCCN: 2018940380 Stories of crossing Donner Summit: Being a compendium of the most extraordinary true stories of people traversing Donner Pass on foot, by horse or mule back, train, automobile, motor bicycle, bicycle, etc. The stories show pathos, heroism, tenacity, adventure, and the admirable qualities of the human spirit as people challenged and conquered the summit. A liberal use of historical quotations and text, contemporary and historical photographs and illustration, and commentary illustrate the collection and add authenticity. Also by Bill Oudegueest: Walking Through Donner Summit History 979.437 O932 2015 www.donnersummithistoricalsociety.org Both books available through Amazon.com And though Ondemandbooks.com http://net.ondemandbooks.com/odb/selfespress/9781945526350 http://net.ondemandbooks.com/odb/selfespress/9781941125359

8 Cooking Pear Pearfection image Sacramento River Delta Historical Society 641.597945 S1237 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-11-4 ($15.00) 186 pages LCCN: 2017949006

Compiled and Edited by Barbara Dahlberg, Tom Herzog and Maryellen Burns; Cover Illustration Bob Miller. Heritage recipes from the Sacramento Delta Home Cooks www.srdhs.org

Family History

Early Settlers Of African Ancestry In Clarke And image Marengo Counties, Alabama: The History & Genealogy Of The Gamble & Cowan Families Gaye J. Welch

173 pages

The Gamble and Cowan families are part of the larger American story, so I embark on a voyage into a past by telling their stories through chronicling public records, the oral history, by accessing the public domain of the Internet as far back as it will take to get to the life stories of the these families’ roots, and as well as through old fashion research beyond the nearest public library where their story begins. The storytelling also involves some imaginative vision of the life experiences of these early settlers and those after them. Authentic records and public documents containing dates of birth, dates of death, and the factual existence of the kinfolks were plentiful. My research included oral history as told to me by my parents and other relatives; and as best as I could, I confirmed certain information with the direct descendants of certain surviving relatives.

9 Number Seven of Nine: Growing up in a Big Family Marcy Corkill Kroupa

146 pages

This story portrays an important time in my life. It is about five brothers and four sisters growing up with loving parents in a two story, three bedroom, one bath-room house on Baldwin Street in Austin, MN. The house was filled with chatter and laughter from young children and teenagers beginning early in the morning and lasting late into the night.

Carol McGregor Pettis’ Family History Carolyn McGregor Pettis

Part 1—My Mother’s Side ISBN: 978-1-945526-30-5 ($15.95) 184 pages Part 2—My Father’s Side ISBN: 978-1-945526-31-2 ($15.95) 192 pages LCCN: 2013901129

I did some genealogy work to try to find out more about my past – the past before I was there. The men all had occupations – carpenter, railroad clerk, harness maker, but nothing for the women. One of my aunts was a school- teacher and the other a secretary. There was no family business to go into. So I went to college and became a civil servant.

10 The Grafting: Tales From An English-Italian Heritage image A Genealogical Journey Greta Pia De Luca ISBN: 978-1-945526-01-5 ($32.95) 537 pages LCCN: 2017944479

This book contains a rich compilation of family stories handed down through the generations. It stems from the marriage of a shy English girl and a charismatic young Italian, the grafting of two cultures. The tales range from love affairs, lust, adultery and desertions to despicable acts of typical middle class families of the times. This spans across Britain’s Industrial Revolution, the hardship and tragedy of the First World War to Italy’s fight to shake off the Austrian shackles of domination, Italian Independence and beyond.

Available through Ondemandbooks.com http://net.ondemandbooks.com/odb/selfespress/9781945526015

Granny’s Story: Her California Years: 1934-1958 image Bertha Reese Metcalf, 1886-1958 Jo Anne Haight Schultz

71 Pages

She was Bertha Haight and then Bertha Shirley during her California years. But we always called her, “Granny,” just as we called our grandfather, Samuel J. Haight, “Pop.” She was the tenth and youngest child born to Nancy Ann Gray and James Andrew Metcalf on their farm above Metcalf Landing on the Ohio River near Grand Chain, Illinois on November 21, 1886. “Her mother and dad [Bertha's] didn't want her to marry Dad. Well, of course, Mom was so dog-gone young, too. But her mother told her, ‘Now, Bertha, you know that Sam wasn't raised the way that you were. He comes from a very rough-spoken family.’ And they were just different than the Metcalfs. What I gather from it was that her mother didn't think that Dad was good enough for Mom, that she was really lowering herself to marry him because of his swearing and rough language ... And they weren't church people!”

11 image Ouellette Vignettes: A History of the Ouellette Family Marcella M. Lorfing

82 pages In Memoriam November 16, 1938 – December 22, 2017

Marcy was a local author who led writing classes and groups. Many of the members of her classes have used the I Street Press to print their books. She is missed.

Teaching was a big part of Marcy’s life. Her first teaching job was in 1967 at Oroville High School where she taught Junior and Senior English. She then taught SOPHOMORE English for one year at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. She was one of the first women teachers at Bellarmine. In 1969 she taught remedial reading and English at a continuation high school in Redwood City. From there she moved to the state of Washington where she taught English at Tolt High School, in the small farming community of Carnation in southern Washington. In 1978, she moved back to Santa Clara and taught Senior English and Freshman social studies at Lawrence Academy. Her last teaching job was with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of California, Davis, where she taught memoir writing, literature appreciation courses and movie appreciation courses right up to the time of her death.

12 A Schoolboy in Marlboro, New Hampshire 1946-1958 image Gary D. Mitchell, Sr. ISBN: 978-1532358357 ($21.00) 130 pages The memories of a 77-year-old man of his mid-childhood and adolescence in a small town (Marlboro, NH) are chronicled in this book. … Adventures on the playground and shenanigans in the classroom are described. … In all grades, only rarely does the topic turn to learning. … Near the end of the book, there is a personalized description of the Marlboro High School 1958 senior class trip to Washington, DC. … The author attempts to represent what the teenage boy still in him felt at the time. He isn't afraid to mention that others did things that he did not remember with joy, but he includes many apologies to just about everyone he discusses for all the lack of common sense he displayed in his youth and for his own reckless behaviors and lack of good judgment.

Also by Gary Mitchell War Babies of Marlboro, New Hampshire Both books available through Amazon.com

Tightrope: Balancing A Life Between Mario Cuomo image And My Brother by Steve Villano 364.106 V717 2017 ISBN:978-1-942762423 ($16.50) 270 pages “Steve Villano’s book is a frank and unvarnished account of the long struggle in his New York Italian-American family... Steve took an upward path in his career, becoming an impeccable civil servant, working for one of America’s most distinguished Italian-American governors, Mario Cuomo. His brother took an opposite path, associating with the most feared Italian-American mobster of his generation, John Gotti. How Villano dealt with these opposing forces of light and darkness, abhorring his brother’s choice but still feeling love for him, hiding the truth from friends, and teetering on a tightrope between two diametrically different worlds, is a gripping tale—like a Hollywood story, but it is all true.” —Stephen C. Schlesinger Available through Amazon.com

13 Fiction

image Ann’s Garden Teresa Yates

343 pages

This is one of the funniest murder mysteries you will read, more of a “who-got-done-in” than a “who-done-it.” It is also very poignant as it demonstrates time and again the power of forgiveness, the strength of friendship and the destructive nature of secrets. Ann’s story, a 60-year-old who likes to garden, introduces her family, friends and the people who torment them. Among them there is more than one who would like to kill her. Interlaced with gardening metaphors and similes, Ann’s endearing struggle to live in a lonely marriage and her strength to survive cancer will have you cheering, “You go, girl!”

Image The Mysterious Dog Karen Sepahmansour FICTION Sepahmansour, K ISBN: 978-1-945526-27-5 ($15.99) 205 pages LCCN: 2018935532

This book is meant to promote better communication so that children can have better self-esteem at earlier ages. It is also hoped that parents and teachers and students’ peers will become more sensitive to how they communicate. Positive communication means listening to the children so that we recognize how they can develop into healthy individuals, utilizing their full potential. My children, Amir and Anthony, have fulfilled my life with their inquisitiveness, creativity and joy that they have given me every day of my life. Education has given me the creativity and opportunity to be a good parent.

Available on Amazon.com

14 Family of the heart : a Circle sleuth Mystery Book image Betty Lucke MYSTERY Lucke, B. ISBN: 978-0-9884631-5-8 ($15.95) 363 pages LCCN: 2016910487

Santa Fe Sam Martinez is distressed when his beloved grandfather is seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver. Mysterious deaths occur in the nursing home where the elderly man is sent to recuperate, and Sam goes undercover to investigate. The hit-and-run driver remains in the shadows with the evil intent, escalating the danger. The stakes are high. With the help of the Circle of Sleuths, and Gandalf, the Airedale terrier, Sam must face his worst nightmare.

Also in the same series by Betty Lucke Circle of Power : A Circle Sleuth Mystery Mystery Lucke B.

All books are available through Amazon.com

My Friend From Outer Space image by Samuel Casebeer Written and Illustrated by Samuel Casebeer

An 8th Grade Project 68 pages

One cool and breezy day in October, Jake was sitting on his high school’s bleachers in a vain attempt to get some of his homework done, but in truth he was just sitting there, looking at the clouds and the swaying pine trees, and relaxing. This was one of the things that he very much liked to do. It was at that moment when Jack came up behind him, and ambushed Jake with a strange piece of information. It and its consequences greatly affected Jake for the years to come.

15 Image Bloodline: A Twisted Tale By Norah Prouhet Fiction Prouhet, N. ISBN: 978-1-945526-22-0 253 pages This tale is about Bud, a shy, unassuming, hardworking man. He gets involved with Marya, a raucous party girl. Her mental stability is questionable as is her twisted view of moral values. They marry and start a family. Bloodlines co-mingle to produce a successor, but at a tremendous cost to all parties. These two characters are based on real people. Some fictitious events have been added, but the essence of these two characters is accurate. Marya was a very disturbed individual. Never formally diagnosed with a mental illness, her behavior could not be considered normal. Tranquilizers were prescribed to even out her erratic episodes. In time they became ineffectual.

Also by Norah Prouhet My Life: Warts and All My Life: Warts and All Continued S4YL (Sorry For Your Loss) Three men From Deer Lodge

image Sundown “Is Not” Until Tomorrow by Henry “Butch” Shirley FICTION Shirley, H. ISBN: 978-1-945526-10-7 ($25.00) 176 PAGES LCCN: 2017947984

This book is dedicated in honor of my deceased wife Lynn and my mother Lillie Mae Shirley. Lynn died of cancer. The story Somebody’s Child came to me late one night while I was sleeping. I had to get out of bed right away and write it down while I could remember it. I couldn’t wait for the next morning to share it with her as she lay in her hospital bed. Lynn, actually enjoyed it for whatever reason? If only, to encourage me. She was only able to hear one of my stories of many before she exited this world and left the rest of the journey to me. That’s one of the reasons I named this book, Sundown ‘Is not’ Until Tomorrow because I discovered that I have cancer also during the editing of this book.

16 Singing in Silence by Karen Clark Image ISBN-13: 978-1548375065 ($15.95) 432 pages LCCN: 2017948971 I didn’t grow up wanting to be a writer, though perhaps I’ve always been a storyteller. However, my journey changed on the Spring Equinox of 2005. Driving on I-80 in Northern California, I was gazing at freshly planted fields and listening to NPR. It was the second anniversary of the Iraqi war. Being premenopausal, it didn’t take much to upset me. “Over 600,000 Iraqis dead, many of them children,” they reported. A grandmother, I sobbed in my car for the now-childless mothers. I daydreamed about what the world would be like if the mothers and grandmothers ran the world. I envisioned women gathering—at the Click Café. I had no idea the Click Café would become Singing in Silence.

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Ambiguity by Veronica Saucedo image

A Senior Project 356 pages Dear Caleb, Empty. Despondent. Melancholy. Demented. But mostly lost. Never have I ever felt so hopeless and frustrated in my short 17 years of living on this corrupted, wicked world. My mind plays more tricks on me than a magician ever will. One minute my thoughts overpower my brain— making me envision the sorrowful memories of us laughing together. Haunting images projects through my hippocampus, constantly replaying the tranquil and perky thoughts of my simple life before everything happened. The next minute, my thoughts vanish like dust—leaving nothing, but a deserted brain laying in a bed of juice; forcing me to accept my unpredictable future that holds destruction. Whichever one of my uncontrollable terrors occurs, it transform me into draining a fountain of tears.

17 Blood of My Blood By Karina Records image A Senior Project

119 pages

After his father’s assassination, Sam is forced into the role of clan leader. His new position is secured with the help of his sister and his general, and without any suspicion from the humans. But when his capital is bombed and long-held family secrets revealed, Sam must decide what kind of leader he truly wants to be. Will he take his revenge on those who murdered his parents and lead his people to war, or will he abandon his birthright to protect those that remain? No matter what he chooses, his world will change forever.

imge The Caspak Trilogy by Edgar Rice Burroughs

294 Pages This limited centennial edition was published exclusively for ECOF 2018 – the annual gathering of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain Of Friendship – hosted by the Northwest Coast Mangani at Folsom California on May 18-19, 2018.

The Land That Time Forgot : The People That Time Forgot : Out Of Time’s Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs Introduction by James Rollins

18 Dog Days from Behind the Bar By R.D. York

52 pages

If you attempt to create and build a wholly imaginary incident, adventure or situation you will go astray, and the artificiality of the thing will be detectable. But if you found on a fact in your personal experience, it is an acorn, a root, and every created adornment that grows up out of it and spreads its foliage and blossoms to the sun will seem realities, not inventions. You will not be likely to go astray; your compass of fact is there to keep you on the right course. Mark Twain

History

West To Wyoming: The Extraordinary Life And Legacy image Of Stephen Wheeler Downey By Kim Viner

258 pages

He survived two major Civil War battles, established a law practice in Maryland, Washington, D. C. and West Virginia, and began a family at age 24. By then he was a well-established figure in the area where he grew up on the West Virginia/ Maryland border. But Stephen Wheeler Downey decided to move his family to the West in 1869 when he was 30 years old. When he arrived in Laramie, Wyoming Territory, he was faced with the necessity that many did when they moved to the frontier, how to provide for his family. Downey chose to do four things at once: open a law practice, enter the political arena, pursue the riches that he believed were to be found by mining in the surrounding mountains, and be active in business circles. All the while he was also directly engaged not only in family life, but also in promoting educational opportunities for the community.

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19 Savonarola in Florence Image Vance Dunton and Rick Robin Caynaan

70 pages “… a Dominican Friar named Girolamo Savonarola… denounced with a rare boldness the worldliness and vicious habits of the clergy… … (he) insisted on the duty of Christians not to live for their own ease when wrong was triumphing in high places, and not to spend their wealth in outward pomp even in the churches, when their fellow citizens were suffering from want and sickness. … He carried his doctrine rather too far; yet it was a memorable thing to see a preacher move his audience to such a pitch that the women even took off their jewels and delivered them up to be sold for the benefit of the needy.” - George Eliot

image Almost Like Us: Peoples of the Stone Age Ivy Hendy ISBN: 978-1986739481 235 Pages LCCN: 2018943585

By nature, I am a lover of history. Of course, I share this love with millions of others, but it wasn't until I was 22 years old that I realized how fascinated I was with the history of prehistoric people. The year was 1964. There was a small announcement in the local paper that a man was going to give a lecture on the evolutionary story of humans. I went to that talk and eagerly sat in the audience anticipating hearing about a history of which I knew nothing. The auditorium was sparsely attended by other young college students, many reading textbooks as they waited. Also by Ivy Hendy Docent details : reflections on docent life in art museums 069.15 H4988 2013 Both books Available through Amazon.com Docent Details available through Ondemandbooks.com http://net.ondemandbooks.com/odb/selfespress/9780988983908

20 “First History of Sacramento City” Image John F. Morse DDC Pending ISBN: 978-1-945526-32-9 ($19.95) 214 pages LCCN: 45009343

Commemorative Edition With a profile of Caroline E. Wenzel By Gary Kurutz An article by Caroline E. Wenzel And comments by Dr. Bob LaPerriere Sacramento Book Collectors Club 2018

“First History of Sacramento City” by Dr. John F. Morse was first published in 1853 in Colville's Sacramento City Directory and reissued by the Sacramento Book Collectors Club in 1945, with an historical note on Dr. Morse’s life by Caroline El. Wenzel. It was the third book published by the club, under the direction of George Smisor, the printing instructor at Sacramento Junior College, who used the books as projects for his students during their year’s course. His students had not been exposed to printing presses but Smisor accomplished a miracle as he was a great teacher and printer. The first three books were brought out in editions of 180 copies and were attractively bound by Silvius and Schoenbackler, a Sacramento firm of commercial binders.

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21 Literature

image Extracts: Mostly True Stories with a sprinkling of recipes Maryellen Burns

90 pages

Notice: Many of the articles in Extracts appeared in previous publications including: Susurrus, a literary magazine; Sacatomato; Morning Coffee Anthology; Dog with Old Soul. Recipes are my own or credited to the originator. In the last five years I’ve written, co-written, edited, and published five or so books on regional food and drink history. Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes, was published by The History Press, in 2013. The others were in partnership with the I Street Press, a writing and publishing center based at the Sacramento Public Library. I Street Press provides workshops on how to publish on the Espresso Book Machine, a print on demand device that prints, collates, covers and binds a single book in a few minutes.

image American Proverbs Ellen Cardwell 398.9 C269 2017 v.1 ISBN: 978-1-945526-14-5 ($17.00) 110 pages LCCN: 2017950646

American proverbs are common sense sayings embedded in the fabric of our culture, such as “waste not, want not,” and “many hands make light work.” Sometimes called maxims or adages, they are valuable guidelines for sound, practical living. Their timeless wisdom, inherited from our elders, still applies today.

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22 The Bible for the Boy in the Back of the Car image Patrick Joyce

141 Pages LCCN: 2018940382

Since he was four or five years old, the boy has been asking his grandfather about God and heaven, Jesus and creation, good and evil. At 14 the boy has grown to be a sturdy baseball slugger with a strong spiritual streak in-side. After a while the psychic fades away, and the grandfather recalls an offbeat and long-neglected idea.

Firefly Dance: and Other Stories and Poems image Mary Ann Gieszelmann

170 pages

The seed for the title story was planted during my childhood in Cincinnati. I had no experience of anyone like Hoagie, but we certainly enjoyed catching fireflies in the summer evenings. And we put them in jars with holes poked in the top “so they could breathe.” If this story had been real, the character of Jimmy would have been my little brother, because that’s the type of person he was—and still is.

23 Mental Health image The Crisis Clinic by John Farrell, Ph. D., L.C.S.W. 616.89025 F245 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-19-0 ($18.00) 314 pages LCCN: 2017955350

Set foot in the emergency room of a major university trauma center and follow the work of someone who has spent his professional life in that setting, addressing every kind of life crisis: psychosis and suicide, depression and mania, violence and drug addiction, child and elder abuse, sudden illness and injury, death and grief. These stories and many more reveal to the reader the pain, poignancy, struggles, and even humor of emergency room patients and their families whose lives have been changed unexpectedly and abruptly.

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Chasing Trains by S. Lea 618.928588 L433 2016 ISBN: 978-1-941125-80-9 ($15.95) 120 pages LCCN: 2016954765 Waiting for Trains by S. Lea 618.928588 L433w 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-20-6 ($15.95) 127 pages LCCN: 2016954765 Chasing Trains is written by a mother whose child was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome nearly two decades ago. In these books, the author and mother shares her experiences and hopes that parents can benefit from her “suggestions.” Waiting for Trains is the second book in the series.

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24 Music

North Indian Vocal Music: Volume 1 image Panditā Heerā Kūlkarnī ISBN: 978-1-945526-13-8 81 pages LCCN: 2017942273

In the words of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, the famous Sarod player -“Swar hee Ishwar hai.”Indian music is a very sacred and special art. Music comes naturally to us. Music is a form of expression. Listening, learning and performing Indian music brings you closer to the divine and moreover you can easily get connected to your roots. Furthermore, music teaches you discipline and brings joy into your life. Music is the key to creativity. Music fuels the mind and thus fuels our creativity. Learning music helps with working memory, attentional control and organizational skills.

Personal Narrative

Aloe Vera by Abigail Corral image

A Senior Project

98 pages

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to the nameless kids who feel their story is insignificant. Who told you it was? And who told you to believe them?

25 image JourneyMan: A Travel Memoir Brian Hassett DDC Pending ISBN: 978-1-945526-36-7 373 pages LCCN: 2018942365

The trail begins in San Francisco so long ago that the memories come in black and white. It meanders out of the city along the shores and mountains, the forests and valleys of California and beyond, into the American West, and, in due time, over oceans and continents. It goes out and eventually circles ‘round to Northern California again, to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where I sit, along the rim of the American River Canyon, an old man, with my memory satchel open and the contents spread before me. I hold my journeys up to the light, to enjoy them again and learn what more they have to teach.

Poetry image Escritores del Nuevo Sol Writers of the New Sun Anthology 911.6 E748 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-15-2 ($15.99) 106 pages LCCN: 2017950837

As this anthology goes to press, we celebrate 25 years of commitment to our original mission, to honor, preserve and encourage the writings of Chicano, Latino, and Native American poets and authors.

26 Days of Monstrous Moonshine image Jack Hastings DDC Pending ISBN: 978-1-945526-34-3 ($19.95) 106 pages LCCN: 2018903912 A product of February Album Writing Month. The group, Willie De Sacra, composed 14 songs in 28 days. Written by William Fuller, Jack Hastings, Spencer Kimball and Gary Sears. Once upon a time, say January of 2011 or thereabouts, four gentlemen with some practice in assembling a word and a tune here and there determined they would join together as Willie de Sacra to participate in February Album Writers Month, the challenge being to write fourteen songs in the four weeks of February. Now, three of these tunesmiths had done this previously with some impressive results thus causing the fourth to latch onto the enterprise like a barnacle to the keel of a China clipper and joining up for the 2011 through 2017 efforts. … The team produced tunes to delight the ear and mystify the mind and earned accolades as FAWM Winners along with many others who met the challenge and so on and so forth. Needless to say, here are the results of that effort so that you may judge the extent of their success, remembering that these are, to one degree or another, rough mixes and demos and, as such, works in progress.

A Balanced Blend of Blues By Darren Gandy image 811.6 G196 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-17-6 ($20.00) 214 pages LCCN: 2017952799 Poetry, Essays and Stories from Recovery Now, I am not going to claim that I have discovered the purpose for existence, BUT, I will say that, after experiencing a little over a half-century of life, I truly believe that I have gotten a glimpse of a reflection of the ice-berg that represents the purpose for MY existence. I am utilizing the age-old philosophical reference to the “ice berg” metaphor. It represents the fact that, when you “see” an ice berg floating, you are only able to visually observe a very small fraction of the whole; a lot remains invisible, or “beneath the surface,” if you will.

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27 Just Between Us Girls: Poetry Celebrating Women Wendy Grace Stevens ISBN 13: 978-1-945526-25-1 ($11.99) 74 pages LCCN: 2018932647

Whether you’re an amazing young woman or a certified juicy old broad, or a guy who’s attempting to understand women, there’s something in this book for you.

St. Cecilia and the Drum Major Scott Michael Taylor ISBN: 978-1-945526-21-3 ($8.00) 47 pages LCCN: 2017959761

Cousins, I send you a poem, inspired, if that is the word, in part by the interminable campaign season we find ourselves in. Watching the programs, listening to the various talking heads engage in debates ranging from politics to religion to economics, I find myself so often missing the entire point of it all—the effect for me being of a conversation or argument in which the participants speak very emphatically, very much in earnest, only to produce in the end something that rather resembles…well, is “gibberish” too strong a term? This poem is my attempt to give expression to the depth of my confusion. It was therapeutic to write—and as I hope, perhaps naturally enough, that I’m not the only one who is consternated to this degree, I thought I would share. Sacramento, Ca. 4/17/12

28 Complex Simplicity by Joseph N. Mandell image ISBN: 978-1717281661 ($15.00) 82 pages LCCN: 2018942126

This book is a collection of 86 poems and 6 haiku's and compiled in no particular order in content but is a wide variety of poetic forms, styles and language written for adults or any mature audience with a passion for poetry. All of the content is from the life of the writer and therefore contains an incongruity of subject matter, romantic or sad, fictitious or controversial but only to educate and entertain the reader.

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Passion Poems By Lori Jo Dickinson image ISBN: 978-1-945526-38-1 92 Pages LCCN: 2018943014

I worked at the Veterans Hospital where I got ideas for poems. Then I worked in Hemet, and then had to quit, due to my mental illness. I wrote six screenplays for movies, which haven’t sold. I started writing my poems, and here they are!

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29 Sports

image The baseball diary anthology. Volume 4: 1987-88 William Fuller 796.35709 F696 2017 v.4 238 pages Baseball diary is a newsletter about baseball, art, lust for life, and daily living. It solicits submission of a personal, penetrating nature relating to these topics. Also by William Fuller: The baseball diary anthology. Volume 1, 1982-84 796.35709 F696 2016 v.1 The baseball diary anthology. Volume 2, 1984-85 796.35709 F696 2016 v.2 The baseball diary anthology. Volume 3, 1985-86 796.35709 F696 2017 v.3

30 Science

STEM for Women: A Collection of Interviews from Women in Stem By Seagraves, Maya J. 305.435 S438 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-18-3 80 pages LCCN: 2017954664 I would like to thank every woman in STEM who contributed to this book. From my mother, Ruth Seagraves, who used her skills in graphic design technology to help with the formatting, to Lisa Goldsmith, the first person to participate in my project. I would also like to thank Stephanie Lorenz, Teresa Brown, and Katie Farias, my math teachers throughout middle school, for supporting me in my mathematical endeavors, and being patient with me. Additionally, I’d like to thank my eighth grade STEM and science teacher, Ronald Pozzi for teaching me to not settle for just good enough.

Teaching

Another Round at the Bar by Curtis Howard Jr., Esq. 340.076 H849 2017 ISBN: 978-1-945526-24-4 ($22.95) 178 pages LCCN: 2017919504 Exam Prep Supplement for the California State Bar Exam that provides essential study tools and person insights that aid students in earning a passing score. Many students fail because the neglect to develop the mental stamina necessary to exhibit competence throughout the examination

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31 1 E

1939 Monkman Pass ...... 5 Early Settlers Of African Ancestry In Clarke And Marengo Counties, Alabama: ...... 9 Edgar Rice Burroughs ...... 18 A Ellen Cardwell ...... 22 A Balanced Blend of Blues ...... 27 Escritores del Nuevo Sol ...... 26 A Mulatto Slave ...... 6 Extracts: ...... 22 A Schoolboy in Marlboro, New Hampshire 1946-1958 Extraordinary Crossings ...... 8 ...... 13 Abigail Corral ...... 25 F Almost Like Us: Peoples of the Stone Age ...... 20 Aloe Vera ...... 25 Family of the heart ...... 15 Ambiguity ...... 17 Firefly Dance: and Other Stories and Poems ...... 23 American Proverbs ...... 22 First History of Sacramento City ...... 21 Ann’s Garden ...... 14 Frankenstein ...... 1 Another Round at the Bar ...... 31 G

B Gary D. Mitchell, Sr ...... 13 Baseball diary anthology. Volume 4: 1987-88 ...... 30 Gary D. Mitchell, Sr...... 13 Bernard Marks, Editor ...... 3 Gaye J. Welch ...... 9 Betty Lucke ...... 15 Grafting: ...... 11 Blood of My Blood ...... 18 Granny’s Story ...... 11 Bloodline: A Twisted Tale ...... 16 Greta Pia De Luca ...... 11 Bradley N Meyer ...... 8 Bradley N. Meyer ...... 8 H Brian Hassett ...... 26 Henry “Butch” Shirley ...... 16 How To Profitability Manage Rental Properties ...... 8 C C.J. Wallker ...... 6 I Carol McGregor Pettis’ Family History ...... 10 Carolyn McGregor Pettis ...... 10 Impressions of Sacramento ...... 4 Chasing Trains ...... 24 Ivy Hendy ...... 20 Children's Voices ...... 3 Complex Simplicity ...... 29 J Crisis Clinic ...... 24 Jack Hastings ...... 27 Curious George’s Big Adventure ...... 6 Jo Anne Haight Schultz ...... 11 Curtis Howard Jr...... 31 John F. Morse ...... 21 John Farrell, ...... 24 D Joseph N. Mandell ...... 29 Darren Gandy...... 27 JourneyMan: A Travel Memoir ...... 26 Days of Monstrous Moonshine ...... 27 Just Between Us Girls ...... 28 Denise I. Griggs ...... 6 Denise Johnstone ...... 6 K Dennis Bylo ...... 4 Karen Clark ...... 17 Dog Days from Behind the Bar ...... 19 Karen Sepahmansour ...... 14 Karina Records ...... 18

32 Kim Viner ...... 19 S L S. Lea ...... 24 Sacramento River Delta Historical Society...... 9 Lori Jo Dickinson ...... 29 Samuel Casebeer ...... 15 Luella Johnston...... 5 Savonarola in Florence ...... 20 Seagraves, Maya J ...... 31 M Singing in Silence ...... 17 St. Cecilia and the Drum Major ...... 28 Marcella M. Lorfing ...... 12 STEM for Women ...... 31 Marcy Corkill Kroupa...... 10 Steve Villano ...... 13 Mary Ann Gieszelmann ...... 23 Sundown “Is Not” Until Tomorrow ...... 16 Maryellen Burns ...... 22 Mary Shelley ...... 1 T Matthias “Bube” G. Mendezona ...... 7 MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE ...... 15 Teresa Yates ...... 14 Mysterious Dog ...... 14 The Bible for the Boy in the Back of the Car ...... 23 The Caspak Trilogy ...... 18 N The Early Years: A Lil’ Bit of Huckleberry ...... 7 Through the Years ...... 4 Nicolas Heidorn ...... 5 Tightrope ...... 13 Norah Prouhet ...... 16 Tom Carroll ...... 7 North Indian Vocal Music...... 25 Number Seven of Nine ...... 10 V O Vance Dunton ...... 20 Veronica Saucedo ...... 17 Ouellette Vignettes ...... 12 W P Waiting for Trains ...... 24 Panditā Heerā Kūlkarnī ...... 25 West To Wyoming ...... 19 Passion Poems ...... 29 William Fuller ...... 30 Patrick Joyce ...... 23 William Oudegeest ...... 8 Pear Pearfection ...... 9 Writers of the New Sun Anthology ...... 26

Y R. R D. York ...... 19 You Can’t Save 80 Million Filipinos! But You Can Build Richard Brooks ...... 5 Me a Park ...... 7 Rick Robin Caynaan ...... 20 Robbie Waters ...... 4 Roberto “Bobby” E. Aboitiz ...... 7