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The culture today tells us we can be whoever we want to be. So, why do so many of us feel stuck? Throughout this book, pastor and poet Joshua Luke Smith invites you into a 'selah' moment—an opportunity to quieten the noise—and to see that the clarity you are longing for may be closer than you think. Something You Once Knew will remind you of what you always hoped to be true and rekindle the wonder you lost along the way.

Set in an America populated by petty and often pathetic gods, American Howl relates the struggle of food-service workers on a fateful Super Bowl Sunday. During the rush, a gang of delivery drivers revolts to exact vengeance upon abusive customers. While the drivers fight for dignity, the surge of orders for chicken wings and pizzas turns a gluttonous evening into a chaotic nightmare.

Falling through the window of their family's cozy house into a dark and bitter world, riven by sectarian violence and struggle, five siblings search for a way out - and discover extraordinary talents deep within themselves on their path toward love.

Years ago, in the town of Saxon Falls, young Kelsey Willard disappeared and was presumed dead. The tragedy left her family with a fractured life - a mother out to numb the pain, a father losing a battle with his own private demons, and a sister desperate for closure. But now another teenage girl has gone missing. It's ripping open old wounds for the Willards, dragging them back into a painful past, and leaving them unprepared for where it will take them next.

A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in shock and mourning. Ricky's sister, Alyssa, returns to confront her shattered, withdrawn mother and her guilt over the brother she left adrift. Mark McVitry, the lone survivor of the deadly outburst sparked by his own cruelty, is tormented by visions of Ricky's vengeful spirit. Ricky's surrogate older brother, Corky Meeks, grapples with doubts about the fragile boy he tried to protect but may have doomed instead.

Jack Stone always dreamed about fitting in with the crowd, and being the most popular guy in school that girls would drool over when he walked down the halls. Jack was really smart when it came to his studies, but was frowned upon by other classmates because he only had to put little effort in making an A in class. Jack was also the guy to go to when it came to computers. He was definitely what you would call a nerd, but Jack didn't care what other classmates thought about him, he just wanted to be popular.

Bill and Susan were only married for a little over a year when Bill started realizing that he didn't really love his new bride anymore. Bill ran an insurance business that was doing really well and always stayed longer hours than needed, and his new bride was alone in a big empty house that should have been full of love. Susan tried her best to get Bill to notice her more, but it was no use. Bill started sleeping on the couch and sometimes would come home later than any normal husband would that loved his wife.

Jack Stephenson lived alone, and was very shy around woman until a good friend of his introduced him to Penny that also lived alone down the street from Jack. When their eyes met Jack felt he found his angel and Penny thought she found the man of her dreams. After months of dating Jack and Penny they got married. That's when things started going downhill. Jack didn't let his new bride out of his sight.

>After his birth Jason was whisked off to foster home after foster home without knowing what it was like to be brought up in a happy home. Jason had been teased all through his school years about how slow he was, and couldn't keep up with the other classmates on any subject he took. Jason didn't have nice clothes like other students had. All he wanted was to be accepted, but all he got was heartaches.

Bad things only happen to other people or do they? Legend has it that an old woman that lived in a cabin all alone in the woods that these girls are going into was accused of witchcraft, but was never proven by the townspeople over a hundred years ago. One of the daughters of the townspeople went missing in the woods and was found dead on the steps of the old lady's cabin.

Something from hell was about to be unleashed in a small town called Worthington that could have been avoided. It was a day like any other day, but even something that is routine can also cause grave consequences if one thing is overlooked.

The Blevins family had been searching many months for their dream home out in the country because the city life just wasn't their cup of tea. Then just as they were about to give up there was a sign next to a gravel road that said, "Sudden death in the family caused our beautiful home to be put up for sale, please don't pass up this great deal of a lifetime."

Bill Stein and his wife Mary had just recently moved back to Germany on Bill's parent's farm due to their passing. Little did Bill and his wife know that the lake on his parent's farm contained a small army of Nazi soldier's that met their fate during World War II on the farm, and that their final resting place was at the bottom of the lake Bill's father never told his son about the dead Nazi soldiers in his lake because he didn't want him to have nightmares, but days after moving into his parent's farm Bill noticed a green foam on the surface of the lake.

Mail Order Bride: Sarah's Damaged Cowboy, is the story of a rancher in Texas, Hawk, who decides to write away for a big city bride from New York. Instead, he gets a relationship which starts out with untruths and a strange lack of empathy, let alone love, between the couple. Added to the mix is Sarah's sister, Susan, and a young ranch hand who works for Hawk, Johnny.

There's been a plague concocted by the government to curb overpopulation that has wiped out the entire east coast. An airliner carrying one hundred or so survivors has crashed in the Mojave desert leaving two spared from the disaster. Mark and Desiree find themselves in a desperate situation. They must find their way out of the desert and head west, hopefully to find other survivors. Will they survive or become victims of this horrific event?

As the baby got older, and was sent out in the cruel world to school, and having a name as Demon, this would only backlash on his parents, and everyone that teased, and called him names. Resentment for his parents was at an all-time high that when he became a teenager all the anger and frustration that he bottled up inside was going to be unleashed at a hellish level. For the coldness that his parent’s bestowed upon him he was going to make his parents or anyone that stood in his way pay.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the United States became a clone of China or Burma? That's what almost happened with the SOPA and PIPA bills which attempted to pass into law.

The SOPA & PIPA Conspiracy explains these horrible censorship laws, and what they would have meant, and WILL mean if they ever pass. Learn how you can prevent the destruction of the internet, and ward off any future bills which allow total Government control or censorship.

The little town of Decksburg wasn't a happening place. It was rather boring with only one gas station, one church, one bank, and a population of 100. It's no wonder a couple rowdy friends named Bubba and Hector had this brilliant idea of spicing things up in this town. These two guys had very little education, but that didn't stop these two from dreaming.

How well do we really know anyone? When John Logan's best friend, Mason Killian is critically wounded in a drive-by shooting, Logan vows to find those responsible. But Logan's investigation soon reveals that his friend has secrets...a lot of them...the kind of secrets that can destroy a friendship...and get people killed. As Logan descends deeper into the web of deceit, intrigue, and violence that is Mason Killian's life, he will discover the demons that have haunted his friend for decades, and come face-to-face with the enemy who wants Killian dead.

This is a collection of 10 short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead, Volume 4.