With the full weight and gravity of the world pressing down upon her Alethea, the Greek Goddess of Truth, rests in an uneasy slumber. Alethea’s Dreams become embodied and enlivened through this collection of stories. Begging to be uncovered, unearthed and awakened, her concern for humanity manifests in the curiously tragic, romantic and insightful lives of her dream’s main characters. As the winds of change blow, the dirt of modernity is whisked away. The nature of her truth resurfaces and becomes exposed in a myriad of times and places. From the slave pit of a rock quarry to the King’s table, along distant mountain passes and the many endless highways of civilization, between the lines of blank pages, in the heart of modern suburbia, underneath the red berries of a threatened coffee farm that rests deep in the El Salvadorian jungle, stuck under the surgical knife in a flickering makeshift operating room amidst the chaotic throngs of war, across time and space into our most painful traumatic pasts, unto our unfolding futures and beyond, Alethea and her dreams take us underneath the surface of our illusions to the distant future that our hearts all long for. These are Alethea’s Dreams.

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The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy takes readers back into the imagined family of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Their musical daughter Alethea makes a disastrous marriage to a man whose charming manners conceal an unpleasant nature. Flinging caution to the winds, she flees her marital home, masquerading as a gentleman, and accompanied only by her redoubtable maid, Figgins, she sets off for Venice to take refuge with her sister Camilla. But events -- always dramatic and sometimes dangerous -- conspire to thwart her plans. Before she can meet up with Camilla, chance and her love of music lead her into the world of Italian opera, while her encounter with the aloof and difficult Titus Manningtree, in Italy to pursue a lost Titian painting, is to change her life -- although fate has several more tricks to play before she can find happiness. With wit, aplomb, and delectable style, Elizabeth Aston once again re-creates the world of Jane Austen, populating her novel with captivating characters firmly rooted in Austen's traditions but distinctly her own, resulting in another delightful comedy of manners, morals, and marriage.

At just sixteen, Alethea is not your average teenager. Fiercely protective of her Pacific island, she leads a band of students in a David vs. Goliath struggle against a foreign power encroaching on their land and legacy. Their weapon of choice? Guerrilla tactics and relentless harassment, aimed at thwarting the takeover of an ancient gold mine. Suspense mounts as Alethea grows wary of a stranger surveying their beaches, sparking a daring confrontation with a ship and a submersible on a covert mission. Amidst the chaos, Alethea's heartstrings tangle with Ty's, just before she's abruptly captured and forced to labor on a vessel scoping out military sites across the islands. But Alethea's spirit remains unbroken, her creativity undimmed, her poetry and stories a testament to her resilience. The pressing questions linger: Will Alethea's and her comrades' bold actions make a mark against the invaders? And what fate awaits the mysterious spy who crossed paths with Alethea on the sands of her homeland?

Exploring themes of love, death, war, suffering, and spiritual insight, this collection features carefully crafted poetry and humorous light verse, spanning decades of the authors personal experience, while also touching on something of the universal human condition. Threnody This story must end as a threnody For poets know that lovers disappear, (Crying out: Liebende, seid ihrs dann noch?) Leaving only ashes and faded petals In the rose garden with leaf-clogged fountains, Where no birds sing, cold breezes blow at nightfall, And the maze echoes with lost childrens voices, As the ruined house settles into silence Among the yew trees shading tumbled graves, Where crumbling names sink into mossy stone And time takes back what it so briefly dealt.

The two families, on their regular “video chats” during the era of COVID, discovered the two elementary kids in the family were having an interesting experience. Although they lived in different states, Missouri and Colorado were having the same dreams at the same time. Each of the episodes tells the tale of exciting adventures on which they embark. They are heroes, helping save the “underdog” persons on many occasions. These are fun and excitement for the two cousins as they work together against the bad out there. Very short, fun stories, with morals to discuss.

Time and circumstances merge as the destinies of Derrick Ellum Havelock, a convicted criminal, Mel Sanders, a street savvy Minneapolis Police Detective, and Rocky Jo Bob Eubanks, a strange drifter in Personville Texas converge around the unveiling mystery of Eve Ann. Sweet passionate romance and the worse kind of skullduggery become the backdrop as Lieutenant Sanders works a cold murder case in an unlikely partnership with a college student living hundreds of miles away in Dallas Texas. If you enjoy intrigue and suspense, you will find Eve Ann teeming with both. D.W. Belton's new novel will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish! Rev. Cecil R. Price, Th. M. Author "What does Jesus say about..." Christ Speaks To Us Today Dallas, Texas D.W. Belton is currently CEO of Simeon Christian Network, www.simonconnects.com, an internet based Christian networking organization, he is also President of PS Consulting LLC, www.consultps.com, a public safety consulting firm. Mr. Belton has spent the past 30 years serving in the criminal justice profession both in Minnesota and in Texas. He studied historical theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Mr. Belton is the father of six children. He and his wife Tammy reside in Farmington, Minnesota.