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  A Lickpenny Lover - From their...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing.  
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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  Letters on the Front Porch

  Bruce Kaler MD

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  High school sweethearts Henry and Dotty, start their life together on 10 acres in Idaho falls, Montana in late 1930’s. After a young daughter Lila comes into their lives, Henry works for the railroad traveling around the Northwest. From the time Lila is 6 years old till she is in her fifties, she sustains a  long-distance relationship with her  father as he travels constantly for work  on the railroad. Their poignant letters reveal their long distance love of father and daughter, dreams, longings to be together and regrets over a lifetime.

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  Two Tales From Algernon Blackwood

  Algernon Blackwood

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  Algernon Henry Blackwood (March 14, 1869 - December 10, 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The following recording includes the short stories, "The Olive" and "Ancient Lights."

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  Swords Against the Night

  Peter Nealen

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  Ancient artifacts. New enemies. 
  When a strange island rises out of the sea right in front of their ship, Conor McCall and his fellow Recon Marines find themselves within sight of their new home...and fighting for their lives. 
  The Deep Ones know about Conor’s sword, and they want it. Badly. 
  Fighting their way out of the ambush, the Marines and their allies find themselves drawn into the quest for the sword’s twin, far off to the east. 
  Others want to take both ancient swords as well, and the Marines find themselves pursued by an empire propped up by sorcery and opposed by monsters and revenants that have guarded the way to the second ancient, blessed sword for ages. 
  All will find their mettle tested. 
  If they survive.

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  Remarkable Instances of Presence...

  Mark Twain

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  The steamer Ajax encountered a terrible storm on her down trip from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands.  It tore her light spars and rigging all to shreds and splinters, upset all furniture that could be upset, and spilled passengers around and knocked them hither and thither with a perfect looseness. 
  For forty-eight hours no table could be set, and every body had to eat as best they might under the circumstances.  Most of the party went hungry, though, and attended to their praying.  But there was one set of "seven-up" players who nailed a card-table to the floor and stuck to their game through thick and thin.

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  The Enchanted Grove of Lumina -...

  Christopher Allen

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  THE ENCHANTED GROVE OF LUMINA 
  Book 6 of 6  The Eternal Dawn 
  Following on from Book 5– The Shadowed Shard this story is summarized as follows: 
  The Enchanted Grove of Lumina: Book 6 - The Eternal Dawn,  
  Lyra and her companions face their greatest challenge yet. The Prism, though nearly whole, remains fractured, and Malachar’s lingering shadow threatens the Veil’s balance. Venturing into the treacherous Obsidian Nexus, the group confronts their deepest fears and battles Malachar, who seeks to claim the final shard. After a fierce struggle, they restore the Prism, banishing Malachar and bringing light to the grove. Yet, shadows persist, hinting at unresolved threats. As the realm enters a new era of enlightenment, a question lingers: Is the grove truly safe, or will darkness rise again? The battle for balance may not be over.  
  This is the sixth of six audiobooks in the series, the last will become available in the very near future and I do hope you enjoy this final sixth instalment, and it's only $3, all subsequent will remain at that price as I would not like price to be a barrier to your enjoyment. 
  I have worked very hard and meticulously to provide you with an enjoyable experience, the initial opening credit music which does run to approximately 2 minutes sets the scene, so to speak, harp, violin, glockenspiel in a classical but uplifting form. The closing music ends the tale on a more restrained note and at about 2 minutes and the same musical instruments but more dreamy and ethereal effect.  
  The story itself runs to about 14 minutes and is narrated in my own voice.  
  I do hope you and your family, if applicable, enjoy this audiobook and let me know what you think, there are a lot more to come! 
  Christopher Allen     -      At your service

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