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NA Randall is the author of the unpublished novels 'A Red Sky in Morning' and 'The Communization of Delusion', the short story collection 'Tales of Ordinary Sadness', and a volume of poetry 'The Careless Loves of a Casual Nazi.' He currently has no fixed abode. Despite this he maintains a prodigious literary output.

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New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky, winner of the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY....<h1>The Children of Darkness by David Litwack</h1>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series The Seekers. [DRM-Free]<h2>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</h2>“But what are we without dreams?”A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”Be sure to read the second book in this series, The Stuff of Stars, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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Title: Tales of Ordinary Sadness Author: N.A. Randall Let’s be realistic. Not everything in life is rainbows, baby bunnies and fairy tale happy endings. There is a lot of sadness, cruelty and misfortune in the world, which we all experience to a certain degree at some point in our lives. In Tales of Ordinary Sadness, N.A. Randall chooses not to fall into the commonality of the happy ending, but instead to have the reader contemplate the sadness that many people experience. To this end, he shocks and startles us with a collection of fourteen stories in which the main characters strive to find happiness, only to be left with sadness and devastation. We are thrown into a world of vulnerable characters who must survive the effects of violent rape, humiliation, bitterness, sadness, rejection, physical abuse, bullying, and even murder. To write an effective short story, the author must make the main character particularly memorable and must dive straight into a single conflict or a significant emotional milestone in the person’s life. Some think that to end the story effectively, the author should have a resolution that leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction. However, others believe that the writer of short fiction wants to produce some kind of emotional response from the reader, be it anger, shock, surprise or even happiness. An abrupt ending with no explanation, for instance, does leave the reader startled and intensely curious. In each of Randall’s stories, we definitely jump very quickly into a traumatic event in the main character’s life, and each tale races along to a climax after which it abruptly falls off the edge of a cliff. There was never a resolution or conclusion in any of the stories. Most of the time I was left thinking: “what the heck just happened?” In one sense, I would have preferred a conclusion to each story; however, they certainly did produce an immediate response from me. If, immediately after reading these stories, I was asked for my response to them in one word, I would have said “random”. However, Randall is an intriguing writer who kept me entranced from start to finish. His writing style is bold, intense, disturbing, thought provoking, and very descriptive, with strong imagery. Although I found many of the stories disturbing and actually quite depressing, they certainly evoked a curiosity in me that left me pondering life after each story was done. This collection was certainly a different read for me, and I would recommend it if you wish to explore the realities of human nature in our world today. N.A. Randall has taken time out from work to concentrate solely on his writing. Besides the short story collection, Tales of Ordinary Sadness, he is the author of the unpublished novels, A Red Sky in Morning and The Communization of Delusion, and a volume of poetry The Careless Loves of a Casual Nazi. Reviewer: Cindy Taylor, Allbooks Review. Title: Tales of Ordinary Sadness Author: N.A. Randall Publisher: MA2BOOKS Format: ebook July, 2010

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