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NA Randall is the author of the unpublished novels 'A Red Sky in Morning' and 'The Communization of Delusion', the short story collection 'Tales of Ordinary Sadness', and a volume of poetry 'The Careless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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After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean. Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions. These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom. But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.

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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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