Santeria, an Afro-Cuban religion
Santeria or Regla de Ocha, is the Afro-Cuban religion practiced by many blacks and some whites in Cuba, and recently among Cuban immigrants in Miami and New York.
Back to Square One on the Writing Board
However, as it seemed all was over bar sighing of the genuine writers, in came the internet with a formidable e-publishing space for their works as if to free the literature from the publishers’ prejudicial editorial grip and to directly deliver their e-books into the readers’ digital laps to sort them out for themselves.
A Sense of Contribution - The Source of Fulfillment
It may be appreciated that each one in every station of life is integral to its inherent mechanism with assorted functions, all vital to its material functioning. Just like the price of the machinery components vary, the mechanism of life entails variable rewards to the individual contributors akin to the landed and the land-less inequity. Well, but it’s not back to the square one, if only one’s sense of contribution becomes the source of his or her fulfillment.
On Writing ‘n the Writers
And those who treat writing as a vehicle of visibility would be incapable of experiencing the joy of the journey. In the end though, were they to come into spotlight, they might well gloat in the limelight though without experiencing the real thrill of letters. Even in case such won’t make it to the post; their pain cannot be intense for they wouldn’t have felt the joy of writing either.
On Attitude to Money
“It’s the character of money to corrupt the ardent, tease the vacillating and curse the indifferent. That way, there seems to be no escape for man from money. You’re damned if you have it and accursed for the lack of it”. What is more, by way of showing an escape route to his bride Vidya, he cautioned her; “make money the measure and you are in for trouble dear”
Capital Punishment - Doctrine of Torture and Kill
It is averred that only by hanging the murderer that the deceased’s ends of justice would be met. Going by this analogy, God must be hanged over and again to meet the ends of justice of those who perish in the Act of God Perils such as typhoons, floods et al. How absurd. The cruelty of the capital punishment lies not only in inflicting an unnatural death upon the convict but also in the inimical life he is forced to lead before it ends on the gallows.
Marital Rape Conundrum
The so-called marital rape, the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse, which in popular parlance is without wife's consent, has to be contextualized with conjugal rights, ‘especially to sexual relations, regarded as exercisable in law by each partner in a marriage’.
Matrix of Rape
The refrain of a rapist is that he was unjustly arraigned even though the bitch of the accuser had equally enjoyed the fling.
My maiden 'Novel' blues
When, in an absorbing story, these and other inimitable characters began to come alive in an intricate plot, I could sense that my maiden novel was turning out into a work of art on the Indian literary stage, and so I was desperate to live up to its completion in its poetic prose. Oh, how I feared death then, and what a relief it was as I lived to keep up with the muse to complete 'Benign Flame'!
Islamic Assault ‘n Christian Retreat
It’s thus a theological silence prevails in the evangelical world to its own detriment what with the Western Christians in numbers are embracing Islam that is regardless of its terror tag.
Not a Phoenix, but Murder Rises from the Ashes
From the smoldering ashes of an old bank in Oak Valley rises something sinister. Not a glorious Phoenix, reborn to life, but murder, old and yet recent.
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I Loved You Before I Met You
Some connections begin before the first hello.
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My ‘Novel’ Account of Human Possibility
Who would have thought that life held such literary possibilities in English language for a rustic Telugu lad in rural Andhra even in post-colonial India? The possibilities of life are indeed novel, and seemingly my life has crystallized itself in my body of work before death could dissipate it.
Fear Not the Spirit: A Novel about Conservation
How long before this magnificent gift of nature disappears forever from Bangladesh? The central theme of this novel revolves around this question.
Midwest Book Review Calls Hymns of Blue Hollow “A Simply Riveting Read from Cover to Cover”
Set in 1941 East Tennessee, Hymns of Blue Hollow by Kemma MarShall follows Esther Primm as she seeks refuge at a secluded estate, where opening her heart to new attachments means risking everything. Selected for Midwest Book Review's October 2026 issue, this riveting historical romance explores love, grief, and survival in the American South.
Sycamore Boy: A We Are Not Saints Novel — Out Now
A stand-alone novel in the We Are Not Saints universe — first love, a father's unexplained death, and the years in Chicago that shaped Tony Keating.
Bertron Hamill, the Olote Saga Continues
The story of the world of Olote continues in Bertron Hamill's upcoming release, The Reckoning of Olote, Tilfraes of Olote, Selections. In this book he relates the tale of the Wandering Son, a royal prince in exile and the Tilfraes of the Seasons, covering the siblings who manage the seasons of Olote.
What's inside the Contours of Sagittarius sci-fi almanac, Vol.1
Inside Volume 1: What’s Waiting for You?
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What is thought?
Thought is everything. If you understand thought, you can understand mind. If you understand mind, you can understand consciousness. If you understand consciousness, you can understand the whole truth.
Descend into a New World of Ocean Fantasy
There are many fantasies about the ocean and each opens new views on the lore of the depths. In Sea Tales of Felae, Descent, a whole new twist on an ocean fantasy is presented.
The Amazing Life of Jesus
Why would such a good man who loved so profoundly and helped so many people be killed? Why did he provoke opposition?
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Ink Revolution
A Story of Revolution
Bertron Hamill, the next J.R.R. Tolkien?
For all who love Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion and the Hobbit, you will love this first epic fantasy by Bertron Hamill. Much of his writing style is reflective of J.R.R. Tolkien and this book takes fantasy to a whole new level.
Mystery and Murder, Vintage Style
A vintage mystery, no forensics, no computers, just intuition and hard work to solve the crime with. In such a modern world these old school mysteries are the kind that can revive adventure and excitement, bringing back more of the mystery in mysteries.