Travel

'Are you foreign? Why would you come to Iran? Please tell your friends back home that we are nothing like the Western media.' These were among the phrases that Rose would hear almost daily in Tehran.

Seamus Damp is an aging American-born writer who retreats to a remote island off the coast of Ireland to escape to a monastic life. But his troubled past is always near, and his estranged relationship with his son is fraught with heartbreak. When a young woman who carries her own heartache-filled past comes to the island on a solitary spiritual and hiking adventure, she and Seamus discover an unusual bond and together attempt to find a way to heal their hearts and erase their collective sorrows.

‘Travels With Maurice’ is a gem of a book that just sneaks up on you with its greatness. While the title makes you think it’s a travelogue or road trip book (and we’ve all read enough of these), Travels is so much more.

When Fran is faced with an unraveling present-day world due to the covid pandemic, she retreats to memories of the fun and loving times in her past. Certainly, her life has been full of life’s curves. Beginning as a babysitter to her siblings and nephew, her incredible life arced from her intended career in the world of computers to dental assistant, world traveler, and manager of a racing stable. She met interesting people, shopped in exotic bazaars, saw foreign wonders, and shared many exciting experiences with friends and family.

I met my cousin Salvatore for the first time a few years ago in Sicily while visiting his mother, my cousin, Maria. After that, we kept in touch by email and social media. One day he texted me a video of an Andrea Bocelli concert that he attended. I told him I had seen Andrea in NYC at Radio City Music Hall with my friend Franceen and hoped to see him again one day. A week later, I received another text message from Salvatore with a blurry photo. I replied saying that I couldn't see the photo and asked what it was.

Once I knew where my ancestors came from, I had to know more. I met many people, traveled to Europe and finally walked the streets that my grandparents did. What an adventure!

Part 2 presents the continuation of the maliciously agenda of Doctor Bates and will leave you in a trance of shock with its vigorous narrative. A moment ago, it seemed, it was yesterday full of happiness. Tomorrow it is a matter of survival for Mary as her life is on the brink of insanity to her Knight in Shining Armor. Loving him was all she ever had. As she meets Drake again she becomes a slave in the madness of love. Before Mary notice the dangerous life, she gets deeply trapped in Drake’s dodgy mesh, and it’s too late for her to escape.

Psychopathy is the only mental disorder where it is not the patient, but the environment that suffers. - Sanne Udsen, Psychopath’s in Suits.

Having survived a scarring break-up at the hands of her abusive fiancé, Julie invites her new boyfriend, Peter, on a make-or-break wine tasting adventure to the vineyards of Southern France. But what happens when his jealous ex enters the mix?

Reha Tanor’s culinary infused short stories, a new chapter in his journey after his successful multi-faceted life as an entrepreneur, investor, professor and a loving father/husband. The globetrotter digs interesting details up from his rich past inspired by his dining experience at some of the best restaurants in the world from Tokyo’s Omotesando Hills to Modena’s Osteria Francescana.