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Breadbasket’s Army: A Collection of Linked Space Stories<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Following Breadbasket’s, Leon’s, and the Waiter’s return in the books Yetser Days<\/em> and Letters of Tabula\/Saint Patrick<\/em>, they are back again in a series of short stories written by Othniel Poole over the ANZAC Day weekend of 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Here we find a simple lad named Breadbasket joining the Earth Army, which wants to gain a hold across the universe. His friends Leon and the Waiter are with him, and so are his sister Saraph, his spiritual advisor W.A.H., and his parents, Soren and Giggle. There are also new characters from the other side of the galaxy who all become friends, even in the face of danger.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This book is dedicated to those who remember the 1990s, when worlds were there to see and explore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Being light speed, this is very quick to read!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ellen Groovy<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Ellen Groovy is an actress, and she improvises her life, which reads like a B-movie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

She is a mother who adds products into shops without telling anybody. She is haunted by a mysterious purple woman. She has been to the future, which is west of Bacchus Marsh, and to the past, to the origins of fast food.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

She makes many friends, and even her enemies really like her. She would love to meet you!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Kiriathsepher: To Justify Occupying the City of Stories<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Kiriathsepher is a village of imagination.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Kiriathsepher<\/em>is: To Justify Occupying the City of Stories <\/em>is\u00a0a collection of poems that express the occupation of imagination for the good. The epic title poem features four children \u2013 Marcus, Matthew, Lucas, and Jeanne \u2013 who live in a future war zone, comforted only by virtual reality as an escape.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While inside their virtual world, they discover someone very real, who tells them about Kiriathsepher, the City of Stories. They enter this world, and it comes flooding into the war zone, changing everything.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There is also an epic poem about a stubborn teacher from China who encounters a challenge, as well as poems set in science labs, mazes, and at weddings. Some works feature characters from the author\u2019s previous stories, letting fans in for a treat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Romantic Vs. The Gregarious<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The Romantic Vs. The Gregarious is a comedy about relationships that\u2019s set in Stabethy, a town where all men are gregarious and have curly blonde hair.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ari Helvetica loves Libby and wants to make a good impression on her, but during a cab accident they stumble upon the Rhomanthique, a big man the colour of ruddy rust who is covered in lumps. He eats only chocolates and drinks only wine, and throws roses at people who pass by. Because of this, he is picked on and lives alone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Attracted by his strangeness, Libby falls in love with the Rhomanthique. Ari tries to win back Libby\u2019s affections but is stymied seemingly at every move. Can he win back the girl of his dreams?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you\u2019ve ever wondered where romance begins, you\u2019re about to find out!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Loaves and Kisses<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Loaves and Kisses consists of devotional poetry, in addition to speculative short stories with a tinge of gospel. There are psalms, word pictures, and retellings of characters in the Bible in the first thirty poems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The last three stories in the book are:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe Meteor Book\u201d describes two people on another planet who discover a mysterious book inside a meteorite and have quite a time deciphering what it means.
\u201cEvery Tree Is A Library\u201d tells of a world where pain is a currency that\u2019s exchanged in blows and is banked in pain banks.
\u201cGelp The Whelp\u201d offers the remarkable adventures of a man in the future who works in a frozen food factory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The author wrote this book to express the message of the gospel in imaginative ways that everyone can understand and appreciate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Chapel of Green Stone<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The author’s second book of poetry as Othniel Poole, Chapel of Green Stone: Verse for Walking and Talking, <\/em>was written between 2015 and 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Like his previous poetry collection Ezekiel & Meytu: Fanciful Songs and Songs of the Book, <\/em> there are poems about animals. “Unicycle University” is a poem about a college for unicorns. “The Checkered Ant” describes a colony of ants on an airplane.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are also poems about historical figures such as poets William Blake and Hermas. But the majority of this book is verse about walking and talking, exploring the modern landscape in a variety of styles. These are poems for the wanderer, the dreamer, the watchman, and the sentry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ezekiel & Meytu: Fanciful Songs and Songs of the Book<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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A collection of poems, roughly half about the Bible and half featuring fanciful animal
tales and adventures are featured in Ezekiel & Meytu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are tributes to the prophet Ezekiel and to prophet Isaiah\u2019s son Shear-Jashub. A poetic retelling of Herodias and John the Baptist are also highlighted, as well as an ode to St. Paul and Festus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When it comes to the fanciful, a grand speech made by a golf ball to other golf balls
on the green looks ahead to better times. Other whimsical offerings include guinea pigs that get lost, an Australian Bushranger who goes on an adventure around the world, a gnat that gets too big for its boots, and an opera-singing baby.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Stories from the Songs of the Book are from Biblical times and are set in the Holy Land or the Roman Empire. The Fanciful Songs main characters are often animals or inanimate objects that come to life in a variety of imaginative landscapes and times.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These wonderful poems bring out the humour in the Bible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n