Bill Nagelkerke

A bus accident in the mountains . . .Seeing the sights of Paris . . .Busking in the busy mall . . .Getting a tattoo . . .A cold stranger . . .Turning points, of one sort or another.Many of these stories and poems for young adults have been previously published in magazines and anthologies.

What demons sit on YOUR shoulder? Andrea McNamara, daughter of Catholic parents with a lifetime of 'protest' behind them, and granddaughter of an Irish matriarch, has finished university and is looking forward to starting her new life.But then she meets Chris, her former boyfriend, and self-styled classics geek and atheist.The meeting prompts Andrea to look back at her her final year at high school when she met Chris for the first time and when her life began to change in ways both challenging and unexpected.

Heaven and Hell are the same place . . .When you see the impossible, who do you tell? What do you say?Jacinta has spent her childhood accompanying her father to work, and spending time in the bigwigs' stand, high up above the sports field, watching her dad go about his chores, while her younger brother helps at his side. When Jacinta begins receiving messages from Mary, Mother of God, her parents and the local bishop don't know how to respond.

Bold, colourful readers with kid-friendly characters and subjects theyâ??d choose for themselves.