Wendy Sura Thomson

Three innovative authors imagine the end of humanity. Postcards From the Future is the remarkable result.Andrew Lark's "Pollen" is a riveting, multiple point-of-view account of a strange atmospheric phenomenon that destroys humankind's ability to reproduce, ushering in the extinction of our species.Donald Levin's "The Bright and Darkened Lands of the Earth" is a gripping tale set in a desperate, post-apocalyptic future where a heroic woman battles ecological and social collapse in an effort to save her tribe-and humanity-from certain annihilation.Wendy Sura Thomson's "Silo Six" is a suspenseful story of love and survival set far into the future, when the sun begins its transformation into a red giant and scorches the earth into a virtually uninhabitable cinder.

Wendy Sura Thomson was born in the Year of the Tiger, and, according to her sign, she is fearless.Wendy has always been reluctant about accepting that virtue, but her life has shown her she truly has the courage to fight for people and dreams.In Summon the Tiger, Wendy details a childhood of learning to live with her disability, as well as family troubles. She was born with congenital skeletal abnormalities and, as a toddler, had to have her leg amputated. Her father suffered from World War II-induced PTSD, struggling at a time when PTSD wasn't much acknowledged. Her mother was emotionally unstable. Wendy escaped to a world of books and music. But she doesn't just travel through her reading. After two years of college, she joined her family on a freighter bound for parts unknown.Wendy travels with her family but jumps ship in Miami to start a new chapter in her life. As she pursues her studies and meets a coterie of colorful characters, she is forced to evaluate what is most important to her.Her values and the defense of those values have taken her to extraordinary destinations that are now shared in this heartfelt autobiography.

It was a tough life for the Scottish Sharp family at the turn of the twentieth century. Coal miners, they were exempt from the World War I draft. Frank, the fourth of five sons, was the only one that went off to war. Luckily, he survived the trenches, only to return to poor job prospects and poorer wages. When most of the family sailed across the Atlantic in search of a better life, Frank stayed behind for a while... for a little too long, it so happened. A victim of the 1924 Immigration Act, he was barred from immigrating to the US until October, 1929. Three weeks after his quota number came up, the stock market crash occurred. Frank's story weaves through Detroit's rich history during the Great Depression, Prohibition, World War II, and the booming automotive industry starting in the 1950's and beyond. What Frank sacrifices to achieve material and career success takes its toll on his family and personal life. After all is said and done, this is the saga of a determined and ambitious man who was hell-bent on leaving his poverty-stricken past behind. Did he make the right choices? You decide.

A charming story for toddlers to early elementary age children. This rhyming, read-aloud picture book for youngsters reinforces the responsibility of caring for pets.

Maggie Fraser met the man of her dreams one day in New York City. She had never been happier - until tragedy struck, sending her into an emotional tailspin. Her recovery was rudely interrupted by her accidental possession of a mysterious and ancient amulet. What was this amulet? And why was she being pursued for it? Travel with Maggie as she crisscrosses multiple countries unraveling the secrets of the amulet and searching for the inner peace, acceptance, and personal direction that had been so disrupted.Set in New York, Michigan, Scotland, Italy and London, follow Maggie as she reveals the secrets of the amulet that have spanned nearly a thousand years while overcoming her personal grief.