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Debra Hall is a Racine poet whose work explores the intersection of love, loss, and the sacred ordinary. She just published her debut chapbook, What the Current Cannot Swallow. She serves as the current president of the Kenosha/Racine Poet Laureate program and she was Racine Poet Laureate from 2020-2022. Her poems have appeared in Bramble Literary Magazine, Wisconsin Poets Calendar(s), A Wreath of Golden Laurels by Local Gems Press and Moss Piglet

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Debra and her husband were on dream trip in Rome when a medical emergency changed everything. Brain surgery, navigating a foreign healthcare system in a language not their own, and a dire six-month prognosis—the crisis that followed would test their 35-year marriage. In this intimate chapbook, ancient gods and Catholic icons become unexpected companions through illness and loss. Hall traces her journey from crisis through grief to hard-won transcendence, finding that even in the current's pull toward despair, moments of grace remain.

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https://www.poetdebra.com/

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Waves of Shrapnel: A Soldier’s Journey” is a dark, raunchy, and unfiltered memoir from Jason’s time in the Iraq War. It captures the reality of deployment—the absurdity, the fear, and the dark humor that keeps soldiers going. While it doesn’t hold back, at its core the book is about brotherhood, loss, and honoring the men we lost. It’s not a polished war story—it’s the one that actually gets told behind closed doors.

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Bruce Landay writes near future military political techno-thrillers. As a former US Air Force officer, he brings an authentic vibe to his military characters, their mission focus, and internal motivation to defend their core principles and their country. He consults with multiple military experts on his books to get the facts right.

Landay also writes a weekly Substack column, Future Trends and Science Fiction, where he reviews new technology and how it was portrayed in the past by science fiction books, films, and television.

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Five years ago, a covert rescue mission at a Chinese military base ended in slaughter. Navy Special Ops pilot Jazmin Hassani was the sole survivor of a live test of a classified directed-energy weapon—left broken, burned, and not expected to live.

Now the weapon strikes again. On American soil.

Assigned to investigate, Jazmin uncovers a conspiracy powerful enough to bury the truth. When a U.S. Senator shuts down the case and intelligence agencies deny the weapon exists, she goes underground. Teaming with a rogue Cyber Command operative, Jazmin defies orders to expose the truth—while hunted by elite operatives and betrayed by her own government.

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https://brucelanday.com/

https://brucelanday.substack.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Electromagnetic-Assault-Bruce-Landay-ebook/dp/B0GBLBZLBK

https://bookshop.org/p/books/electromagnetic-assault-bruce-landay/416f175721b96489?ean=9798993999203&next=t