Bøger af Lara Bernhardt

In this issue, Conclave celebrates "Voices from the Edge," the writers and photographers whose work is not easily categorized or pigeonholed. This issue disregards genre and marketplace and instead focuses on originality and insight, artists fearlessly creating work of the highest caliber.As Editor-in-Chief Lara Bernhardt writes, "Fear holds us back. Fear prevents us from taking chances and reaching for our goals. Fear causes us to hide. Fear of failure. Fear of ridicule. Fear of someone seeing us as we truly are." This, then, is the No Fear issue of Conclave, the no-holds-barred highway whose only toll is vision and talent.We live in troubling times, and many feel isolated, despondent, and worried about the future. In this issue, writers confront our common challenges with courage and optimism, because the greater good lies in unity, not division, including "...[t]hose who feel sidelined, ostracized, and silenced. Those who aren't afraid to speak their truth, share their experiences, and offer a glimpse of something we may fear."

★Oklahoma Book Awards Best Fiction Finalist★She sees dead people. He's sure they don't exist. Psychic Kimberly Wantland investigates paranormal disturbances. Her television show, The Wantland Files, catapulted her from private paranormal investigator to media sensation. She receives thousands of requests for help every day, but during her latest investigation at a young mother's house, Kimberly senses something different. And disturbing.As if she didn't have enough problems with this case, renowned illusionist and confirmed skeptic, Sterling Wakefield, shows up unannounced, ready to disprove her psychic abilities.A dark figure drifts through the halls. Mysterious yowling echoes in the night.Something dark haunts this house. Before Kimberly can convince Sterling her powers can resolve this terror, she first must convince herself...

After a brief hiatus, the literary journal Conclave returns under new editorial management. Conclave celebrates the power of literature. Each issue features exceptional fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. The focus for this issue is "Writing for Change," reminding us that literature matters and words can change the world for the better. "Literature and writers have always been at the forefront of positive change," says Editor-in-Chief Lara Bernhardt. "Conclave wants to create a meeting place where writers and words can, to quote Joseph Conrad, 'teach us how to see.'" Change is an inevitable force in people's lives, ideally though not certainly a force for progress and growth. This issue celebrates a positive view of the future and, as always, shows writers leading the way.

Hannibal, Missouri. Pulsing with history.And a 150-year-old unsolved disappearance. Kimberly Wantland and her paranormal investigation team travel to Hannibal, Missouri for their Halloween episode to investigate The Old Catholic Church. Owner Jillian Olson is sure she knows who haunts the building and why he''s antagonizing her. But Kimberly hears whispers of far more than the reported ghostly phenomenon. A dark figure implores her to help. But help who?  An empty grave and a disturbing experience inside a cave further confound the case. And as she struggles to piece together the mystery, Kimberly''s psychic abilities fail her. Her psychic senses out of control, Kimberly sees only two possible causes-Sterling''s presence...or a dangerous force unlike any she''s faced before. Kimberly fears this investigation may just be all trick and no treat. A spooky Halloween must-read to add to your treat bucket!