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GENETICS CHRONICLES - I

The city of London is beginning to rebuild from the ashes of the Third World War. Ruled by the fascist Libertas Party, the city is a desolate landscape of crime, corruption, and illegal genetic modification that turn humans into animalistic mods. Ineffectually policed, mods blend into normal society by day and rule the ruins beyond the city limits at night. People frequently go missing in this world, and those who want to survive must close their eyes to the crimes committed on their streets. 

Within the city lives Liane, a girl trained since childhood to be an unfeeling, unthinking killing machine known as an Agent. Beautiful and deadly, Liane exists in a world of constant surveillance and brutality, living only to carry out the orders of the all-powerful Agency. This secret government organization enforces the laws of Libertas, killing anyone who threatens the tenuous peace within the country. Liane’s only human contact comes in the form of her Handler, Damian, who demands perfect obedience from her and desires for them to be far more than Agent and Handler. Chafing under the rules of the Agency, Liane secretly longs for a normal life and steals away to the ruins to spend time with the mods. 

But when mods begin to turn up murdered and mutilated around the city, Liane finds herself wanting to help protect the people who have been her only friends. Working alongside Seth, a young police officer on the Genetic Modification Task Force, Liane defies her Handler in an effort to find the killers. Together, Liane and Seth weave their way through the dark world of cyberpunk London, following whispers of the next genetic advancement known as the Titan Strain.

After living and working in New York for six years, in 2001 Georgia returned to Europe and settled in Barcelona. There she started editing commercials for clients such as Citroen, Audi and Nescafe. Later she started to commute between Barcelona, Zurich and Berlin where she has been editing features and documentaries. The most recent works include a family feature film “Ozzie” and the swiss TV documentary “Sixtina” directed by Andres Brütsch. In 2005 the opportunity arose to work with Isabel Coixet editing promotional pieces for Woman’secret and later that year edited the trailer and did additional editing on her feature “The Secret Life of Words”.

In 2006 she edited the feature documentary “A crude Awakening, the Oil Crash” directed by Ray McCormack and Basil Gelpke which has been shown in over 35 film festivals around the world and has won 5 in the best documentary category. In 2008 Georgia was accepted by the European Film Academy to take part in the Master Class “The Cutting Edge” held in Beriln and led by Editor, Hervé Schneid.

Her newest film, Mantra - Sounds into Silence, is a documentary that explores the new music and social phenomenon of chanting.

Born Tsiphuneah M. Becker, her friends and family call her "Steph." Always a fan of second breakfasts, hobbits, and Grimm’s fairy tales, she spent her childhood afternoons buried in a book or acting out scenes from her imagination in the woods beside her house.

?In high school, she discovered theater and began a recording of The Hobbit for her younger siblings, complete with different voices for each character.

Today, T.M. Becker lives in South Central Pennsylvania with her husband and nine children "in a log house full of books, soccer gear, and perpetually mismatched socks."

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Milford House Mysteries Show

Mystery authors Sherry Knowlton and Joan West interview mystery author Beverly Connor.

Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall. 

Their guest, Beverly Connor, an archeologist and author of six mysteries in each of two different series: the Lindsay Chamberlain mysteries (A Rumor of Bones, Skeleton Crew,Questionable Remains, etc.) and the more recent Diane Fallon Investigations (One Grave Less: a Forensic Investigation). Connor also published The Poplar Creek Murders in collaboration with her husband, Charles.

Blending Southern culture and a quick wit with her knowledge of bones, Connor weaves stories about buried history. Her novels unearth tales of dark deeds her heroines bring to light and expose the criminals who would keep those secrets hidden.

Author Jess Steven Hughes of the Britannia Romanus series of novels is interviewed.

Jess Steven Hughes brought his lifetime's fascination with ancient Roman history into his debut novel, THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE. The fascination continues as this has become part of a chain of books called, The Britannia Romanus series. This includes: The Wolf of Britannia, Part I and Part II. Another historical novel, The Broken Lance, set in Roman Britain and Imperial Rome, which debuted July 2017, is the first book of a duo-logy that will include The Peace Keeper, scheduled for release in 2018.  

Jess is a retired a police detective sergeant, Long Beach Police Dept, Long Beach, CA. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Southern California in Public Administration with a minor (my first academic love) in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations. He also served four years United States Marine Corps (1962/66).

Susan explores the process of conscious dreaming. Guest: Sunbury Press author, Anna-Karin Bjorlund.

Anna-Karin Bjorklund is a freelance writer, storyteller, dream teacher, author, and inspirational speaker. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology, a bachelor’s degree in tourism management, and has an extensive international background in business, mindfulness, and personal growth. Anna-Karin is an active member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams where she serves as Board Director, Secretary of the Board and Executive Officer. She is also a visiting specialist with Miraval Life in Balance Spa at Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point.

An internationally renowned expert in the field of dream psychology, she is the author of two books: The Dream Alchemist; and Dream Guidance. With appearances on the Steve Harvey TV Show, NBC, and Fox News, and media interviews in magazines, such as Orange Coast Magazine, Marie Claire UK, Women’s Running Magazine, and Money Magazine, she loves sharing her passion for soul growth and connection – with ourselves, and people around us.

To learn more about Anna-Karin, click here.

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Milford House Mysteries Show

Mystery authors Sherry Knowlton and Joan West kick interview mystery author Donald Deqey.

Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall. 

Their guest, Donald Dewey, has written some 40 books of fiction and nonfiction, as well as contributed scores of stories to magazines and other periodicals. He has also had some 30 plays staged in Europe and the United States. Donald's awards include those named after Nelson Algren and the Actors Studio. Dewey is a widower with one son and lives in Jamaica, New York. At one point he lived in Europe for 14 years, writing screenplays and working for the Italian news agency ANSA. Dewey was editor of the ASME-award winning magazine Attenzione and was editorial director of the East-West Network, overseeing a dozen in-flight magazines and the PBS organ Dial. He has also been a theater critic for WNYC in New York and spends far too much time for his health watching the Mets.

Susan delves into communication with those who have passed on. Guest: Annemarie Heckert, Spiritual Counselor.

?To learn more about Annemarie, visit her website.

A well-respected chef in New York City has decided to fulfill a lifelong dream, to open a restaurant that is devoted entirely to "eggy" creations in the smart Wall Street area of the City. Working with an inspired architect, John erects his restaurant in the shape of a Fabergé egg, modeled after those remarkable masterpieces that were offered each year by the Czar to his beloved wife in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution. Fabergé Restaurant becomes 'the' destination for the wealthiest of NYC clients, but it's also the place where a plan is Hatched by three former college roommates to counterfeit billions of dollars and shake the United States economy to its very yolk. A rollicking novel filled with intrigue, passion and voluptuous egg recipes, Hatched is a sumptuous treat.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Robert Barsky paid some of his college bills by working in restaurants in Cape Cod and Montreal, and after graduating he moved to Switzerland to pursue a career in skiing, supporting himself by working in an upscale hotel bar. He now enjoys cooking for his wife and his college-aged children, and writing about language, literature and revolution. He is the author of eight books, including biographies of Noam Chomsky and Zellig Harris. This is his first novel, and he is excited (egg-cited?) to work on the next one.

David Newman is a renowned sacred chant master, recording artist, singer/songwriter, best-selling author, and inspirational teacher. David, also known as Durga Das, travels extensively sharing his music, and teachings on the path of love as a vehicle for spiritual awakening. He has released numerous CDs, and is the author of The Timebound Traveler. David is also the founder of the Stay Strong Project and Yoga On Main. He has been featured on NPR, and in The Washington Post and Yoga Journal among many others. David lives with his family just outside of Philadelphia. To learn more about David, visit his website.