He was unique. Or so he believed. He packed a lifetime into his 21 years of Life and now waits for the return of an uncontrollable evil created by◦Mother Earth herself. Or is it?

The Paranormal Preacher is the story of Darrell Gene Motals journey through the world of the paranormal: A journey which brings him from his first childhood encounter with a UFO to his last encounters at Area 51. While he is working at Area 51, SSgt Motal learns the secrets about flying saucers and extraterrestrials that the U.S. government has been hiding from the public for over 40 years. Seventeen years later, and at the risk of his own life, Reverend Darrell Motal has decided to tell the truth about aliens and Area 51 to the world.

*No one ever suspects the quiet ones...* Billy Smith is just an ordinary guy. He has a house, a car, a job, and even an ex-wife. He’s the neighbor you would invite to a barbecue; the boss you would share a few drinks with after work. *Too bad he’s a vampire.* Until this week, Billy thought he had things under wraps, but events quickly spiral out of his control when too many people learn his secret. Now Billy must face the ghosts of his past while battling the megalomaniacs of his present, all while asking himself the most important question of all: **IS MR. SMITH AFRAID OF THE DARK?**

Includes music.

E. M. Forster first encountered Billy Budd in 1926. Some twenty years later, he embarked on a collaboration with Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier, adapting Melville’s novella for the opera stage. The libretto they produced poignantly reaffirmsthe Forsterian creed of salvation through personal relationships.This study presents an extensive exploration of Forster’s involvement in the interpretation, transformation and re-creation of Melville’s text. It situates the story of the Handsome Sailor in the wider context of Forster’s literary oeuvre, his life, and his lifewritings. In detailed readings, Billy Budd becomes a lens through which the themes, patterns and leitmotifs of Forsterian thought and creative imagination are brought into focus. A close re-examination of the libretto sketches serves to shed new light on the collaborative process in which Melville’s story was changed to fit an archetypal array of plot and character types that is central to Forster’s own storytelling.