Black Butterfly: Chained is a collection of poetry that is meant to give an insight on internal struggles, pain, anguish, distress, and doubt that people suffering from a mental illness may experience. These poems intimately explore the emotional impact of major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. Black Butterfly: Chained is a unique journey based on the author’s personal experiences and feelings, and it shows how she was led from the darkness and into light. It tells a story about how depression is an extremely difficult state of mind and how it can have someone feeling so low to the point where they begin to consider suicide, believing it is the only way out.

Persuasively arguing that because urban apartheid was intentionally erected it can be intentionally dismantled, The Black Butterfly demonstrates that America cannot reflect that Black lives matter until we see how Black neighborhoods matter.

“Oh my Lord,” whispered Lizzie, looking over Alice’s shoulder. “Would you look at that?” Alice, startled by the change in Lizzie’s voice, turned to see what had caused it. Sitting not 10 feet from them was the biggest, blackest butterfly she had ever seen. It was resting on the pacay tree at the very end of the garden, balancing on the tip of a giant palm at head height. The butterfly opened and closed its wings slowly and they flashed with a rich darkness. Moises Quispé has heard the whispered rumours about the Black Butterfly – its hypnotic, velvet wings, two feet across and as dark and mystical as the Peruvian jungle night; a jungle receding to a soundtrack of chainsaws and hate; a jungle that gave him life and embraces the spirit of his murdered family. So he searches. Not because of the one million nuevo sol offered for its capture by the maniacal Mr Dollie, or because his mentor – who believes the rumours – has disappeared so completely, but because he must. Perhaps the Black Butterfly has been searching for him too, desperate to reveal the tight, elegant writing embedded in its wings. Its stories: tall, dark and cautionary tales of a doomed humanity that he alone can read. And when the butterfly finally submits, the danger that Moises finds himself in pales into insignificance against the fate of humanity itself. The Black Butterfly has chosen him to deliver its message and the future of mankind is in his hands. Man’s imagination will be nature’s revenge... This gripping and suspensive thriller will appeal to readers who enjoy being kept guessing. “Mark James Barrett is a name to look out for in the future. He is a writer of considerable talent and relevance to our confusing modern times. A truly original read by a rising literary talent.” Hayley Sherman, author, editor and ghost writer, Whoosh Editing

"In life, we are blessed to have our Angels help guide, protect, and comfort us. Maudy reassured me what I have always felt and known. I am so thrilled that Maudy and Gail, with their extraordinary wisdom and love, bring people closer to their own wonderful and personal experiences." —Carnie Wilson, Singer and Actor Your loved ones in heaven are with you all the time In Angel Messages, Maudy Fowler and Gail Hunt confirm what many people intuitively feel—angels share messages from our loved ones and they help us when we need them most. Feel the arms of the angels embrace you as you focus on the love, light, and laughter that come when you open up to these profound messages. Discover how to hear the angels as they provide guiding signs, and experience the peace and comfort of tapping into your own spiritual connection. Sharing beautiful stories and warmhearted messages, this book helps you feel the love that can only come from that special place that's beyond this world.

My book follows the life of a young man (eighteen to nineteen) as he works for a secret agency in the protection of humankind against the forces of supernatural creatures and the prevention of mankind learning about the real supernatural world. (Every supernatural creature comes from a city kilometres underground—vampires, giants, Cyclops, demons, and so forth.) This agent is code named Black because he has the power to transform to a full-sized black-scaled dragon with red eyes and purple flames. But the first time he transformed, he was trying to protect a little girl from lava lizards, huge one-ton lizards that spit lava. His powers went out of control, and he burned up the little girl. Now, he does not let a lot of people close. One night, he comes across a work site where four teenagers are being attacked by a shadow wraith (a creature of darkness that feeds on the life force of any living thing). After the attack, Agent Black takes them back to this base to get them checked, where they meet Doc, an elven doctor, and the commander, an immortal woman that has lived for more than a thousand years, and she is the head of the SNPA, the Supernatural Protection/Prevention Agency (depends on which world you come from). Soon after all this, they learn that four teenagers have the same power as Black and have the power to change into dragon (three guys, one girl—ice, earth, and fire guys, and golden magical dragon girl) and are asked to learn from Black to control their powers and protect the secret of this world.