Reminded me of an episode from The Twilight Zone. - Shirley Carrick Made reading Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution an enjoyable task. - Joanne Ortman Robert Harvey finds himself in a place where darkness is welcomed, the light is hidden away from and mythologized as evil, and people kill themselves seemingly all the time. Robert finds friends and support and is inquisitive, and fights hard to survive and escape. But not everything is as it seems...even when everything is indeed as it seems.

"Shot out of a Cannon" is a 2014 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (248) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religios, NON-family oriented literart and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1994, but starting in 2014 cc&d is being released every other months as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (ISSN# 1068-5154), but also an ISBN#. In honor of the 2014 ISBN# issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Cover art from this magazine / book is by Eric Bonholtzer. Writers and artists in this book include poetry from Janet Kuypers, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Peter LaBerge (with art), MCD, David Hernandez, David Michael Jackson (with art), Mike Brennan, CEE, Brian Hosey (with art), Matt Quinn, the HA!Man of South Africa (with art), George Arthur, David Michael Schmidt, Jane Stuart, Rose E. Grier (with photography), Andrew L. Miller, Michael Ceraolo, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI (with art), John Grey, Gabriella M. Belfiglio, Dan Fitzgerald, Jackie Smith, Drew Nacht, Andy Roberts, Bill Yarrow, Roger Cowin, and Don Hargraves , prose from Eric Burbridge, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (with art), Joseph Bodie, Cheryl Townsend (with art), Linda M. Crate, David J. Thompson (with art), John Clayton Heinz, Joshua Copeland, Eric Bonholtzer (with art), Joseph Kraus, Brian Forrest (with a painting), Don Maurer, Fritz Hamilton, Erica Haldi, Aaron Wilder (with a painting), and John Amendall.