Death’s stealthy arrow

"Bullets, blades, disaster and disease become nought beside the great deceiver's subtle weapon"

I cling to speeding, spinning cones of lead That pierce the air and armour, skin and bone; Once deep inside, I ditch my deathly ride, Spread dark destruction, quell life's fragile wick. * I cleave to sharpened shards of stainless...

The Dark Continent

"Elizabeth marries a missionary assigned to Dark Continent in 1900s"

Elizabeth completed finishing school in June of 1898, but she wasn’t scheduled to return home until August. That’s when acquaintances of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Longmont, would be traveling back to Shanghai. It would be unthinkable for a young...