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If 2015 is anything like its predecessor, almost nine thousand Americans will fall victim to gun-related homicides before the end of the year, compared to just two hundred in neighboring Canada. Millions of Americans agree that something needs to be done to tighten gun control and educate the public, while just as many on the other side of the trigger spit venom at any attempt to quash their Second Amendment rights.

While she can now sit at her writing desk and create powerful fiction that the world wakes up to, Rachel Strong's European ancestors make her story of success somewhat unlikely. The world has come a long way in one hundred and fifty years, since Strong's family in Europe were forced to endure soul-destroying oppression and women existed with no role but to serve their husbands.

Twenty-three years ago, Connie T. Bowman faced every parent's worst nightmare – the loss of a young child. But what started as an overwhelming cloud of anger and despair eventually transposed itself into a new, although admittedly very different, life where joy and peace could be found.

While the mainstream media and educators frame the Civil Rights Era as a time when groups of Americans banded together to fight for their most basic human rights, the dark and evil "other side" is often brushed under the rug. But the South was also awash with rape, brutal Ku Klux Klan murders and certain abusive instigators who are nothing but an embarrassment to their nation's history.

There's no way to hide from the facts; children in the United States are some of the most obese and unhealthy in the world – with millions poised to die before their parents. But getting through to pragmatic young minds is tough, leaving the health and education worlds at a loss for how to inspire children to take an active interest in fitness.

While most writers use their first novels to do nothing but simply test the literary waters, David Potter is proving that a debut release can quite literally change the course of history – all thanks to one child's faulty iPhone.

Those who have endured the dreaded appendectomy will attest to a week in hospital, a month of pain and one of the most uncomfortable experiences of their life. Two days after Jeff Farrell's appendix was removed, he was back in the swimming pool preparing for the 1960 Rome Olympics trials.

While the United States raises its stars and stripes each morning to the notion of freedom, acceptance and equality, the 2014 Mid-term elections present a very different reality of discord. No two groups are farther apart than the Conservative Right and Gay Left; but one man has worked on the frontlines with both groups, and he's now sharing his story in the hopes it re-unites a broken society.

While most writers test the literary waters with their first book, few succeed to become prolific. But Cleve Sylcox has managed in just a few short years what most couldn't dream of in their entire career. From weaving together intricate original full-length novels to answering many calls for the submission of his short stories to anthologies, Sylcox has built a solid reputation for gripping fiction.

Nina Elaine Borum pulls no punches when admitting the truth; millions of women feel helpless in their prayers for the men in their life. But tearing down the sterner sex won't solve the rampant problems men around the world are creating. Borum is on an unstoppable mission to instead empower women restore all men through prayers said in faith.