The Blueberry Daughter is a fictional Ojibwe legend from the supernatural mystery novel “The Mighty Esox.”

In this inspirational Native American fable, G. Edward Martin details the legend of Miin-Nindaanis (The Blueberry Daughter) and her older sister, Ananish—two beautiful sisters with supernatural abilities and how they use their gifts for entirely different ends.

While Mina (Miin-Nindaanis) dedicates her life to protecting her tribe—healing the sick, learning the art of medicine from the forest’s whisper, and hearing premonitions and warnings from the invisible realms—her sister, Ananish, uses her abilities to manipulate those around her and take as she pleases, believing that all things she desires are her birthright and the natural order.

Although Ananish quietly harbors hatred for her younger sister, she tolerates her existence until Mina’s beauty surpasses that of Ananish, and Ananish falls in love with a gifted young man, Nimbogi, who begins to stand out from his peers. When Ananish discovers that Nimbogi is the only man who cannot be manipulated by her powers, and that he is madly in love with Mina, Ananish devises a wicked plot to rid herself of Mina once and for all.

This powerful, spiritual Native American folklore short story comes to a dramatic heading with true love, true hate and betray, loss and grief, faith and difficult choices, forgiveness, and divine grace, all leading to the village packing up their lives and walking hundreds of miles in search of a new home.

This is the story of Mina, Ananish, and Nimbogi, and how all three achieved immortality, but for two dramatically different reasons.

During the height of World War 2, a young German soldier on the Russian front is unexpectedly killed moments after committing a heinous and unforgivable crime. After his soul is hurled through the aether, he finds himself surrounded by blinding light and standing before God to explain his actions and face judgement.

In this powerful WW2 religious historical fiction, instead of condemning the young man’s soul, God mysteriously sends him back to earth to relive the moment until he can change the outcome and come to understand the nature of truth and evil.

This challenging World War II short story follows the young soldier’s harrowing journey as he faces off against the father of all lies and confronts the worst and best of humanity, both outside and inside of himself, as he learns first-hand our capacity to commit unspeakable evil and our potential to embody the divine courage needed to combat that evil and restore balance in the world.

As God slowly rebuilds the young man’s soul through his excruciating journey across several iterations of a living hell, the young soldier becomes greater than just a man, and his tribulations help change the entire course of history as we know it.

Please check out the amazing reader reviews below to learn more about this potent 90-minute Christian World War II historical fiction book.

13 Acorns is the debut work of up-and-coming American author G. Edward Martin. It is composed of twelve original short stories written in multiple genres beneath the umbrella of philosophical fiction. Each unique story addresses one central idea or moral question, with each story being akin to a single acorn—something small or simple with the potential to grow enormous.

1. The False Treeing Hound
2. The Grave Robber Sitting Across from Me
3. The Return Flight
4. The Charleston Market
5. My Old Street
6. The Nobody Who Fought a Dragon
7. Benjamin: The AI Government
8. The Values of a Dying Man
9. The Unstoppable Train
10. The Demise of the Great Village-
11. The Man Who Held Court
12. The Bridge of Working Truth

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In August of 2017, after his grandfather’s funeral, James Roslyn unexpectedly finds a peculiar and decades-old note that was written by his grandfather and hidden between the pages of a book. Inside of the note, James’s grandfather (Hugh Casey) describes a mysterious village upon an Ojibwe reservation concealed deep in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Casey details how he discovered the village by accident in his youth and was invited to spend several days with the tribe. Over the course of those few days, the village—with its people, landscape, and culture—impacted his beliefs and the course of his life forever.
However, after reading the note, James is acutely aware that his grandfather never returned to the village—despite always meaning to and even asking James to drive him there several months before his passing.
James, being in the midst of several personal struggles and wrestling with his own regrets, becomes determined to find the elusive village and travel there to honor his grandfather, say goodbye, and rectify his own perceived mistakes.
James enlists the help of his older brother, Alan Roslyn, and the pair pack their car full of fishing and camping gear before traveling north in search of the reservation. When they arrive at the hidden town known as Aanakwad, they camp in the woods along the river and plan to stay for seven days.
However, the two brothers come to discover that everything in front of them is much more than it seems.
The Mighty Esox is told from James’s perspective as he details the profound week that he spent in Aanakwad five years earlier—where he rediscovered love, was challenged to reconsider everything he thought he knew, developed a fiery obsession with catching a state-record-sized fish, and unexpectedly found himself as an essential character within a supernatural mystery that he was unable to see as it was unfolding.

After a failed petition to change his career, Bill, the local pottery maker and town drunk, is coerced by his neighbors and king to join an expedition to hunt down and slay a mighty dragon that plagues their village.
In this dark comedy novelette from 13 Acorns- Modern Short Stories for Thoughtful Adults, will Bill try to evade his duty and hide in his cave? Will he be thrown into a pit full of spiders for refusing to fight? If he bravely agrees to go, will his neighbors finally remember his name?

In this humorous dark comedy literary satire novelette, find out if old Bill will muster the courage to fight and miraculously and unexpectedly overcome the great beast (despite being half drunk with a rusty sword), or if he will die trying!

This dark comedy fantasy fiction is sure to give you a laugh and keep you entertained from start to finish!
Genre: Comedy, dark comedy, fantasy fiction.
Size: 14,000 words.
Parent work: 13 Acorns- Modern Short Stories for Thoughtful Adults.

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