C. R. Collins

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Tales of Ardonna current book tree with its three levels of book covers, descending from earliest to latest timeline. On the top branches, pointing left, are Mage Era books: River’s Roar and Giants’ Gate. The middle branches, pointing right, are for Dragon Age books: Song of Jade: Red Wolf and Song of Jade: Hidden Kingdom The lowest branches, sprawling left to right in the center of the tree, holds the Modern Era books. The Woodspell trilogy is here, its 3 volumes on the lefthand side. The sequels, Chasing Sunset, Midnight Crow, and Fury’s Gift descend diagonally from these down the trunk, In center, straddling all three timelines, is a placeholder for my upcoming release this year.

This week, my Tales of Ardonna ebook series is on sale at Smashwords. For more info, plus purchase links, please visit: crcollins.org

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I disagree about the protests. They let people know they weren't alone in their feelings, as our news media likes to let us think. Sabotage on a wider scale would also rattle. I do agree they're not enough. I'm not sure there are enough citizens willing to do what it takes to change things, sadly.

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

No. I think it will be forever changed.

People have been in the streets. He sent the freakin Marines into a peaceful protest in LA. Don't want to think about what he'd do about barricades. I would like to see some widespread sabotage at least. Starting with those obscene banners with his stupid face.

They'd just lift it from our bank accounts or garnish our wages. Best most of us can do is delay, maybe send partial payments in a drip, drip fashion. I waited until the last day to do my taxes last year & didn't send payment until they sent me a letter.

Every day anew embarrassment 🤦‍♀️

I had been wondering, thanks. I knew it was some ridiculous, insane reason because that's all he has, but hadn't read this news yet.

US sailor medically evacuated from nuclear submarine near Greenland: Official The nature of the medical emergency was not clear.

Saturday, a sailor on a US submarine off the coast of #Greenland was medically evacuated by #Denmark to be treated in a Nuuk hospital.

In case you're wondering why Trump is sending "a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, & not being taken care of there."

#WIPSnips | metal

Fire in the Sky, so 'ware spoilers at the link, and Sabbat getting a helping hand from an unexpected direction

( saranadosfiction.com/2025/08/02/f... )

Mine ended when my a-mother died when I was 24 (a-father had died 5 year previously.) None of their family--my so-called "forever family"--kept in touch. I had no extended family until I found my real mother in my 50s. The propaganda of it all ...

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Not quick enough

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Flaming arrow would work

I found a tiny denim jacket at goodwill

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So the President of the United States illegally taxed our groceries, clothes, and other basics goods for nearly a year.

Where’s our refund?

It just occurred to me….once the Dems take over, we can use all of these ICE concentration camps for the Epstein list people. This is where we can send them once they are convicted. And ICE agents too, of course.

An old comic style of a woman looking out her window at a city skyline. The bubble says, “What a stupid time to be alive.”

I am a good writer.

Sales and reviews do not define me.

What I do matters.

Say it with me

It's not like it will be coherent 🤷

In a note embedded on top of an FAQ question, “What is the average length of stay for the aliens?” Tim Kaiser, the deputy chief of staff for US Citizenship and Immigration Services, asked David Venturella, a former GEO Group executive whom The Washington Post described as an adviser overseeing an ICE division that manages detention center contracts, to “Please confirm” that the average stay for the new mega detention centers would be 60 days. Venturella replied in a note that remained visible on the published document, “Ideally, I'd like to see a 30-day average for the Mega Center but 60 is fine.”

NEW: DHS left embedded comments in a PDF outlining its plans to warehouse immigrants, identifying the architects and laying bare the gross extent of its regulatory capture. Great scoop by @regret.bsky.social:

www.wired.com/story/metada...

Medium close-up shot of Ashrah in Nioh 3 with her light sword raised and covering her chin. Her eyes are widened, and she grimaces as she lunges into an attack.

Medium close-up shot of Ashrah in Nioh 3.

Slightly low-angle, three-quarter view shot of Ashrah in Nioh 3 with Guhin flying beside her.

Close-up shot Ashrah in Nioh 3 wearing a samurai armour and a slightly surprised expression.

I keep playing Nioh 2 and thinking how I wish I was playing Nioh 3 instead, and how stupidly good Ashrah looks in that game, so... just some random pics of my baby demon :')

#SayaAshrahGames #Nioh3

We need to know where all the women and children picked up by this thug regime's masked police are going right now.

But they are pretty. We get a bunch of them on our native milkweed every year. I planted those for the butterflies, but ... 🤷‍♀️

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.