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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=230 height=339 style='width:2.4in;height:3.5333in' src="cid:image002.jpg@01D981B4.D66A08F0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Strange Weather Anthology cover shows top left bright sunshine, yellow-orange blend, top right corner wide black triangular cloud encroaching, red sky underneath, all reflected on water with small triangle black cloud bottom left." v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>No one can do anything about the weather, but we have captured it. <i>Strange Weather Anthology: True Quirks of Nature </i>is a collection of 15 true life stories from the 11 talented authors who lived through them, captured in vivid detail, in prose and verse. Some entries also include actual photographs.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Have you been through a hurricane…on a ship, seen balls of fire and strange flashes in the sky, dodged tornados while driving, seen a vivid or double rainbow or experienced strange rain patterns, unexpected torrential storms, different weather patterns at the same time, or woken to find myriads of giant snowballs everywhere?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Look inside for these awe-inspiring stories told from a personal perspective, including short autobiographies and where to find these remarkable authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Roboto'>FEATURED AUTHORS:</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='margin:0in'><span class=apple-tab-span><b><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'>Ann Chiappetta<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>John Cronin (Canada)</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'>Carol Farnsworth<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Leonard Tuchyner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'>C. 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