March 7, 2026

Readers

Kdenlive:
This is my first video (Scroll down) using Kdenlive video editor which is a free open-source video editor. This is three video tracks and 4 audio tracks, and it came together nice. Yes, most likely I could have finessed it a little more, but I am happy for my first endeavor to turn out this well. I normally use another triplet of video editors to get the job done that I did with this one. Not exaggerated either.
I use Windows Video editor, yes, the old one to put the initial video together because it still works very well after all of these years and it is a free download and free to use. From there I go to Ice Cream video editor. It is simple, it can edit easily and I believe it was about 40 bucks. Then I go to Photos Legacy video editor as you can download and use that still in place of Clip Champ. The problem in that process is editing and saving from each editor and just the fact I have to use three to get the job done. The second, bigger problem, is that Photos Legacy is what I have been using to add FX, and it rarely works any longer. Yes, it is free to download. Yes it will start up, but it will rarely start all the way. It hangs, it never finishes loading, and yet sometimes no problem it loads right up. And of course, you can’t actually download it and run it on your own machine. In short, I am sick of getting to the end of my three editors to put my video together and finding I can’t add music, sound, other clips, overlays etc.
So here is my first crack at what I settled on for a solution. It is free, open source and being worked on, so it promises to get even better. Multi tracks, audio, video, overlays etc.

https://kdenlive.org/ There is where to get it. Hope this helped. I am not part of that team; I’m just shouting out a good solution that can do all of your video needs…

Symphony of Shadows

Symphony of Shadows Charles Block has escaped his holding cell, and no one seems able or willing to find him… The pattern of Block’s previous criminal activities revealed a clear progression. He started with smaller, albeit complex, financial crimes, gradually escalating to more ambitious heists that required intricate planning and the manipulation of multiple systems. The move towards physical logistics, as evidenced by his presumed involvement with the Crimson Syndicate, was a logical, albeit terrifying, evolution. It was the ultimate expression of his ability to control and manipulate the flow of resources, to operate with impunity in the arteries of global commerce. Corbin felt a chill crawl up his spine. Block wasn’t just a thief; he was a logistical architect of illicit trade, a man who could render entire borders invisible. #Crime #KOBO #DellGeorge #Thriller #Drama Symphony of Shadows eBook by Dell George – EPUB | Rakuten Kobo United States

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/symphony-of-shadows?


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Charles Block has escaped his holding cell, and no one seems able or willing to find him…

The pattern of Block’s previous criminal activities revealed a clear progression. He started with smaller, albeit complex, financial crimes, gradually escalating to more ambitious heists that required intricate planning and the manipulation of multiple systems. The move towards physical logistics, as evidenced by his presumed involvement with the Crimson Syndicate, was a logical, albeit terrifying, evolution. It was the ultimate expression of his ability to control and manipulate the flow of resources, to operate with impunity in the arteries of global commerce. Corbin felt a chill crawl up his spine. Block wasn’t just a thief; he was a logistical architect of illicit trade, a man who could render entire borders invisible.

#Crime #KOBO #DellGeorge #Thriller #Drama Symphony of Shadows eBook by Dell George – EPUB | Rakuten Kobo United States

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/symphony-of-shadows?

A look at the town of Glennville. Bobby, Moon and Lois are the central points of this book, but they will also introduce you to their parents, the Sheriff Kyle Stevens and some of the other town locals that make Glennville, Glennville. They are trying to spend the summer enjoying the beauty of the upstate New York town, camping, adventures, all the things three eleven year old kids could do for a summer in 1969. However, Glennville is no ordinary town and there is always something else going on… #Summer #Glennville #Adventure #1969 #DellSweet #Readers #KU

Glennville A look at the town of Glennville. Bobby, Moon and Lois are the central points of this book, but they will also introduce you to their parents, the Sheriff Kyle Stevens and some of the other town locals that make Glennville, Glennville. They are trying to spend the summer enjoying the beauty of the upstate New York town, camping, adventures, all the things three eleven year old kids could do for a summer in 1969. However, Glennville is no ordinary town and there is always something else going on… #Summer #Glennville #Adventure #1969 #DellSweet #Readers #KU https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM8VC719


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The email arrived on a Tuesday, nestled amongst press releases about a new city ordinance and a celebrity chef opening a pop-up restaurant. Its subject line, “Assignment: Blackwood Creek Disappearances,” was bland enough to be ignorable, but Clara’s editor, a man who subsisted on a diet of caffeine and sensationalism, had flagged it with a rare “URGENT” and a single, emphatic exclamation mark. Just another ghost story peddled by a town desperate for attention, or perhaps a clever cover for something far more mundane, yet equally grim, like serial killings or human trafficking… #Horror #Readers #KU #DellSweet #Thriller #Mystery #Kindle


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The Trap

The air hung thick and heavy, a miasma of stale cigarette smoke, cheap weed, and something else… something indefinably rotten. It clung to the peeling wallpaper, to the stained mattress shoved against the wall, to the very fabric of the room itself. This wasn’t just a dilapidated apartment in Harlem; it was a tomb, a suffocating cage built from neglect and despair. Rose-Lee, her eyes sharp and assessing, took it all in, the grime, the shadows, the sense of impending doom that settled like a shroud. Across the room, Alice huddled beneath a threadbare blanket, her eyes wide and fearful, a stark contrast to Rose-Lee’s steely gaze… #Crime #Thriller #Psychological #Readers #Urban


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by Wendell Sweet (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

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Her mother… Jaquan couldn’t find her mother. The frantic searching only intensified the growing terror. The air filled with the stench of blood and the chilling metallic tang of death. The Cro-Magnons, with their superior weaponry and seemingly ruthless efficiency, moved like a tide of destruction, their spears flashing in the darkness. They were taller, leaner, and faster. Their weapons were more advanced; longer spears, sharper flint blades – weapons that seemed designed for efficient killing. The Neanderthals, while possessing immense strength, struggled against the Cro-Magnons’ relentless assault and superior strategy. Their close-quarters fighting style, which had served them so well for generations, was overwhelmed by the range and precision of the Cro-Magnon spears.

The sounds of the attack were horrifying – the sickening thud of bodies hitting the cave floor, the sharp crack of bone, the choked gasps for air, the desperate cries for help. Jaquan pressed herself against the cold cave wall, her small body trembling violently. She watched, helpless and terrified, as her world crumbled around her.

The fight was short, brutal, and utterly one-sided. Within minutes, the struggle ceased. The cave, moments ago alive with the sounds of fighting and fear, fell silent, an unnatural stillness settling over the scene. Only the crackling of the dying fire and Jaquan’s ragged breathing disturbed the heavy silence. The smell of blood hung thick in the air, a suffocating blanket that clung to her nostrils and choked her lungs…

A young Neanderthal girl is orphaned in a brutal attack and left to survive on her own. This is her story of how she survived, set on the European continent 45,000 years ago…

Amazon.com: Jaquan: Child of the Neanderthals eBook : Sweet, Wendell: Books


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by W. G. Sweet (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

The Old West is a collection of five western themed stories set in the old west. Come along for an authentic trip through the west, the way it really was.

Jimson Jones, Sarah Johnson, The Cowboy, The Farmers Wife, To Hang a Thief

An excerpt from: Sarah Jones

One starless night, the tranquility of Harmony Creek was irrevocably broken. The rhythmic chirping of crickets was replaced by the terrifying sounds of shattering glass and panicked screams. A nightmare descended upon the peaceful farm. The familiar comfort of home was replaced by a brutal violence, a darkness that would sear itself into Sarah’s memory forever.

#Western #Fiction #Amazon #KU #Kindle #Readers

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  1. Long Live the King Kindle Edition

by Dell Sweet (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

Long Live the King

The King is dead, the headlines screamed. A hard, hard day. But, what if the king wasn’t dead? What if the king just got fed up with all of it and called it quits…

The quiet cadence of Aaron’s days was rarely broken by external disruptions. His hermitage in the bayou was, by design, an exercise in profound isolation. Yet, the world, like an persistent tide, would occasionally lap at the shores of his self-imposed exile. These intrusions were not of the dramatic, attention-grabbing variety that had once defined his existence. Instead, they arrived as fleeting whispers, carried on the humid air or snagged by the errant radio waves that sometimes pierced the dense foliage surrounding his cabin. #Mystery #ElvisPresley #Whatif #KU #Kindle #Readers #DellSweet


The Brass Hand Frank Morgan is headed to a small New York town to find out what has happened to a reporter friend of his. A small thing, in the scheme of things. He is not even sure there is a real need to be concerned… At first anyway… But it seems like there may be much more to his friend’s disappearance that it seemed at first. Murder greets him and the mystery deepens from there. #Mystery #Crime #KU #Readers #DellSweet #Amazon #Thriller