“The more you are marginalized by society, the more society guilts you into doing more. You become fearful of being labeled lazy.” – Jaiya John

“When we see injustices, both great and small, we think, That’s terrible, but we do nothing. We say nothing. We let other people fight their own battles. We remain silent because silence is easier.” – Roxane Gay

Each person is unique in every way and yet we ignore and hate those who are not exactly like us. My books focus on those who are different from anyone else in society, those who are considered marginalized people, not because they are like those who are marginalized in the current real world due to race, gender, religion, or any other earthly prejudice, but because of their mental abilities and magical powers. This unique group is being hunted on earth, and the non-human off-world creatures want to capture them for their own powerful agenda. The off-world folks do not care about anyone else who lives on the planet and will destroy all people who get in their way.

So, I thought I would present you with a teaser chapter from my next book to ponder what the possibilities are that are beyond our everyday prejudices and the world we currently live in today. The final book of the Caitlin Ferguson Mysteries is set fifteen years in the future and goes beyond our earthly worries.

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 35, titled The Storyteller:

We remember what it was like before the rifts. How we were blamed for everything. We remember how we were feared and treated badly, like a disease that needed to be eliminated. Some of us didn’t make it, but the ones that survived made their way to the farm. Katie took us in, and we protected her and her kin. We know what we must do to keep this place safe. We learn so we can fight for her.

I am worried about the state of the world and what it has become. Even though we don’t have any contact with the media blitz about how bad our people are in the world, we feel the hate of those who don’t understand us, even here, in our protected bubble. It is easier to hate an entire marginalized group than fix an existing problem. What normal people don’t know is that they are currently the marginalized people to the off-worlders. The new invading unearthly force wants to wipe out most of the normal human race for the betterment of their race. And they want to capture us to forward their agenda. Kinda funny to face that reality right now, huh?

But the story must be told in case anyone is left on the planet and history repeats itself once again in the aftermath. We will fight and die if necessary to keep the little ones safe. We will fight to get them off-world into a safe space. And we will fight and die to help all the normal people as well, even though they hate us. It is in our nature to protect others at all costs, no matter how much they hate us.