There are so, so many words out in the world. In many languages, with many meanings. This is a collection of a minuscule amount of rarely used, unique and beautiful words. Words who's meanings explain specific emotions, circumstances and events. This is a book of poems. Poems inspired the by meaning of these words and the stories they inspired me to tell. Highest Rankings: #2 Canadian Author #64 Canadian

(Discover more at InfiniteExodus.com!) Year 22XX The world is coming to an end. We all knew it would happen eventually. Somewhere in the back of our minds we knew that it was only a matter of time before humanity's rapid scientific advancements would spell our end. Military advanced faster than medicine could keep up, and the human race ended up on the brink of extinction. The looming end of life on Earth led most of the world to put aside their altercations and come together to develop a way to save everyone. Of the hundreds of ideas produced, three doomsday solutions - labeled Project Exodus - had gathered the most support, 1) Send most of the population to space to find a new habitable planet. 2) Download everyone's memories into a self-sustaining super-computer and continue "life" in a digital universe. 3) Use still-developing translocational technology to teleport people to a neighboring dimension. The first option was considered too resource-intensive to ever be viable, as there was not enough food or medical supplies to sustain indeterminate space travel for the amount of humans necessary to sustain the human race. The second option was considered too controversial as well as prone to manipulation. There could be no proper failsafes to prevent the machine from becoming sentient. The third option...