Monday, November 9, 2026

BOOK: November Chill by Carol Ann Kauffman



November Chill is part of the Cat Collier Short Story Mystery Collection.  November picks up after Cat suffers a devastating loss and needs to regroup. 


















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Sunday, November 8, 2026

SCHEDULE: November 9-13, 2026

 



Monday, November 9 - BOOK:
November Chill by Carol Ann Kauffman
Introduction 
Tuesday, November 10 - BOOK REVIEW:
Non Human Origins
Wednesday, November 11 - INTERVIEWS:
Urban Fantasy Author
Spencer Hixon
Thursday, November 12 - TV TIME:
Lanterns 
(HBO Max)
Friday, November 13 - BOOK:
November Chill by Carol Ann Kauffman
Excerpt






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Friday, November 6, 2026

BOOK: The Captain and the Ambassador by Carol Ann Kauffman


 


Ambassador Tull Redmond is seeking a quick ride home to Earth after concluding her twenty-year mission as a peace negotiator. All she wants is peace, quiet, and to be left alone. She boards the Earth Starship Giuseppe Verdi with its questionable leader, Captain Ben Jacobs, anyway. It's the fastest way home. 

Her quarters has a full bath, a space view window, and a large, real bed! How bad could this rule-breaking, authority-defying Captain Casanova be? High Council hates him, true, but his crew loves him. 

Surely, she's too old and tired to be drawn into this bad boy of the quadrant's personal circus.

 
Will Ambassador Redmond get the quiet, uneventful ride home she craves?

Amazon Link:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074569BDY

Available in Kindle format, paperback, and audiobook.


Excerpt:

Chapter One

A New Passenger

Rocket outline

 

 

Captain Jacobs? Sir, big news. Ambassador Tull Redmond is meeting us at Bridgeport Seven tomorrow and will join us as our passenger all the way to Earth,” said second-in-command Commander Zack Mankewitz of the Earth Starship Giuseppe Verdi.

“Ambassador Redmond,” repeated the captain. “Oh, I’ve heard of him, Commander. He’s that peace, love, and hope guy. He’s the most successful intergalactic mediator in this quadrant. Wow, my very first five-star passenger. Yes, that is big news. I’m glad I didn’t miss him. High Council’s never trusted me with a bigwig before.”

“Yes, sir. I know.”

“So, the ambassador and I will be going home to Earth at the same time. Well, I’m not sure the Ambassador is Earthite, I just assumed. Is he retiring, too, I wonder?

“Well, sort of. From what I heard, the ambassador refused to sign another ten-year contract, so resigning from intergalactic mediation is the only other option. You two are lucky ducks.”

“Luck had nothing to do with it, Commander. It’s plain, old-fashioned endurance. Any special dietary requests? I heard the ambassador was a vegan.”

“No. No special food requests, but a full bathroom in quarters, and the ambassador is a woman. She’s also requested a room with a space view.”

“You’re kidding me? I’ve seen him, eh, her, from a distance. Short, pale, plump, light-colored hair slicked back or something. Hair was hardly noticeable. Wears a big, long, hooded, monk-like robe. Kind of like a round beige ball. A non-sexual being.”

“Does that matter?”

“No, I guess not. The ambassador gets the job done. A full bath and a view, huh? Well, there is only one accommodation like that aboard this ship, and that’s mine. Damn. My first five-star passenger and she boots me out of my quarters. Oh, well. Go ahead and assign her to Captain’s Quarters, Commander."



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Thursday, November 5, 2026

TV TIME: Line of Fire (NBC)




 I like Peter Krause. Even before his days as Bobby on 9-1-1, he played a dreamy art thief in the short-lived cat-and-mouse series called  The Catch. He was wonderful.

Peter is equally wonderful as Mike Hollingsworth in NBC's new action thriller series, Line of Fire. He plays a retiring Secret Service agent. His whole family works in law enforcement or the federal protection program. 

Mike Hollingsworth's family puts the fun in dysfunctional. Each member has their own share of problems.

But someone is targeting members of law enforcement/ federal protectors in the DC area, and the Hollingsworth family must work together to stay safe.

 

En, leading her on a fierce mission to







Wednesday, November 4, 2026

BOOK: The Captain and the Ambassador Reviews




 

Ambassador Tull Redmond is looking for a quick ride home back to Earth after ending her twenty-year mission as peace negotiator. 

All she wants is peace, quiet, and to be left alone. She boards the Earth Starship Giuseppe Verdi with its questionable leader, Captain Ben Jacobs anyway. 

It's the fastest way home. Her quarters has a full bath, a space view window, and a large, real bed!

 How bad could this rule-breaking, authority-defying Captain Casanova be? 

High Council hates him, true, but his crew loves him. 

Surely, she's too old and tired to be drawn into this bad boy of the quadrant's personal circus. 

Will Ambassador Redmond get the quiet, uneventful ride home she craves?


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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074569BDY

 














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Monday, November 2, 2026

ART: Monday Art Posts


 Dear Gentle Readers, 

Art posts have been part of Vision and Verse since Parker Kaufman and I started this little art and author blog long ago on April 15, 2013. I was the Verse. Parker was the Vision, the artist, and he not only shared his knowledge of Art, artists, and art techniques, but he also shared his own beautiful art pieces.

Times have changed. Artists are no longer comfortable sharing their work because there are those people who copy other people’s artwork, remove the copyright mark, and pass them off as their own work. We even found one person selling the prints on Amazon. 

You can understand how the artist felt. Her work was stolen. And us? We wanted to introduce our audience to these new and exciting artists we found and showcase their work, not put them in jeopardy of having their work stolen.

If there’s an artist out there who would like to be featured on Vision and Verse with a photo, short bio, link, and artwork, I will personally watermark your creation. 

But as of now, Monday Art Posts are a thing of the past. We’ll try a few different things in its place and see how it goes. If you have a suggestion, let me know. 

With warm regards,
Carol

Sunday, November 1, 2026

SCHEDULE: November 2-6, 2026


 Monday, November 2 - ART:
Monday Art Posts
Tuesday, November 3 - BOOK REVIEW:
Murder at Arrow Pass 
by Anne Shillolo
Wednesday, November 4 -  BOOK:
The Captain and the Ambassador
Introductions
and Reviews 
Thursday, November 5 -  TV TIME:
Line of Fire
(NBC)
Friday, November 6 -  BOOK:
The Captain and the Ambassador 
Kindle Cover and Excerpt



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Friday, October 30, 2026

BOOK: Talus by Carol Ann Kauffman


 

When peaceful planet Korbus was under attack from a vicious alien species, Prince Talus was sent to Earth for protection. Hidden in a run-down apartment building in a big Midwestern city, Talus is ill-equipped to deal with a normal life, let alone life on the run in the slums of Earth. And worse yet, he's trapped in a poor middle-aged man's body. A random, senseless murder leaves Talus alone in a strange and dangerous world with no one to trust. Will Talus survive?



Talus was a fun book to write. It started out on Kindle Vella, Amazon’s episodic reading program, where the author publishes one episode at a time.



Talus is available only on Amazon in kindle, paperback, and Vella format. Vella lets you read the first ten episodes free!








This is the paperback cover. Talus is categorized as science fiction for obvious reasons, but it also delves into relationships, person to person, and person to animal.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Talus-Carol-Ann-Kauffman-ebook/dp/B0C162HKBQ?ref_=ast_author_dp










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Thursday, October 29, 2026

TV TIME: Red Horizon, An AI Series (You Tube)



 I was looking for another movie about colonizing Mars when I came across this AI-generated series called Red Horizon.  It explores the same issues; survival, food and water, isolation, loneliness, danger, and medical emergencies. It explores them visually. It is a collection of visual images set to music. There is dialogue between the characters, but it is stilted and unnatural. At one point they each had a British accent, but not at the same time.

Although AI-generated films are beautiful to look at, at this time AI lacks the ability to show any meaningful connection between characters. No heart. No soul. Boring. 














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