{"id":181,"date":"2020-05-07T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T07:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:12:48","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"181\" class=\"elementor elementor-181\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00f1bbe elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00f1bbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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And when you get right down to it, what\u2019s inside is always pretty much the same. It\u2019s just a mess that someone else has to clean up.\u201d<\/span><span class='qm_quote_widget_author'>~Novel<\/span><span class='qm_quote_widget_source'>Source: Night Shift<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16ce6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e16ce6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-98d6e29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98d6e29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-49c80e0\" data-id=\"49c80e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf702a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cf702a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Bookstore<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d4fe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0d4fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=18\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/books-1617327_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5251\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/books-1617327_1280.jpg 750w, https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/books-1617327_1280-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461b2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"461b2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have a selection of independent novels, including free books and novels from our authors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3d9f06\" data-id=\"a3d9f06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a838098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a838098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Short Stories<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3029658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3029658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=689\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/book-794978_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5254\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/book-794978_1280.jpg 750w, https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/book-794978_1280-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfaa059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfaa059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our short story collection is always free. Dive into the shallow-end of fiction here<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb05440\" data-id=\"bb05440\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd3f10e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd3f10e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Articles<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a02874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a02874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?cat=19\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/newspapers-4565916_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5253\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/newspapers-4565916_1280.jpg 750w, https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/newspapers-4565916_1280-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2ade4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b2ade4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is a wide variety of articles to show off the styles and talents of our independent creators<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a436d68\" data-id=\"a436d68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e794d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0e794d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Writing<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cff56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45cff56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=5177\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-1627703_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-1627703_1280.jpg 750w, https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-1627703_1280-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01c2d3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01c2d3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Writing is far from easy but we&#8217;re here to help&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6542a7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f6542a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d65bfd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d65bfd4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-52bbc1b\" data-id=\"52bbc1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4b94d ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-qm_widget\" data-id=\"ad4b94d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-qm_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget-text wp_widget_plugin_box\"><style>.qm_quote{}\r\n      .qm_quote_author{}\r\n      .qm_quote_source{}\r\n      .qm_quote_tweet{}\r\n      .qm_quote p{}\r\n      .qm_quote_widget{}\r\n      .qm_quote_widget_author{}\r\n      .qm_quote_widget_source{}\r\n      .qm_quote_widget_tweet{}<\/style><div class=\"qm_quote_widget\"><span class='qm_quote_widget_text'><p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">\u201cIf you\u2019re trying to play <i>good cop-bad cop<\/i>, then that generally requires two different cops, and one of them has to be good. If you\u2019re coming onto me sexually, then we have a much more serious problem.\u201d<\/p><\/span><span class='qm_quote_widget_author'>~Novel<\/span><span class='qm_quote_widget_source'>Source: Hawk-Eye: Traffic<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d767a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d767a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e99cca4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e99cca4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62c15bb\" data-id=\"62c15bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd355d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd355d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=182\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EdgeVerseV.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5270\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click to be shocked and appalled<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2e427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c2e427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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