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See Original Post He may be living at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, but with the help of a friend, Lavar Queen has published his first novel, “Maven Bloodmoon.” It’s a science fiction and fantasy story about a special agent, Queen said. He likes to write comic book stories and would like to find an illustrator to collaborate with, he said. The 31-year-old Atlantic City native has been creating characters and writing stories with his friends since the sixth grade, and he is still a big fan of Spider-Man, the Avengers and Batman. But it wasn’t until he met Michael Williams, of Glory Tabernacle Church in Bridgeton, that he thought seriously of creating a book. Williams visits the mission once every three months to talk with the residents about improving their life through God. He goes with a group from his church called Victorious...

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See Original Article Michael "Mickey" Williams Jr. decided at the age of 16 that he would become a drug dealer, but never had he anticipated that he would become a slave to those same drugs and find himself in and out of prison and rehab for the next two decades. Williams says he partly turned to drugs out of rebellion and resentment against his parents, who had their own substance abuse problems. But once they got clean, after years of being absent at home, they suddenly started doing what they should have been doing from the start – being parents to their four children, a task they had instead left to him. Williams has two younger brothers and a sister who is one year his senior. "While my parents were out there doing what they were doing, I had to take care of...

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