"In the Thick of It" is a 2025 poetry and prose and artwork collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of the September through December 2025 issues of cc&d magazine ("Children, Churches and Daddies": the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine, http://scars.tv/ccd). Writers and artists in this issue collection book anthology include Aaron Wilder, Adelheid Manefeldt, Allen F. McNair, Andy Roberts, ayaz daryl nielsen, Bill Tope, Binod Dawadi, Bob Strother, Brian Daly, Caitlin Buhr, Carl Chapman, Cathleen Schandelmeier, Christian Ward, Christina Culverhouse, Christopher Hivner, Darrell J. Wiens, David J. Thompson, David Larsen, David Michael Jackson, David William Jurgenson, Dawn McCormack, Douglas Young, Dr. John A. Wilde, Dr. Schnooz a.k.a. Daniel S. Weinberg, Duane Anderson, Eden Pela, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eliot Singer, Elizabeth Allison, Eric Bonholtzer, Eric Burbridge, Frederick Frankenberg, Ivan Pozzoni, Jac Roberson, Jacob Alexander, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Janet Mason, Jenny Morelli, Jerry Pendergast, Jim Kjeldsen, Joe Couture, John F McMullen, John Grey, John Tures, John Yotko, Jonathan B. Ferrini, Jose Manoj Mathews T, Kenneth DiMaggio, Kyle Hemmings, Lee Hammerschmidt, Leigh-Anne Burley, Leira Evans, Linda M. Crate, Lou Faber, Lynn White, Madhumati Dutta, Mark Pearce, Matthew McAyeal, Michael Gigandet, Michael McStay, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Nirjhara Shafi Tathoi, Pat Raia, Pulkita Anand, R.K. West, Richard LeDue, Rory Kilalea, Rose E. Grier, Sarah Das Gupta, Sterling Warner, Stuart K Calderwood, Stuti Jain, Susan Pollet, T. N. Roman, Taye Carrol, Thom Woodruff, Thomas Elson, Tom Kropp, Tom T. MacFarland, Tony Covatta, Uday Mukerji, Uzeyir Lokman Cayci, and Wes Heine. Writers and artists included in this book are also listed with their writing at the Scars Publications book link (search for the book title in the books section at http://scars.tv).