title: The Gate of Heaven and Other Story Worlds
author:  Raima Larter 
description: Raima Larter is a former professor and government scientist, now devoting herself to writing, both fiction and non-fiction. Her work has won several awards and been published by Writer's Journal and Paycock Press. This is her first short story collection. Raima also writes about science and is the author of the blog, Complexity Simplified. Visit her website at raimalarter.com
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
    * Title
    * Title Page
    * Copyright Page
    * Dedication
    * Acknowledgements
    * Chapter One Through different eyes
    * Chapter Two The Gatekeepers
    * Chapter Three Stairway to Heaven
    * Chapter Four Why do you hide from me?
    * Chapter Five Elijah
    * Chapter Six Absorbing the pain of others
    * Chapter Seven A creature without a soul
    * Chapter Eight The Intermediary
    * Chapter Nine The Angel of Death
    * Chapter Ten The bombers
    * Chapter Eleven The Angel of Mother's love
    * Chapter Twelve Country cottage
    * Chapter Thirteen Telling Joe
    * Chapter Fourteen I never knew I had a Guardian Angel
    * Chapter Fifteen The power of prayer
    * Chapter Sixteen The tunnel
    * Chapter Seventeen Three knocks on the window
    * Chapter Eighteen 'Isn't Lorna lucky . . .'
    * Chapter Nineteen 'I'm here, I'm here – here I am!'
    * Chapter Twenty The golden chain
    * Chapter Twenty-one I need some miracles
    * Chapter Twenty-two Satan at the gate
    * Chapter Twenty-th