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"Blackbirds, Lyrebirds, WeaverBirds" is a 2023 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v340, the 22/23 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since its inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released either monthly or every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include Alan Catlin, Alfredo Bravo de Rueda, Ben Umayam, Bill Tope, Christian Ward, Christopher Hivner, Drew Nacht, Eric Burbridge, Eugen Spierer, Gale Acuff, George R. Justice, Gerald George, James Bates, James Correnti, James Croal Jackson, Janet Kuypers, John Grey, Jonathan Odell, Julie Allyn Johnson, Kelley Jean White, Kenneth DiMaggio, Leigh-Anne Burley, Margaret D. Stetz, Michael Ceraolo, Michael Lee Johnson, Nolo Segundo, Steve Doran, Aaron Wilder, Binod Dawadi, Christina Culverhouse, David J. Thompson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, Helen Bird, Karen Hedges, Kyle Hemmings, Rose E. Grier, and Uzeyir Lokman Cayci.