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"All They Ever Were" is a 2023 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v338, the 10/23 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 Al Causey, Alfredo Bravo de Rueda, Bill Tope, Christopher Hivner, Dan Yonah Johnson, Denise McCabe, Eric Burbridge, Gale Acuff, George R. Justice, James Bates, James Correnti, Janet Kuypers, Linda M. Crate, Matt McGee, MW Murphy, Retta Lewis, Richard LeDue, Robert Collings, Wendy Taylor, Aaron Wilder, Christina Culverhouse, David J. Thompson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, John Yotko, Karen Hedges, Kyle Hemmings, Rose E. Grier, and Uzeyir Lokman Cayci.