"More Softly than the Thunder" is a 2021 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v306, the February 2021 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 it's 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 Andrew Wolczyk, Bree L. Adley, CEE, Charles Hayes, Colton Green, David J. Thompson, Drew Nacht, DS Maolalai, Erren Kelly, James Hold, Jane Stuart, Janet Kuypers, Leigh Armitage, Linda M. Crate, Lorna Wood, Margaret Marcum, Mark J. Mitchell, Michael Ceraolo, Michael Summerleigh, Patrick T. Reardon, RF Thomas, Ronald Charles Epstein, Stephen Faulkner, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, Fabrice Poussin, Helen Bird, and Kyle Hemmings.