"Lasting Forever" is a 2022 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v328, the December 2022 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, Algo, Antoni Summer Klopotowski, ayaz daryl nielsen, Bill Tope, C Ra McGuirt, Charles Hayes, Chris Nylander, Doug M. Dawson, DS Maolalai, Erren Kelly, J. Ross Archer, James Bates, James Mulhern, Janet Kuypers, John Amendall, John F McMullen, John Grey, John Zurn, Skylar Ruprecht, Linda M. Crate, Brian Hosey, Christina Culverhouse, David J. Thompson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, John Yotko, Karen Hedges, Kyle Hemmings, and Rose E. Grier.