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The Cities of the Dead, flash fiction by Marcelle Rayner at Spillwords.com

The Last Day Slips Into the Next

English Poetry

Life’s a Riot, Somehow, prose by Bala at Spillwords.com

Weird Province

Robyn MacKinnon·July 9, 2023

Weird Province written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat …I just realized Mushrooms can make it rain–how This province...

Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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A Saw a Chapel, poem by William Blake at Spillwords.com

I Saw a Chapel

Spillwords·July 9, 2023

I Saw a Chapel a poem by: William Blake I saw a chapel all of gold That...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Spotlight On Writers – Doug Bartlett

Doug Bartlett·July 8, 2023

Spotlight On Writers Doug Bartlett Where, do you hail from? I was born and raised in a...

Q&A Authors Literature English

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A Poet’s Public Service Announcement

John Grey·July 8, 2023

A Poet’s Public Service Announcement written by: John Grey All this pain comes with the territory. Veneer...

Summer Crown

Jan Smith·July 8, 2023

Summer Crown written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL She wears a summer crown, in a daisy field full...

Poetry English

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Evolution

Thaddeus Hutyra·July 8, 2023

Evolution written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 I used to believe the evolution of humankind Shall bring us...

Poetry English

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Homeward Bound

Ellie Ness·July 8, 2023

Homeward Bound written by: Ellie Ness @EleanorNess Standing at the Middle Eastern International Airport with my passport...

Literature English

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Secrets

Bala·July 8, 2023

Secrets written by: Bala The secrets we hide Blotches to our pride From the past we try...

Poetry English

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Unrequited Infatuation

Lee Montgomery-Hughes·July 7, 2023

Unrequited Infatuation written by: Lee Montgomery-Hughes @Enscriptor Sing to me songs of death and sorrow That I...

Poetry English

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Crab Island

Leslie Rider·July 7, 2023

Crab Island written by: Leslie Rider @writer317537 Sent Sat, Feb 4, 2023, at 9:00 AM To: Todd.Sullivan@thesun.org...

Literature English

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Ellipsis

Ana Dee·July 7, 2023

Ellipsis written by: Ana Dee Like a parched land that thirsts for the rain’s touch, I want...

Poetry English

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Celebration

Damian Laounaros·July 7, 2023

Celebration written by: Damian Laounaros @damian_laou There are days that I feel sick I feel wanna scream...

English Poetry

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Actor in Your Play

Breanna Hobbs-Dunning·July 7, 2023

Actor in Your Play written by: Breanna Hobbs-Dunning You’re an actor, my sweet boy. And you played...

English Poetry

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A Breaking Wave

Kajal·July 7, 2023

A Breaking Wave written by: Kajal @MermaidSpen That’s how forgetting works. The thing about forgetting is, you...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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