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sometimes i cradle life when i’m next to you

PMMurphy·May 12, 2016

sometimes i cradle life when i’m next to you written by: PMMurphy @PMMurphyArtist i found myself etched in...

English PMMurphy Heart Strings Poetry

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Memories Can Stain the World

PMMurphy·May 10, 2016

memories can stain the world written by: PMMurphy @PMMurphyArtist i played with gravel in my hands; until it...

English PMMurphy Heart Strings Poetry

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You Cause Me to Swim for Air

PMMurphy·May 6, 2016

you cause me to swim for air written by: PMMurphy @PMMurphyArtist imposing myself on you as i see...

English PMMurphy Heart Strings Poetry

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I Can’t Wait to Log Back in

PMMurphy·May 4, 2016

i can’t wait to log back in written by: PMMurphy @PMMurphyArtist distance seems longer going on forever, i...

English PMMurphy Heart Strings Poetry

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remembering you

PMMurphy·May 2, 2016

remembering you written by: PMMurphy @PMMurphyArtist lost in patterns of the mind, drifting; and dropping into a void...

Poetry English PMMurphy Heart Strings

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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