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The Lover

Fay L. Loomis·January 21, 2025

The Lover written by: Fay L. Loomis - I ached to see a longtime favorite movie, The Lover...

Literature English

·5 mins read

Steps

Lois Perch Villemaire·October 15, 2024

Steps written by: Lois Perch Villemaire Her father owns a grocery store on Main Street one block...

Poetry English Featured Post

·1 min read

Painless Passion

Kahlil Crawford·September 16, 2024

Painless Passion written by: Kahlil Crawford @kahl1l0 In the late ‘90’s/early 2000’s, I lived in the San...

Poetry English

·1 min read

First Meeting

Ernie Stricsek·September 1, 2024

First Meeting written by: Ernie Stricsek - June 5, 1944, outskirts of St. Marie-Du-Mont, France - In the corner of their dining room, Gerard Bouchard sat huddled...

Literature Featured Post English

·7 mins read

Opa’s Champion Cart

Tim Law·August 18, 2024

Opa's Champion Cart written by: Tim Law - February 11, 1990 will forever be remembered as the day a great man walked free...

English Literature

·2 mins read

Oh, Mother!

Etya Krichmar·July 15, 2023

Oh, Mother! written by: Etya Krichmar @etyakrichmar Twenty-four years ago, on May 9, 1999, my defiant mother...

English Literature

·4 mins read

Cigarettes

Sean O'Leary·February 5, 2023

Cigarettes written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 ‘This guy I used to go to uni with, Mick Costa,...

Literature Featured Post English

·11 mins read

When Youth Feels Invincible

Kate Leo·January 20, 2023

When Youth Feels Invincible written by: Kate Leo “You’re such a leadfoot. You’re lucky Officer Stiller likes...

English Literature

·8 mins read

Joni Mitchell’s Influence on Prince

Philip D. Webb·October 2, 2022

Joni Mitchell’s Influence on Prince written by: Philip D. Webb To say that Prince was a fan...

Blondes in Istanbul

Shirley Goodrum·July 2, 2022

Blondes in Istanbul written by: Shirley Goodrum I swallow my rising vomit and sit astride my Cellini...

English Literature

·11 mins read

September ’97 Lament

Karin Porter·March 22, 2022

September ’97 Lament written by: Karin Porter I can’t be wrong My love is real Yet I’m...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Coat Hanger Garrote

G. Rod Hamilton·March 1, 2022

Coat Hanger Garrote written by: Rando Mithlo I’ve noticed lately that the morning skies have something to...

Jazz

Sean O'Leary·July 13, 2021

Jazz written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 When I was nineteen I met this girl and her birthday...

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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