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Remembering Sam De Brito

Yvonne Aoll·August 22, 2021

Remembering Sam De Brito All Men Are Liars written by: Yvonne Aoll “All men are liars, why...

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The Last Fleet

Amanda Elizabeth Hemmings·August 12, 2021

The Last Fleet written by: Amanda Hemmings If the boats really are coming, I heard an old...

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...

Different Journeys

Michael J. Leach·January 21, 2021

Different Journeys written by: Michael J Leach @m_jleach flanked by eucalypts, I drive past an echidna crossing...

Poetry English

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Black Hail

Peter Farrar·January 11, 2021

Black Hail written by: Peter Farrar The rains broke but it was too late. They’d approached from...

Literature English

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Fake Santa

Meg Dunn·December 16, 2020

Fake Santa written by: Meg Dunn Under duress and too many beers I agree to stand in...

English Literature Christmas

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Louis Brogdite, Private Detective

Andrew Scobie·September 1, 2020

Louis Brogdite, Private Detective written by: Andrew Scobie April, 1982 I drove the old convertible, Louis beside me...

Wistful Thinking (Sydney 1999)

Richard Rebel·July 8, 2020

Wistful Thinking (Sydney 1999) written by: Richard Rebel The monorail shushes out of Harbourside. It’s afternoon. The...

Literature English

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Hooked

R.C. Morgan·June 6, 2020

Hooked written by: R.C. Morgan Ripples on the surface gave away the position of a large Murray...

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Below the Surface

Eliza Segiet·May 3, 2020

NOTE: Photography – © Lodo27 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0...

Poetry Polish English International Featured Post

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Clancy of The Overflow

Spillwords·May 3, 2020

Clancy of The Overflow a poem by: Banjo Paterson I had written him a letter which I...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Fire

Mehreen Ahmed·March 30, 2020

Fire written by: Mehreen Ahmed @MehreenAhmed2 Laura stood at her window in the forest hut, watching a...

Literature English

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Smoke

Julia K·February 11, 2020

Smoke written by: Julia K Curl your way into our lungs Nostrils, eyes, skin You have ways...

English Poetry

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The Ultimate Beast

Susan Wakefield·January 12, 2020

The Ultimate Beast written by: Susan Wakefield When played the crackling sounds of fire Make haste to...

Poetry English

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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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