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Hurry Back: For Agnes

Mary Ellen Gambutti·February 18, 2020

Hurry Back: For Agnes written by: Mary Ellen Gambutti @melcmg I position my mother’s wheelchair against the...

English Literature

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Hungarian Wizardries – Musings

Paweł Markiewicz·October 23, 2019

Hungarian Wizardries – Musings written by: Paweł Markiewicz Something of Hungary would give thanks to Austria for...

English Poetry

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Schiele’s Embrace

Henry Bladon·February 7, 2019

Schiele’s Embrace written by: Henry Bladon In the warmth of our stolen evening, My passion for you cannot be...

English Featured Post Poetry

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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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