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Fireflies in Fairfax County

Ellie Ness·March 9, 2024

Fireflies in Fairfax County written by: Ellie Ness @EleanorNess With lamentable timing, I met Joe just before...

Literature English

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Blue

Eric Robert Nolan·November 17, 2023

Blue written by: Eric Robert Nolan Blue is burning bright and deep in the gardens of my...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Beware The Shadow

Lisa H. Owens·October 27, 2023

Beware The Shadow written by: Lisa H. Owens @LisaHOwens I am not the Slender Man, Or the...

English Poetry Halloween

·1 min read

The Haunt

Heather Hawk·October 23, 2023

The Haunt written by: Heather Hawk The streets were lit by a clear starry sky and a...

Literature Halloween English

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The Neighborhood

Jamie Johnson·May 30, 2023

The Neighborhood written by: Jamie Johnson I collect some ephemera and push through the tacky screen door...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Four Springtime Achoo-Haiku

Lisa H. Owens·April 24, 2023

Four Springtime Achoo-Haiku written by: Lisa H. Owens @LisaHOwens The Joke’s on you, Toad! Why, hello there,...

English Poetry

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Psithurism

Carrie Magness Radna·September 26, 2022

Psithurism written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 I used to hate the sounds outside my bedroom window:...

English Poetry

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The Lizard

Lynn White·August 28, 2022

The Lizard written by: Lynn White The lizard loves abandoned places. They make for an exciting life,...

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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Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Barney and His Angel

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Bonfire of Resolve

SHIMLA

Box or an Urn

Finding Cherry

Yellowstone Geyser

Easter Egg Hunt

Ghosts of Halloween Past

All My Children

backyard

Fireflies in Fairfax County

Blue

Beware The Shadow

The Haunt

The Neighborhood

Four Springtime Achoo-Haiku

Psithurism

The Lizard

To Grandmother’s House

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Naughty Or Nice

Barney and His Angel

The Leap

LOVE

Uwierz w Deszcz

The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth

Hardening of the Heart

SHIMLA