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Shipwrecked

L.M.Giannone·May 5, 2018

Shipwrecked written by: L.M.Giannone @LISAGNO Your love is like a beacon for my shipwrecked soul as I...

English Poetry

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Light House

Dani Gray·November 4, 2016

Light House written by: Gray Skies @seattlegray03 You ask which one I am, the light house or...

English

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Beacon

L.M.Giannone·September 1, 2016

Beacon written by: L.M.Giannone @LISAGNO you are the sunlight in my darkest nights A welcome beacon...

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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The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Zombie

A Beacon Of Hope

In The Glow of Your Eyes

The Eternal Gift of Christmas

Shadows of Hope: The Tale of Mira’s Egg

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Light House

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Mercury

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

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Cast Off

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Broken Halo Blues

The Christmas Stocking

A Small Girl’s Holiday Wish

Little Spruce Tree

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