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The Christmas Wish List

Andrea Walker·December 2, 2022

The Christmas Wish List written by: Andrea Walker All she wanted for Christmas Was to find the...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Candy

Doug Hawley·October 21, 2022

Candy written by: Doug Hawley @DougHawley8 Their leader Joe started off the post-Halloween meeting. “How did you...

Literature Halloween English

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Lil’ Matador

Charles R. Bucklin·August 19, 2021

Lil’ Matador written by: Charles R. Bucklin My mother must have turned some heads the day she...

English Featured Post Literature

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Playing The Odds

Eve Dobbins·June 29, 2021

Playing The Odds written by: Eve Dobbins The gambler as he was known in a few circles...

Literature English

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Kibbles

Grant Guy·October 11, 2018

Kibbles written by: Grant Guy I was talking to my dog last week I was telling I...

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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