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Chasity Gaines·May 20, 2018

Bittersweet In Hello written by: Chasity Gaines @ChasityAnneGai1 I’ve never been good at hello’s Or goodbye’s Too...

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LET ME GO

Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar·October 30, 2017

LET ME GO written by: Madhumita @madhumita6 Our eyes met, On a day beautiful and wet, A...

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Days of Yore by Anne G at spillwords.com

The Days of Yore

Anne G·June 22, 2015

The Days of Yore written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth The days of yore are long since gone...

Anne G English Poetry

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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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