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Nature’s Music

Contemporary_9·February 24, 2023

Nature’s Music written by: Contemporary_9 Nature captures Every Heart, Makes you forget Past, Present and Future, And...

English Poetry

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Love Succumbs

Ladybug·February 13, 2023

Love Succumbs written by: Ladybug Love abandons itself to hearts entwined And makes its way to a...

English Poetry

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The Moonshiner Poet

Troy DeFrates·January 20, 2023

The Moonshiner Poet written by: Troy DeFrates Wistfully scribbling frantic notes to capture ethereal emotions and feelings,...

Poetry English

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A 1961 Christmas Adventure

Louis A. Will·December 24, 2022

A 1961 Christmas Adventure written by: Louis A. Will My younger brother and I had it all...

Christmas English Literature

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Up in The Air

Karin Porter·November 9, 2022

Up in The Air written by: Karin Porter I watch the wind Blow through the trees The...

English 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...

Features

Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Finding Refuge

If I Were a Poem

Blood Territory

Perfidious Devils

Write

The Lost Boy

The Thing Is

The Following

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Nature’s Music

Love Succumbs

The Moonshiner Poet

A 1961 Christmas Adventure

Up in The Air

Great Scott!

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Think Me Not A Fool

Blood and Salt

Pure Revenge

Hello, Young Friend

Apocalypse-Skull-God

To My Past and Future

Surviving the Winter’s Wrath

Trauma