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The Trip To Nativity

Jim Bates·December 22, 2021

The Trip to Nativity written by: Jim Bates We’d always been close, my son and I, but in...

12 Days of Christmas English Literature Christmas Featured Post

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Pumpkins

Paul Thwaites·October 19, 2021

Pumpkins written by: Paul Thwaites Faceless await their faces, Anonymities of fields, Bowl in the sun studded...

Poetry Halloween English

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Sanu Sharma

Sanu Sharma is a Nepali novelist, short story writer, poet and lyricist. She has published several novels and short story collections, and numerous lyrical works. Her prose sheds light on the struggles of women, girls, and marginalized communities, tackling overlooked familial and societal issues, while her poetry and lyrics capture universal emotions. Her short story collection Ekadeshmaa received widespread acclaim and was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar in 2018. Several of her novels and stories have been adapted into audio and visual formats, and her ghazals and lyrics have been set to music by various composers and performed by renowned singers.

Precious Moments by Valli Henry-Boldini

...The little blue jay landed on the windowsill just as Frank’s heart skipped another beat. He looked at her delicate colours and the way she flitted back and forth along the white peeling ledge. She reminded him so much of his wife Emily, as she skipped along the white sandy beach all those years ago.

Emily lay asleep on their bed. Frank watched her from his favourite window seat and smiled. Thirty years had passed and she had remained his destiny.

As the bright morning sunlight burst through the top half of the windowpane and landed on her ashen face, its warmth stirred her from her slumber and she extended her thin arm to block out its penetrating rays...

Features

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

The Suit of Red

The Reluctant Santa

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dawn Minott

Spotlight On Writers – Séimí Mac Aindreasa

Spotlight On Writers – Nancy E. Campos

The Suit of Red

Christmas Secret

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

The Gourmand

Anne Boleyn

The Case of the Missing Brougham

Next Turn

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The Trip To Nativity

Pumpkins

To Save This Broken House

Nostalgia

The Hollow

The Reluctant Santa

The Suit of Red

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

Into The Night

Late Frost

The Case of the Missing Santa

Spotlight On Writers – Dawn Minott