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Nelson’s Dilemma

Mark Patterson·July 10, 2022

Nelson’s Dilemma written by: Mark Patterson “Pick up the rifle and shoot!” Nelson’s hand shook as he...

Life Begins When One Ends

Lei Writses·June 10, 2022

Life Begins When One Ends written by: Lei Writses Life begins, dense it ends, when thou be...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Crown of India

Zaki Ansari·June 8, 2022

Crown of India written by: Zaki Ansari @ZakiAshkim Sweets of Eid and holy Christmas cake and langar...

English Poetry

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Random

Ruchi Srivastava·May 21, 2022

Random written by: Ruchi Srivastava Random… Because that is what life is… Sometimes lifting you up Sometimes...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Not Tonight

Loredano Cafaro·May 4, 2022

Not Tonight written by: Loredano Cafaro translated by: Sabrina Beretta edited by: Kate Seger I fear the...

Literature English

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Choice is Mine

Dessy Tsvetkova·April 2, 2022

Choice is Mine written by: Dessy Tsvetkova Sometimes the day is full of unknowns, And you have...

English Poetry

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My Love

Martha Annice·February 24, 2022

My Love written by: Martha Annice Jackson @ANNICE31245245 Those sounds that haunt your mouth Please use your...

English Poetry

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Long Ago

Magdalena Podobińska·November 19, 2021

Long Ago written by: Magdalena Podobińska @Madzia33 long ago I stood on the shore ready to weather the...

English Poetry

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The Last Sighting of Merlina, poetry by Meg Smith at Spillwords.com

My Last Sighting of Merlina

Meg Smith·October 14, 2021

The Last Sighting of Merlina written by: Meg Smith @MegSmith_Writer Tower of London, March 2015 I could...

English Poetry

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Rush

Glen McKenzie·September 28, 2021

Rush written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther the blur confused living where distraction reigns constant acceleration of living...

Poetry English

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A Choice

Saahil Tatkare·July 23, 2021

A Choice written by: Saahil Tatkare If Life grants you a chance to make a choice, You...

English Poetry

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Home

Andy Lind·July 13, 2021

Home written by: Andy Lind @AndrewJLind The desire to go back grows Each time her ears pound...

English Poetry

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Scan

Wizz Inasia·July 9, 2021

Scan written by: Wizz Inasia I don’t know where to start, To explain what I feel, When...

English Poetry

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She Was Walking Home

Fin Hall·April 12, 2021

She Was Walking Home written by: Fin Hall @FinHall She was just walking home Just Nothing else,...

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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