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The Indestructible Antidote

Moonmoon Chowdhury·June 25, 2022

The Indestructible Antidote written by: Moonmoon Chowdhury Soot and tar permeate the porous infinity, Ashen dunes bury...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Call From Within

Puneet Kumar·June 17, 2022

Call From Within written by: Puneet Kumar @authorpuneet I spend my hours In brooding And I sit...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Black Savage

James Walmsley·February 20, 2022

Black Savage written by: James Walmsley In the wildest of winds on the darkest of nights she...

Poetry English

·4 mins read

The 11th Command

Virginia Mateias·December 10, 2021

The 11th Command written by: Virginia Mateias @MateiasVirginia Your fingers playing with my hair deny the laws...

English Poetry

·1 min read

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 ...

Features

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Cast Off

Mercury

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Creatures of Habit

Zombie

Slowly

Tarry Awhile Longer

Manna From Heaven

Hard Landing

The Bridal Ballad

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The Indestructible Antidote

Call From Within

Black Savage

The 11th Command

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

Still Standing Tall

Cast Off

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Every Day, at Five A.M.

A Small Girl’s Holiday Wish

Little Spruce Tree

Christmas Pudding

Zombie

Creatures of Habit

Milli-Between-Seconds