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Halloween Monster Lab

Spillwords·September 25, 2024

Welcome to Monster Lab Unleash your creativity and help us craft the ultimate Spillwords Halloween Monster. Cast your...

The Drifting Essence

Susanna Sousa·August 22, 2024

The Drifting Essence written by: Susanna Sousa - Dear Theodore Hatchwell, I realize this is one of my more serious letters...

English Literature

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Before I Knocked

Spillwords·June 9, 2024

Before I Knocked a poem by: Dylan Thomas Before I knocked and flesh let enter, With liquid...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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The Angel That Presided ‘oer My Birth

Spillwords·May 12, 2024

The Angel That Presided ‘oer My Birth a poem by: William Blake The Angel that presided ‘oer...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Lover’s Petition

Spillwords·March 3, 2024

Lover’s Petition a poem by: Ralph Waldo Emerson Good Heart, that ownest all! I ask a modest...

English Poetry Literary Greats

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All Across The Mountain

R. David Fulcher·December 9, 2023

All Across The Mountain written by: R. David Fulcher @rdfgoalie The crescent moon hung high above Horned...

English Literature

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Blood Moon

Aaron Grierson·October 28, 2023

Blood Moon written by: Aaron Grierson “Come to the dance with me,” she beckons softly from my...

13 Days of Halloween Featured Post Literature Halloween English

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The Gringlesnat

Alisa Guttadauro·October 19, 2023

The Gringlesnat written by: Alisa Guttadauro There’s a gringlesnat in my closet, I tried to tell my...

Poetry Halloween English

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Childhood Friendship

Mark Russo·July 16, 2023

Childhood Friendship written by: Mark Russo @mrusso35913173 Chipmunk, fat cheeks huffin’ ‘n puffin’, ran into the yard...

English Literature

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Mermaids & Miracles

Ann Parker·June 11, 2023

Mermaids & Miracles written by: Ann Parker When I was five, at Sandy Cove Bay, I met...

English Poetry

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She Wolf

A J Wilson·May 11, 2023

She Wolf written by: A J Wilson a creature of myth and legend of fear and wonder,...

Poetry English

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Let This One Be a Devil

Jennifer Christiansen·March 4, 2023

Let This One Be a Devil written by: Jennifer Christiansen @JChristiansen13 New Jersey: The 1970s The cabin...

English Literature Featured Post

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Death of The Moth

Marc Frazier·January 11, 2023

Death of The Moth written by: Marc Frazier @marcfrazier45 It died amidst flutters and spasms. What beauty...

English Literature

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Soulless Creature

Fallen Engel·December 12, 2022

Soulless Creature written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 Moons fall Dreams fail Eternity burns So what the hell...

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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