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Stairway to Heaven

Luiz Syphre·November 7, 2017

Stairway to Heaven written by: Luiz Syphre @poetandkids And so I run! I take one stride after...

English Literature

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The Comfort House Chronicles: The Box

RayFed·April 2, 2017

The Comfort House Chronicles: The Box written by: RayFed @MrRayFed It must have been nearly midnight. Outside...

Literature English

·14 mins read

Murder For Fun

Stanley Wilkin·February 16, 2017

Murder for Fun written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk The murder had occurred somewhere between 7 and 8...

English Literature

·11 mins read

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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