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Tinashe Muza·June 20, 2019

Interlude written by: Tinashe Muza With the AKG phones plugged in, I soak heavily into Hozier’s Wasteland...

English Poetry

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Working The Crisis Hotline

Dianne Moritz·May 30, 2019

Working The Crisis Hotline written by: Dianne Moritz Down by the river in cramped quarters, telephones ring...

Poetry English

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Save My Soul: An Existential Crisis

Pranab Ghosh·March 27, 2019

Save My Soul An Existential Crisis written by: Pranab Ghosh Save My Soul: An Existential Crisis The bloodhounds....

English Poetry

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The Homeless Guy

Robin McNamara·February 27, 2019

The Homeless Guy written by: Robin McNamara @robbiemac72 The shutters pulled down he made his bed cardboard...

English Poetry

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Crisis Of Conscience

Paul Anthony Obey·August 29, 2018

Crisis of Conscience written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Do you belong here or somewhere else? Just...

Poetry English

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TO FETCH A PAIL OF WATER…

K. Radhakrishnan·May 25, 2018

TO FETCH A PAIL OF WATER… written by: K. RADHAKRISHNAN Not so lucky as nursery rhyme famous...

Poetry English

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Hope

Saahil Tatkare·March 21, 2018

Hope written by: Saahil Tatkare One fine day, The clouds turned grey. Soil turned Vermilion, With massacre...

Poetry English

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The Burden of War

Hope Jones·October 12, 2017

The Burden of War written by: Hope Jones @Hope__Jones Iman looked out the window as her mother...

Literature English

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Drunken Sailor

MR.QUIPTY·November 27, 2016

AUTHOR OF THE PROMPT: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 THE PROMPT: Pirates.. Arggg… Walk the plank ! Drunken...

MR. QUIPTY Prompting MR.QUIPTY Poetry English Featured Post

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Mirror, Mirror

Nicole Cheng·October 13, 2016

Mirror, Mirror written by: Nicole Cheng @NicoleCheng13 Mirror, mirror on the wall, Will I rise up or...

English

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The Boat People

Aparna Reddy·September 27, 2016

The Boat People written by: Aparna Reddy @AR_Midnighthues the shores are unreachable the sea cannot sustain them...

Poetry English

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60 Euros a Day

Anne G·June 30, 2015

60 Euros a Day An Original U-BLOG by Anne G Greece, cradle of Democracy. The birthplace of Socrates,...

Article Anne G English

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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