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In Passing

Pete Able·December 7, 2018

In Passing written by: Pete Able It was my final year of school and I was at...

English Literature

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Of Men And Society

Mohamed Ait Ali·August 24, 2018

Of Men And Society written by: Mohamed Ait Ali In these cold places where men often gather,...

Poetry English

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Come All Ye Sinners

Traci Mullins·August 19, 2018

Come All Ye Sinners written by: Traci Mullins I don’t mean to be critical, but my little...

UNRAVELING

Leanne Neill·April 20, 2017

UNRAVELING written by: Leanne Neill @LeanneNeill2 I believed again; for a little while. Such a convincing weave...

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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In Passing

Of Men And Society

Come All Ye Sinners

UNRAVELING

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

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To Grandmother’s House

Breakfast on the Beach

The Visit

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

A Strange Place

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

Success Despite Childhood Trauma

2AM Thoughts

A Silent Existence