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Burning Images

Jim Murdoch·September 27, 2022

Burning Images written by: Jim Murdoch Again is not the same as more. You’ve seen it all...

English Poetry

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The Costume

Jose Wan Diaz·October 21, 2021

The Costume written by: Jose Wan Diaz This year he was preparing his costume for the Halloween...

Halloween English Literature

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Remain To Admire

G. Rod Hamilton·September 21, 2021

Remain To Admire written by: Rando Mithlo for Richard Nickel Rush to beat the sundown Stave...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Cicatrices y Huellas

Jose A Gomez·April 20, 2021

Cicatrices y Huellas written by: José A Gómez Cicatrices profundas y huellas notables los años pasando las...

Poetry Jose A Gomez Spanish Featured Post

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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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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

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Creatures of Habit

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The Little Things

Shouldn’t We

I Need Do Nothing

A Class Act

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Burning Images

The Costume

Remain To Admire

Cicatrices y Huellas

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

Still Standing Tall

Cast Off

Every Day, at Five A.M.

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Zombie

Creatures of Habit

Milli-Between-Seconds

The Lonely Hour

Slowly

You’ll Be Fine