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Heart of Yule

Jaya Avendel·December 17, 2020

Heart of Yule written by: Jaya Avendel @AvendelJaya Under the twinkling moon A thousand fir trees Prepare...

English Poetry Christmas

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Post-Halloween

Billy Antonio·November 1, 2019

Post-Halloween written by: Billy Antonio post-Halloween… among the candy wrappers a discarded fang...

English Poetry Halloween

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Discarded and Forgotten

Glen McKenzie·April 29, 2019

Discarded and Forgotten written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther You held me tightly like we were lovers of...

English Poetry

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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...

Features

A Little Black Dress

Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Inevitable Alignment

A Little Black Dress

Betrayers of the Past

A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing

Ruth

The Preacher Man

SANS

Discarded Like A Torn Paper

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Heart of Yule

Post-Halloween

Discarded and Forgotten

Great Scott!

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Finding Refuge

Think Me Not A Fool

Blood and Salt

I Am a Poet!

The Lavender Pages

Getting On

Our Flying Objects

Pandora’s Box

Winter Silence

The Love is a Long Night of Silence