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The Crack of Dawn

Sheila Henry·September 6, 2020

The Crack of Dawn written by: Sheila Henry April Sandiford had been having frequent scary dreams lately....

English Literature

·11 mins read

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Sunil Sharma·September 5, 2020

Home written by: Sunil Sharma @drsunilsharma They often asked Ramesh about the chase and fight. And the...

Literature English

·9 mins read

Dom, poetry written by Mirosława Stojak at Spillwords.com

Dom

Mirosława Stojak·August 26, 2020

Dom written by: Mirosława Stojak To jest twój dom Pełen licznych obrazów zawieszonych w codziennej przestrzeni Pełen...

Polish International Poetry

·1 min read

Eddie Went To School

Karen Rey·August 7, 2020

Eddie Went To School written by: Karen Rey eddie went to school with a broken heart because...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Unspeakable Truths

Kim Willoughby·August 1, 2020

Unspeakable Truths written by: Kim Willoughby Dysfunctional family It’s a harsh reality Irrational jealousy Turns a blind...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Mom, Who Paints The Sky That Way

Elaine Marie Carnegie-Padgett·July 31, 2020

Mom, Who Paints The Sky That Way written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 I watched my blonde-haired babies,...

English Poetry

·1 min read

On My Birthday

Elke Margaretta·July 26, 2020

On My Birthday written by: Elke Margaretta October 22 For a while there, I didn’t think she’d...

Literature English

·1 min read

Portrane

Deborah Joan Jones·July 20, 2020

Portrane written by: Deborah Joan Jones There was a time in childhood, it came ‘round every year...

English Poetry

·2 mins read

The Last Dance

A Stump·July 14, 2020

The Last Dance written by: A Stump They’re all here. They think I’m going to die now....

Empty Bedroooms

Ricky Hawthorne·July 10, 2020

Empty Bedrooms written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames I saw you The bedroom door was ajar Their bedroom...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Stay Away

Steve Carr·July 1, 2020

Stay Away written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 The heat was suffocating. The sweat-soaked sheet stuck to Tom’s...

Literature English

·9 mins read

Breakfast at Iggy’s and Ana’s Cafe

Jenise Cook·June 30, 2020

Breakfast at Iggy’s and Ana’s Cafe written by: Jenise Cook @jenisecook Mike Gallegos Manzanares sauntered into his aunt...

English Literature

·6 mins read

Funeral Strains

Gary Beck·June 29, 2020

Funeral Strains written by: Gary Beck Scene 1 (Pre-show. Offstage. Blaring sounds of anti-gay, anti-military protest, by...

English Literature

·7 mins read

Niece

Sarra Culleno·June 27, 2020

Niece written by: Sarra Culleno @sarra1978 She slept on my chest every weekend of her life, but...

Poetry English

·1 min read

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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