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If You Should Go

JahArt Kushite·January 27, 2024

If You Should Go written by: JahArt Kushite @JahartK If you should go, please leave like a...

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Last Conversation with My Daughter

Mayumi Yamamoto·January 19, 2024

Last Conversation with My Daughter written by: Mayumi Yamamoto “What is the greatest benevolence worthy of a...

English Poetry

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Ruth

James Walmsley·September 7, 2023

Ruth written by: James Walmsley Farewell my friends for I am gone, not quite the way I...

Labyrinth

Obongofon Etuk·August 7, 2023

Labyrinth written by: Obongofon Etuk @Bard_Of_Uyo In recent years my step is hushed, a whispered tread, Through...

English Poetry

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Fog at The Break of Dawn

Peggy Gerber·August 3, 2023

Fog at The Break of Dawn written by: Peggy Gerber @peggysue445 Suitcases packed, dorm-size fridge wedged into...

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It’s Never Goodbye

Francisco Bravo Cabrera·July 13, 2023

It’s Never Goodbye written by: Francisco Bravo Cabrera It’s never a goodbye… One more kiss to close...

Poetry English

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Man in a Hole

JPK·June 28, 2023

Man in a Hole written by: JPK It was fair to say that Slattery had drink taken,...

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The Dying Nurse

Stark Hunter·June 10, 2023

The Dying Nurse written by: Stark Hunter @StarkHunter A brown ’87 Corolla parked on Strub Street The...

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Farewell Love

Victor Oyewole·April 4, 2023

Farewell Love written by: Victor Oyewole It was an empty hug, The flame of love, thick but...

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Emotional Ocean Eyes

Tessa Weitemeier·February 21, 2023

Emotional Ocean Eyes written by: Tessa Weitemeier @TessaWeitemeier We were trying to find a runaway Back then...

English Poetry

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Farewell, My Angel

Sincerelydaniela·February 18, 2023

Farewell, My Angel written by: Daniela Marie “I’m sorry” What more can I say? Your forgiveness is...

English Poetry

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Last Dance

JPK·November 13, 2022

Last Dance written by: JPK On Saturday nights he went to the pub. Mary encouraged him to...

Farewell to The Woman I Loved – and Love Still

Bernard Gabriel Okurut·October 7, 2022

Farewell to The Woman I Loved – and Love Still written by: Bernard Gabriel Okurut @GabrielOkurut This...

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Reacquainted

John Grey·July 22, 2022

Reacquainted written by: John Grey It has been ten years or more since I’d seen her. She’d...

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...

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