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The Lanterns Flicker
The Lanterns Flicker written by: Jim Bellamy The lanterns whisper with a dying flame, As footsteps echo...
The Stain
The Stain written by: Jacqueline Erasin - Detective Sergeant Lewis lay down his pen, waiting for the young woman sitting opposite...
Isolation
Isolation written by: Stephen Ferrett A place where I feel safe, a place I feel scared, a...
The First Rung
The First Rung written by: Peter Rehn - Light seeped through the fractured snow cover as ice-cold water gripped her still body...
And Then I Stepped Outside
And Then I Stepped Outside… written by: Emanuel Pope And then I stepped outside, first my feet...
Bloodshot
Bloodshot written by: Emma Wells - Tired eyes strain in All Hallow’s Eve darkness. Nelly, an experienced birthing...
Against the Box
Against the Box written by: RJ Cathal A box closed will always open. When I was 15,...
Nana’s Babysitting Blues
Nana's Babysitting Blues written by: Lynn Nicholas - “What on earth?” Tea sloshed into Carolyn’s saucer. Five-year-old Timothy peeked out...
Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala
Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard A sonnet for the survivors...
I Held My Breath
I Held My Breath written by: Bill Tope - We had been crowded into a long, plain, low-ceilinged room the size of a small pastoral church...
Talking XX
Talking XX a poem by: Khalil Gibran And then a scholar said, “Speak of Talking.” And he...
Shut In
Shut In written by: Franciska Merrick - I turned thirty-two that day. As it was Monday I knew it would be a slightly...
The Return
The Return written by: R.C. Morgan - The river level drops. On the mudflats, a skull peers out from a torn...
