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Locked In Love

George Gad Economou·January 14, 2021

Locked In Love written by: George Gad Economou It was as if he’d been nailed to the...

Literature English

·29 mins read

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter V

P.C. Darkcliff·January 3, 2021

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter V written by: P.C. Darkcliff @P_C_Darkcliff The Earth’s shadow obscured the...

Celts and the Mad Goddess P.C. Darkcliff English Literature

·9 mins read

Maine Appalachian Trail Mystery

John R Cobb·December 31, 2020

Maine Appalachian Trail Mystery written by: John R. Cobb @john_r_cobb Steam curled from the campfire’s charcoal remains....

The Spin

Vrunda Moghe Dev·December 30, 2020

The Spin written by: Vrunda Moghe Dev Piles of clothes, books, toys, shoes, trinkets, hairpins, and ribbons...

Literature English

·8 mins read

ME TOO

Dilip Mohapatra·December 28, 2020

ME TOO written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo ‘Hey Lata,’ yelled Shabnam, ‘switch off the gas and let the...

Literature English

·7 mins read

A Song For Christmas

Steve Carr·December 13, 2020

A Song For Christmas written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against...

Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature

·11 mins read

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter IV

P.C. Darkcliff·December 2, 2020

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter IV written by: P.C. Darkcliff @P_C_Darkcliff As shadows grew and thickened...

Literature Celts and the Mad Goddess P.C. Darkcliff English

·9 mins read

Sweetie

Frank Geiger·November 10, 2020

Sweetie written by: Frank Geiger I’m in the car on my way home from the Jabberwocky, a...

Literature English

·11 mins read

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter III

P.C. Darkcliff·November 4, 2020

Celts and the Mad Goddess Chapter III written by: P.C. Darkcliff @P_C_Darkcliff Garux dashed after Arvasia up...

English Literature Celts and the Mad Goddess P.C. Darkcliff

·14 mins read

1920

DC Diamondopolous·November 3, 2020

1920 written by: DC Diamondopolous A ray of sun strikes the copper’s badge and bounces off, lighting...

English Featured Post Literature

·4 mins read

What I See

John Pitman Gibson·November 3, 2020

What I See written by: John Pitman Gibson @Gibsonjohn626 1 When the weather is stormy, 2 What...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The House of Horrible Happenings

Debbie Aruta·October 19, 2020

The House of Horrible Happenings written by: Debbie Aruta @Debbie_Aruta The house filled the entire block. It filled...

Halloween English Literature

·4 mins read

A Ghostly Walk

Ivanka Fear·October 19, 2020

A Ghostly Walk written by: Ivanka Fear @FearIvanka Welcome to my guided ghost tour. Come alone and...

English Literature Halloween

·3 mins read

The Exile

Lucretia Lixandru·October 14, 2020

The Exile written by: Lucreția Lixandru @lulusbadideas It’s autumn. It’s night and cold. The leaves are continuously...

English Literature

·11 mins 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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