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Rural Fate

Lynn H Terry·May 2, 2022

Rural Fate written by: Lynn H Terry unable to accept fate comes an escape outside one’s self...

Poetry English

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Coffee, Baseball, and Fear of Flying

Jim Latham·March 16, 2022

Coffee, Baseball, and Fear of Flying written by: Jim Latham @JimLatham15 Two double espressos on top of...

English Literature

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Grandma

Mitra Samal·January 8, 2022

Grandma written by: Mitra Samal @MitraSamal Pinky was very close to her grandma. Seemed like only her...

Literature English

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The Christmas Hare

Kim M. Russell·December 20, 2021

The Christmas Hare written by: Kim M. Russell @kim88110 In a snowy field one Christmas Eve I...

English Poetry Christmas

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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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