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The Scariest Thing

Kaci Skiles Laws·November 11, 2023

The Scariest Thing written by: Kaci Skiles Laws The scariest thing about our old farmhouse is not...

English Literature

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The Teahouse of Criminal Intent

Dick Noble·August 4, 2023

The Teahouse of Criminal Intent written by: Richard Bishop @rbbishopwriter If you took Route Twelve going west...

English Literature

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Grandparents’ Day

Michael Natt·July 23, 2023

Grandparents’ Day written by: Michael Natt Violet: Hi, my name is Violet Natt, and this is...

Literature English

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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...

Features

Days with Uncle Bob

Vermillion

Truth or Bones

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Thin is The New Thin

A Solitary Walk

Vermillion

The Proper Name

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

World’s Best Cook: My Gram

Grandma Fisher

Ants

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The Scariest Thing

The Teahouse of Criminal Intent

Grandparents’ Day

Truth or Bones

The Veil of Vanity

Welcome, Comrade

Vermillion

Lonesome

The Proper Name

Days with Uncle Bob

A Guide to Pick up a Fight

My Old Soul

She

The Full Moon

Colours of the Saints