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The Road Less Travelled

Vidya Venkataramanan·May 7, 2024

The Road Less Travelled written by: Vidya Venkataramanan The crosses I bear, Do tear Into the path...

Poetry English

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Moving Day

Caroline Lewsey·April 10, 2024

Moving Day written by: Caroline Lewsey I never thought I’d like it here. When I moved to...

English Literature

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Tropical Haven

Brittany Benko·October 18, 2023

Tropical Haven written by: Brittany Benko Beneath the sun’s warm gaze we lie, Endless waves that reach...

Poetry English

·1 min read

To The Edge, Beyond Drama…

Jan Smith·August 30, 2022

To The Edge, Beyond Drama… written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Come with me dear heart Let us...

Poetry English

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Prayer of A Kiss From an Angel

Adesiyan Oluwapelumi·August 29, 2022

Prayer of A Kiss from an Angel written by: Adesiyan Oluwapelumi Oh ye fine Fair Lady of the...

English Poetry

·1 min 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 ...

Features

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Barney and His Angel

To Grandmother’s House

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

Grandchild

Us

Viewless Wings Cruising Home

Betrayers of the Past

Between the Islands

My Haven

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The Road Less Travelled

Moving Day

Tropical Haven

To The Edge, Beyond Drama…

Prayer of A Kiss From an Angel

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

To Grandmother’s House

Breakfast on the Beach

The Visit

Naughty Or Nice

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

The Waiting

Never Know

Grandchild

Lips Between Lips

A Strange Place