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We Hope for Better Days

Gazali Ganiyu Opeyemi·June 16, 2023

We Hope for Better Days written by: Gazali Ganiyu Opeyemi @Al_gainaan We know we can’t get what...

English Poetry

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River Water

Jeff Flesch·June 14, 2023

River Water written by: Jeff Flesch @FleschJeff I look to you – you tell me the sun...

Poetry English

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The Dying Nurse

Stark Hunter·June 10, 2023

The Dying Nurse written by: Stark Hunter @StarkHunter A brown ’87 Corolla parked on Strub Street The...

Just Like Yesterday

Prakash Nagarajan·June 7, 2023

Just Like Yesterday written by: Prakash Nagarajan One more day, to my tally of years, How shall...

Poetry English

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The Gift of a Poem

SmithaV·May 16, 2023

The Gift of a Poem written by: SmithaV @SmithaVishwana4 On your first birthday Away From home I...

English Poetry

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The Surprise

Victor Roy Kirwan·May 13, 2023

The Surprise written by: Victor Roy Kirwan I “Oy!” Somebody in the seat behind nudged me. “The...

Literature English Featured Post

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Lower Lights

N.T. McQueen·May 11, 2023

Lower Lights written by: N.T. McQueen @NTMAuthor Since he was twelve, Homer Bagby never worked the same...

Going Home

Vidya Venkataramanan·May 7, 2023

Going Home written by: Vidya Venkataramanan Singled out At last, To go Home, A weary stork, Found...

Poetry English

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That Firewoman

Michelle Ayon Navajas·May 4, 2023

That Firewoman written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas i wish i could be, that firewoman i saw, saving...

English Poetry

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Cassingles

Jacob Dunstan·May 3, 2023

Cassingles written by: Jacob Dunstan Cumulative reveries collect, in the vortex corners of eyes, apropos to the...

English Poetry

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Meet Me By Our Tree

J R Xander·April 28, 2023

Meet Me By Our Tree written by: J. R. Xander The car halts at the overgrown Honeysuckle...

Literature English

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Shadows of New York

Francisco Bravo Cabrera·April 25, 2023

Shadows of New York written by: Francisco Bravo Cabrera One day I sat and listened to the...

English Poetry Featured Post

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My Home is a Burning Body

Isa Sa'ada Yahaya·April 20, 2023

My Home is a Burning Body written by: Isa Sa’ada Yahaya My home is a burning body,...

Poetry English

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Reunion Doubts

Ernie Stricsek·March 31, 2023

Reunion Doubts written by: Ernie Stricsek To hear my grandmother tell it, half the townsfolk of Brainards...

English Literature

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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...

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