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The Cat’s Decree

Stasia Poletskaia·August 28, 2024

The Cat’s Decree written by: Stasia Poletskaia I take my arms, and lucky charms will not protect...

Poetry English

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…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Lighthouse”)

Phyllis P. Colucci·July 30, 2023

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Lighthouse”) written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot One word...

Featured Post Poetry English Phyllis P. Colucci On Poetry and Fiction

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The Lighthouse

Sharon Frame Gay·February 14, 2023

The Lighthouse written by: Sharon Frame Gay @sharonframegay Maine, 1922 There are those who find the song...

Literature Featured Post English

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The Spell Master’s Dream

Russell Colclough·December 9, 2022

The Spell Master’s Dream written by: Russell Colclough Old Sogget, the king of all the raven tribes...

Literature English

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Lisa H. Owens, a retired flight attendant and former syndicated humorist columnist, resides in North Texas with a multitude of long-suffering houseplants and a senior rescue dog called Fred, who rules the roost. Her first published story was a mini-memoir about her close-call with the infamous Ted Bundy in 1978. A variety of Lisa’s multi-genre stories and poems are published in magazines and anthologies, and a collection of her own fictional pieces, as compiled by a boutique publisher, is scheduled for release in 2026. Her stories are often inspired by skeletons in the closet, and she’s not afraid of spiders and snakes.

Shuttered by Lynn Newman

Night shift has its own rhythm. By eleven, the ward had settled into the soft machinery of after-hours care. The corridors dimmed to permanent twilight. Monitors hummed like distant insects, and the wheels of the trolley learned to whisper. After enough years, the nurse had come to recognise the small patterns that meant someone was nearing their end. It wasn’t written in the notes. It happened at the windows and doors. People closed things. Both families and nurses complicit. Blinds first. Then curtains....

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Messages In Bottles From The Lake After Dark

Endings & Beginnings

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Spotlight On Writers – Courtney Glover

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The Sheep We Are

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The Cat’s Decree

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Lighthouse”)

The Lighthouse

The Spell Master’s Dream

Endings & Beginnings

Messages In Bottles From The Lake After Dark

Inconvenient Prophecy

The Seven-Letter Word

Musings on the Countryside

In From The Cold

Morning Light

Dead Sailors Never Rise

Rainfall of Gratitude

Steps

Flawed

Behind a Bottle Blue