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Ghost Tour

James Dean Collins·October 24, 2021

Ghost Tour written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist What happens when we die? Is there an afterlife?...

Literature Halloween English Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

·28 mins read

The Village

Jay Mora-Shihadeh·October 22, 2021

The Village written by: Jay Mora-Shihadeh @painterspalate I heard about the butcher who butchered his wife. I...

Poetry Halloween English

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The Woods Are Alive With Blood

Debbie Aruta·October 20, 2021

The Woods Are Alive With Blood written by: Debbie Aruta @Debbie_Aruta There are these woods on the outskirts...

Literature Halloween English

·8 mins read

Violators

Doug Hawley·October 20, 2021

Violators written by: Doug Hawley @dougiamm Tommy first saw the trucks unloading things at the old warehouse...

English Literature Halloween

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Goosebumps

RJ Tungsten·October 19, 2021

Goosebumps written by: RJ Tungsten chills run down the spine hallucinations begin uncontrolled actions paranoia seeping in...

Halloween English Poetry

·1 min read

A Past Memory of Myself

Ibrahim Idris·October 13, 2021

A Past Memory of Myself written by: Ibrahim “dreezy” Idris I’m right there in the middle of...

English Poetry

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Deep in The Hearth of Hell

Farah Rose Smith·August 20, 2021

Deep in The Hearth of Hell written by: Farah Rose Smith @farahrosesmith Immortals on a slab, he...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Resurrectionist

Zach Ellenberger·June 6, 2021

The Resurrectionist written by: Zach Ellenberger @zak4prez911 The tale for which I am about to tell is...

Literature English Featured Post

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Journey to Berlin

Tim Law·April 15, 2021

Journey to Berlin written by: Tim Law Travel by truck from Siberia to Hamburg had been murder....

Literature English

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Upon My Door

DivyaaN·February 26, 2021

Upon My Door written by: DivyaaN In silence, they wait upon my door In smockings dark, my...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Halloween Blue Moon 2020

Rex Carey Arrasmith·February 10, 2021

Halloween Blue Moon 2020 written by: Rex Carey Arrasmith @wrecks_writes In the night, sleepless I rose to...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Tokens of Sleep

Antoinette McCormick·January 7, 2021

Tokens of Sleep written by: Antoinette McCormick The noises began near the end of October. The first...

English Featured Post Literature

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The Tea Shop

Harman Burgess·January 5, 2021

The Tea Shop written by: Harman Burgess I am in dire need of a distraction before my...

The Way I See It

Godfrey Holy·January 4, 2021

The Way I See It written by: Godfrey Holy our hell has found a voice we are...

English Poetry

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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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