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Jim Bartlett

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

The Gift of Snowflakes

Up In The Sky

The Morning Star

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dmitriy Belyanin

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Up In The Sky

The Christmas Cottage

The Gift of Snowflakes

Make Britain Great Again

The Song of Life

The Book of Sands

Instant Recognition

Ìtàn Ìfé (The Story of Love)

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Ghost of a Christmas Past

This is Our Christmas

The Great Christmas Caper

Up In The Sky

The Morning Star

The White Robe of Noelle

Christmas Lights

The Gift of Snowflakes

Paying it Forward

A Tiny Bell and the Christmas Miracle

Ode to the Birth of a King

Podcast 90 Degrees North