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Garbage Dog

Dawn DeBraal·November 4, 2020

Garbage Dog written by: Dawn DeBraal @DawnDebraal The garbage was full; it needed to go. Old Sam...

English Poetry

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Unexpected Invitation

Aurora Kastanias·March 27, 2020

Unexpected Invitation written by: Aurora Kastanias You took me dancing by the harbour after snow fell the...

English Poetry

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MEETING DE KOONING

Dianne Moritz·August 13, 2019

MEETING DE KOONING written by: Dianne Moritz This is how it was: his shipwreck of a house,...

Poetry English

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Chester and the Hummingbird Fair

M.F. Harding·June 3, 2019

Chester and the Hummingbird Fair written by: M.F. Harding Chester was white. I know what you’re thinking....

English Literature

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Invite All My Maids

Robyn MacKinnon·July 22, 2018

Invite All My Maids found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat the days and nights blend with...

English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry

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Coming?

Dr Molly Joseph·June 4, 2018

Coming? written by: Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH Lulled by the river that flows...

Photography Poetry English

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Whence We Came

Viktoria Nikola·July 10, 2016

Whence We Came written by: Viktoria Nikola @ViktoriaNNK Come with me, to a place, where the sirs bid...

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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