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Blood Moon

Aaron Grierson·October 28, 2023

Blood Moon written by: Aaron Grierson “Come to the dance with me,” she beckons softly from my...

13 Days of Halloween Featured Post Literature Halloween English

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The City at Night

Sterling Pohlmann·September 11, 2022

The City at Night written by: Sterling Pohlmann @writeratwork1 A lightning bolt strikes a tree, which smolders...

Poetry English

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Ending Our Blindness

Shedrack Ifada·June 7, 2022

Ending Our Blindness written by: Shedrack Ifada What is left of a man, whose sight is painted...

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...

Features

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

Days with Uncle Bob

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Great Scott!

I Am a Poet!

Think Me Not A Fool

Maybe This Isn’t a Dream

Hospice

A Victorian Lamplight

La Luz

Frugal Housewife

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Blood Moon

The City at Night

Ending Our Blindness

Great Scott!

Welcome, Comrade

Thin is The New Thin

Vermillion

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

Blood and Salt

A Mountain Too Far

Tysiące Słów na Jednej Myśli

Miami in the Year of 2222

Light in a Dark Time

A Dream