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Mama Liberia will Rise Again

Aloysius S. Harmon Jr·January 6, 2021

Mama Liberia will Rise Again written by: Aloysius S. Harmon Jr Droplets are speechlessly rolling off my...

English Poetry

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How To Write A Dirge For Liberia

Edwin Olu Bestman·October 13, 2020

How To Write A Dirge For Liberia written by: Edwin Olu Bestman Begin with its North that...

Poetry English

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Monrovia

Edwin Olu Bestman·July 23, 2020

Monrovia written by: Edwin Olu Bestman The signboard reads ‘Welcome to Monrovia’ But you’re entering her premise...

English Poetry

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If I were A Poet

Daniel W. Garteh, Jr.·June 23, 2020

If I Were A Poet written by: Daniel Woah Garteh, Jr. If I were a poet I...

English Poetry

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Humanity’s Common Enemy

Androvish Berrian·April 30, 2020

Humanity’s Common Enemy written by: Androvish Berrian The news came so sudden, who would have believed that...

Article English

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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

Truth or Bones

The Veil of Vanity

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Truth or Bones

Whale Song

The Erosion of Connection

Once Again, Liberia Bleeds

Mama Liberia

I Felt The Pain of War Through My Ears

Words in Portrait

Don’t Rain Tears Mama Liberia

Liberia

Mama Liberia will Rise Again

How To Write A Dirge For Liberia

Monrovia

If I were A Poet

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

By The Book

Moisture’s Grace

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Veil of Vanity

In The Name of Grace

Welcome, Comrade

El Café de esta Mañana

Kinds of Blue

Widowland

A Palette of Love and Rain II

A Time of Captivity