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The Haunted Manor

Kati Fado·February 9, 2024

The Haunted Manor written by: Kati Fado to this house you come from the basement. there, in...

English Poetry

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A Wintery Tale, of a Ghostly Night

D T Lofthouse·December 2, 2023

A Wintery Tale, of a Ghostly Night written by: D T Lofthouse Christmas Eve 1843, a cold...

Haunted Holidays English Literature

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Peasants’ Revolt

R.C Gibson·February 5, 2022

Peasants’ Revolt written by: R.C. Gibson @roolovestravel Hatred is like ash. A blackness that infects us one...

English Literature

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Bewitched

Anne G·March 19, 2016

Bewitched By Anne G Once upon a cursed stone atop the Devil’s Hill beneath the blackened twisted...

Anne G 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

Think Me Not A Fool

Days with Uncle Bob

Vermillion

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Great Scott!

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

How I Overcame Stage Fright

The Christmas Waltz

The Story of Bluebeard Re-told

Finding Cinderella

A Manor on The Moors

The Case of the Missing Brougham

Manor

The Haunted Manor

A Wintery Tale, of a Ghostly Night

Peasants’ Revolt

Bewitched

Great Scott!

Truth or Bones

Welcome, Comrade

Thin is The New Thin

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Vermillion

Think Me Not A Fool

I Am a Poet!

Burns Night

From the High Tower

Showing Him How

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall