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Collateral Damage

Barbara Harris Leonhard·August 10, 2022

Collateral Damage written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard @BarbaraLeonhar4 Viktoriia’s sign, “Children are not Nazis!” My sign promotes...

Poetry English

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School’s Out Early

Joni Caggiano·June 1, 2022

School’s Out Early written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 nineteen hearts to memorialize whiffs of jasmine swim from...

English Poetry

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Sublime

Amina Akinola·September 17, 2021

Sublime (After The Massacre) written by: Amina Akinola @Akinola51 When I came back Some shadowed things were...

English Poetry

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Ntabwo Bizongera!

Adrian David·April 7, 2021

Ntabwo Bizongera! written by: Adrian David To the victims and survivors of the Rwandan Genocide A...

Spilled History English Featured Post Poetry

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Halloween: Night of The Sheep

Stanley Wilkin·October 30, 2020

Halloween: Night of The Sheep written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk From Halloween’s darkening centre the farmer’s sheep...

Halloween English Poetry

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Sanu Sharma

Sanu Sharma is a Nepali novelist, short story writer, poet and lyricist. She has published several novels and short story collections, and numerous lyrical works. Her prose sheds light on the struggles of women, girls, and marginalized communities, tackling overlooked familial and societal issues, while her poetry and lyrics capture universal emotions. Her short story collection Ekadeshmaa received widespread acclaim and was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar in 2018. Several of her novels and stories have been adapted into audio and visual formats, and her ghazals and lyrics have been set to music by various composers and performed by renowned singers.

Precious Moments by Valli Henry-Boldini

...The little blue jay landed on the windowsill just as Frank’s heart skipped another beat. He looked at her delicate colours and the way she flitted back and forth along the white peeling ledge. She reminded him so much of his wife Emily, as she skipped along the white sandy beach all those years ago.

Emily lay asleep on their bed. Frank watched her from his favourite window seat and smiled. Thirty years had passed and she had remained his destiny.

As the bright morning sunlight burst through the top half of the windowpane and landed on her ashen face, its warmth stirred her from her slumber and she extended her thin arm to block out its penetrating rays...

Features

Cardinal Wings

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

A Christmas Heckler

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Lou Storey

Spotlight On Writers – Dawn Minott

Spotlight On Writers – Séimí Mac Aindreasa

Halting Matilda

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

Cardinal Wings

Pennsylvania Pole Saw Massacre

Death

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Politics”)

All Hallows Eve

The Hunt That Follows

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Collateral Damage

School’s Out Early

Sublime

Ntabwo Bizongera!

Halloween: Night of The Sheep

Christmas Purple Bear

A Christmas Heckler

Free’s Tale: No Home at Christmas-time

You Must Believe

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

Father Christmas Comes Knocking

Sounds of Thank You

Cardinal Wings

An Unexpected Gift

Reindeer Park

The Breadwinner

A Christmas Interlude from 1967