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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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A textbook example of nominative determinism, Lou Storey has always been a storyteller, a fact well illustrated in his art and in his writing. His careers have reflected that as well, first as a creator of idea-based exhibitions for museums, and later as a psychotherapist employing narrative therapies. His art and his writing share qualities of rich texture and detail, examining our capacity to be absurd while allowing a measure of forgiveness for our foibles. Storey and his husband Steve retired in 2021 and moved from New Jersey to Savannah Georgia. “We love everything about Savannah, it is like a city that looks like a park and thinks it’s a small town. Best of all, we can grow bananas in the backyard!”

Treats Only, Please! by Lauren Scott

Creepy cackles from tall, looming trees
startle their jumpy heartbeats as they walk.
Shadows discreetly follow the echoes
while they timidly proceed down the block.

Young voices repeat with conviction,
“It’s just a night for entertainment.”
There’s no need for goosebumps and fear
as their eyes focus on the cracked pavement.

Undeniably sensing they’re not alone,
many follow in their hesitant footsteps,
eager to reach doors and push doorbells
but afraid of frightening special effects....

Features

Inside Mia D.

Interview Q&A With Lou Storey

Lower Strata

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Lou Storey

Spotlight On Writers – Lisa Reynolds

Spotlight On Writers – Joseph F Coniglio

Tattered Byrds

Inside Mia D.

El Retrato de la Boda

Pennsylvania Pole Saw Massacre

Death

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

All Hallows Eve

The Hunt That Follows

massacre

Collateral Damage

School’s Out Early

Sublime

Ntabwo Bizongera!

Halloween: Night of The Sheep

Lower Strata

On Being a Modern Dead Person

Edith’s Epiphany

Interview Q&A With Lou Storey

Spotlight On Writers – Lisa Reynolds

A Slave to War

Inside Mia D.

I Never Loved You

Ode to Ron

Meeting

Age

Never Stop Any Time