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Swan Song

Em Van Moore·July 7, 2024

Swan Song written by: Em Van Moore - When the new King and Queen ascended the thrones of the Stanley Park avian kingdom...

Literature Featured Post English

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Throw Line Barometer

Sterling Warner·April 1, 2024

Throw Line Barometer written by: Sterling Warner Walking streets alone at midnight ringtone blasting “Bad to the...

Poetry English

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A Vision

Spillwords·January 28, 2024

A Vision a poem by: Robert Burns AS I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa’flower...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Midnight Mass

Lynda Lee·December 25, 2023

Midnight Mass written by: Lynda Lee I longed to wear the dark blue dress with the red...

Literature English Christmas

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Quaking at The Sight

Jenny Morelli·December 21, 2023

Quaking at The Sight written by: Jenny Morelli @JennyMo31725980 Night closes in, the sky grows dark, a...

12 Days of Christmas Poetry Christmas English Featured Post

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A Special Christmas Concert

Roger Turner·December 17, 2023

A Special Christmas Concert written by: Roger Turner @titansdad On Christmas Eve, the street was dead Most...

Poetry Christmas English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas

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Please Come True

Elizabeth Hilsch·December 14, 2023

Please Come True written by: Elizabeth Hilsch Winter’s fingers clutch and snare Icy whispers dance through air...

English Poetry Christmas

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Just Around Midnight

Ken Gosse·December 14, 2023

Just Around Midnight written by: Ken Gosse Paws pause upon their rooftop. On hearing them stop, parents...

Poetry Christmas English

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Not Even Halloween

S. D. Kilmer·November 16, 2023

Not Even Halloween written by: S.D. Kilmer @SDKilmer Resting in my bed. Dreaming ’bout head. It’s past...

Poetry English

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Her Bite at Midnight

Lisa Reynolds·November 4, 2023

Her Bite at Midnight written by: Lisa Reynolds her bite at midnight sharp enough to pierce the...

Poetry English

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Day 31

Kellasandra Ferrara·October 31, 2023

Day 31 written by: Kellasandra Ferrara @kellasandra1 in these last desperate hours on Day 31 begs the...

Poetry English Halloween

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Hell’s Halloween Gate

A.L. Paradiso·October 28, 2023

Hell’s Halloween Gate written by: A.L. Paradiso @ALP25182398 Normally, I like black cats. But this mangy, one-eyed,...

English Literature Halloween

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Somniphobia

G. Lynn Brown·October 18, 2023

Somniphobia written by: G. Lynn Brown @GLBrown_Writer It’s the heart of midnight Toss and turn Can’t fall...

Poetry English

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Raconteur on Deck

Gerry Stefanson·October 10, 2023

Passages Raconteur on Deck written by: Gerry Stefanson @gerry_stefanson midnight watch passable railing of fodder or spinner...

Passages Gerry Stefanson English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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