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Jim Bartlett

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 ...

Features

Callisto

The Mouse on the Hearth

Santa’s Dead!

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Vaishnavi Pusapati

Spotlight On Writers – Dmitriy Belyanin

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Callisto

The Former

The Mouse on the Hearth

I Am a Demon

Christmas Day 1956

The Teahouse of Criminal Intent

Stalled

Saturday Smells Good To Me Today

Midwest

Up In The Sky

Santa’s Dead!

The Gift of Snowflakes

The Mouse on the Hearth

The Angel Lady

The Yule Siege

Clown in The Moon

Spotlight On Writers – Vaishnavi Pusapati

Callisto

The Former

In Defense of the Fruitcake

Road Scars