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Antonia Wang·November 1, 2022

Redress written by: Antonia Wang @tuttysan This fogged mirror has room for one more ghost. I carry...

English Poetry Halloween

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If They Had Their Tongues

Dr Molly Joseph·June 7, 2022

If They Had Their Tongues… written by: Dr. Molly Joseph If they had their tongues what would...

Poetry English

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I See The Sea Glass In Your Eyes, For Susan

Phyllis Schwartz·May 26, 2022

I See the Sea Glass in Your Eyes, for Susan written by: Phyllis Schwartz I see the...

Poetry English

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Gasoline Cathartic

David J. Roussel·October 1, 2021

Gasoline Cathartic written by: David J. Roussel @hokusgrey Start the engine. Sit there. Let it run. Let...

English Poetry

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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...

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One Day, Maybe

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Interviews

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A Photograph

Family Matters and Other Affairs

Lonely Ghost

Contusion

If You Can’t See My Mirrors, I Can’t See You

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

Fruit of Knowledge

mirrors

Redress

If They Had Their Tongues

I See The Sea Glass In Your Eyes, For Susan

Gasoline Cathartic

A Clear Starlit Night Under a Blanket of Snow

One Day, Maybe

To Dirk & Else

By The Book

Old Flames

Poetic Paralysis

Poems Like This

Safe Place to Land

Lost Songs

Set Sail

Nothing Eels Manners