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The Inertial Pain

Introverted Thoughts·June 9, 2022

The Inertial Pain written by: Introverted Thoughts Sticking to beliefs; once laws, Hither-thither like prey, we flee...

English Poetry

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Immersed and Drowning

Stephen Ferrett·June 6, 2022

Immersed and Drowning written by: Stephen Ferrett Immersed and drowning in your daily cyber-space filled, monotonous, algorithmic...

Poetry English

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Tangles

Eliza Segiet·September 15, 2021

Tangles written by: Eliza Segiet translated by: Artur Komoter - Memories rustle in her, but she knows he is where he belongs ...

Polish English International 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 ...

Features

Broken Halo Blues

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Cast Off

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Creatures of Habit

Zombie

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Cast Off

Spelling

My Prophetic Spectacle

Nightly Chores

Allow Me to Go Away in Love…

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The Inertial Pain

Tangles

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

Still Standing Tall

Cast Off

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Every Day, at Five A.M.

Broken Halo Blues

The Christmas Stocking

A Small Girl’s Holiday Wish

Little Spruce Tree

Christmas Pudding

Zombie