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My Automobile Is a Tyrant

Joan McNerney·April 13, 2021

My Automobile Is a Tyrant written by: Joan McNerney I lost it three times in a local...

English Poetry

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I Wonder

Masooma Ali·August 15, 2020

I Wonder written by: Masooma Ali I wonder, How can you desire a fresh flower When you...

English Poetry

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Silence!

Adriana Morgan·February 29, 2020

Silence! written by: Adriana Morgan @Adriana39863076 Silence! I said. But she kept talking about her problems, her hopes…...

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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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Truth or Bones

The Veil of Vanity

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Interviews

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Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Welcome, Comrade

Kinds of Blue

El Café de esta Mañana

In The Red Suit

River Water

The Owl

A Couch Along The Wayside

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My Automobile Is a Tyrant

I Wonder

Silence!

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Moisture’s Grace

The Veil of Vanity

Truth or Bones

By The Book

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

Holding Alphabets

Welcome, Comrade

El Café de esta Mañana

Kinds of Blue

Widowland

A Palette of Love and Rain II