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Splendor Solis

Elizabeth Barton·December 23, 2022

Splendor Solis written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 Glissando slide, last rays of sun sing into a cauldron...

Poetry Christmas English

·1 min read

The Pale One Rides Forth

Harman Burgess·December 1, 2021

The Pale One Rides Forth written by: Harman Burgess The Pale One surveyed the screaming masses of...

English Literature Haunted Holidays Featured Post

·16 mins read

The Last Fleet

Amanda Elizabeth Hemmings·August 12, 2021

The Last Fleet written by: Amanda Hemmings If the boats really are coming, I heard an old...

English Featured Post Literature

·22 mins read

Santa and an Old Fellow on the Christmas Eve

Nazam Riar·December 24, 2020

Santa and an Old Fellow on the Christmas Eve written by: Nazam Riar Quay Street, Auckland, New...

Poetry Christmas English

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Christmas Aotearoa

Elizabeth Barton·December 21, 2020

Christmas Aotearoa written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 This place lies far from snow-clad hills, the hush of...

Poetry Christmas English

·1 min read

Dear School

Jul·November 22, 2020

Dear School written by: Jul I know, I know … you weren’t supposed to end until late...

Article English

·4 mins read

Christmas Eve

Elizabeth Barton·December 24, 2019

Christmas Eve written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 The town empties and looks abandoned, I have the whole place...

Christmas Poetry English

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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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