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Meet Peggy Ellis: An Author on a Mission

John Riddle·December 4, 2022

Meet Peggy Ellis: An Author on a Mission written by: John Riddle Growing up on a small...

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Where Have the Trees and Horses Gone?

John Riddle·November 14, 2021

Where Have the Trees and Horses Gone? written by: John Riddle On a recent vacation to the...

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Beautiful Dreamers

Prince A. McNally·May 27, 2021

Beautiful Dreamers written by: Prince A. McNally @princeamcnally I remember as a child, spending summer nights in...

The Upside Down of Sleepless Nights

LB Sedlacek·April 16, 2020

The Upside Down of Sleepless Nights written by: LB Sedlacek @lbsedlacek Can anyone say Hawkins, Indiana? It...

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Bandit Queen

Mark Tulin·February 2, 2019

Bandit Queen written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer She sits in the coffee shop talking to herself, arguing...

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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

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Barney and His Angel

To Grandmother’s House

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

The Bite

Reaper

Emma

Country Commute

First Storm After Returning To The South

North Carolina

Meet Peggy Ellis: An Author on a Mission

Where Have the Trees and Horses Gone?

Beautiful Dreamers

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

To Grandmother’s House

Breakfast on the Beach

The Visit

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

Naughty Or Nice

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

The Waiting

Never Know

Grandchild

Lips Between Lips

A Strange Place