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My Phantom Ovaries

Catherine Shields·January 28, 2020

My Phantom Ovaries written by: Catherine Shields @Catshields1 The doctor wants to remove my what? I wasn’t...

English Literature

·12 min read

Checkmate

E Barnes·December 28, 2019

Checkmate written by: E Barnes At his usual time, he checks out a chess set from the...

English Literature

·1 min read

Hernia

Alan Britt·December 7, 2019

Hernia written by: Alan Britt Love had a hernia, & what a love affair it was. Razor...

English Poetry

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Jamaican Sands

Jim Bartlett·December 26, 2018

Jamaican Sands written by: Jim Bartlett Her body shaking with first day jitters, her breath caught somewhere...

English Literature

·10 min read

Working The Grave

Belinda Brady·October 31, 2018

Working The Grave written by: Belinda Brady He’d only just been admitted to hospital after collapsing on...

English Halloween Literature

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Nurses

G David Schwartz·August 24, 2018

Nurses written by: G David Schwartz A nurse is a profession within the health care sector focused...

English Literature

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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Solving The Sandman Series

Long After The Argument

Interview Q&A With John Anthony Fingleton

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Interview Q&A With John Anthony Fingleton

Spotlight On Writers – Ingrid

Long After The Argument

Of Dreams and Delirium

Spotlight On Writers – Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Choices Made in Times of Pandemic

Ten Seconds Before Sunrise

A Disappointing Day

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My Phantom Ovaries

Checkmate

Hernia

Jamaican Sands

Working The Grave

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In The Shadow of The Sun God

Star-Gaze

Long After The Argument

Butterflies

Interview Q&A With John Anthony Fingleton

A Liberating Dynamic

Solving The Sandman Series

Tangled Love Affairs

Here’s wabi! Cabin fever and Covid-19

To G.

Post-Credits Scene

At The Sea-Side