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The Longing For A Messiah

Giovanni Fruncillo·August 3, 2018

The Longing For A Messiah written by: Giovanni Fruncillo Red, white and blue flags hang from gas...

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With A Brush Like The Hand Of A Drowning Man

John Grey·July 31, 2018

With A Brush Like The Hand Of A Drowning Man written by: John Grey in a cement park...

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Barbados

Robin McNamara·July 30, 2018

Barbados written by: Robin McNamara @robbiemac72 As I pass the many Bajan rum huts On the way...

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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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The Veil of Vanity

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Truth or Bones

Whale Song

Welcome, Comrade

Islands of Isolation

Aphorisms

When She Would Iron

Gwinnett Street Book Box

From Behind The Net Curtain

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The Longing For A Messiah

With A Brush Like The Hand Of A Drowning Man

Barbados

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

By The Book

Moisture’s Grace

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Veil of Vanity

Truth or Bones

Welcome, Comrade

El Café de esta Mañana

Kinds of Blue

Widowland

A Palette of Love and Rain II

A Time of Captivity