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Jim Bartlett

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

The Leaves of Diablo

Broken Halo Blues

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Broken Halo Blues

The Christmas Stocking

A Small Girl’s Holiday Wish

The Oedipus Interview

The Sphinx

The Lord of Players

Vanilla Boy

Oedipus

Oedipus

Bonfire of Resolve

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Cast Off

Still Standing Tall

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Every Day, at Five A.M.

The Leaves of Diablo

The Christmas Epiphany

Elves

Prayers Work

Child of Mine

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova