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Second Chance

Michal Reibenbach·March 14, 2022

Second Chance written by: Michal Reibenbach My family lives in a dilapidated lodge next to a large...

English Literature

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Walking The Children

Laura J. Hanson·February 4, 2022

Walking The Children written by: Laura J. Hanson @ljbettag Walking home, the children threw apples at her....

Literature English

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Leviathan Tours

Jason O'Toole·January 7, 2020

Leviathan Tours written by: Jason O’Toole This morning in the kitchen, after first asking if you had...

An Orchard of Hazels

Janina Osewska·February 20, 2019

English International Poetry Polish

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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...

Features

A Little Black Dress

Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kelly Malleck

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

A Little Black Dress

Great Scott!

Inevitable Alignment

The Barren Orchard

The Haunt

Opening

Gdy Jesień Złotem Się Mieni…

Ezoteryczne Remedium

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Second Chance

Walking The Children

Leviathan Tours

An Orchard of Hazels

Great Scott!

Finding Refuge

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

I Am a Poet!

The Lavender Pages

Getting On

Our Flying Objects

Pandora’s Box

Winter Silence

The Love is a Long Night of Silence