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Romance at The Tar Pits

Stark Hunter·September 29, 2023

Romance at The Tar Pits written by: Stark Hunter meat girls carouse at bob’s big boy slender...

Poetry English

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Waiting

Victor Roy Kirwan·September 16, 2023

Waiting written by: Victor Roy Kirwan I was waiting in the middle of a large asphalt area...

English Literature

·7 mins read

Letter to Grandpa

Ann Parker·September 10, 2023

Letter to Grandpa written by: Ann Parker Dear Grandpa, it’s Freddie. I hope you are well. Please...

English Poetry

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Saturday in The Park

G. Lynn Brown·July 4, 2023

Saturday in The Park written by: G. Lynn Brown @GLBrown_Writer We met by chance. Two in a...

The Adventure Starts Here

Jennifer Christiansen·June 1, 2023

The Adventure Starts Here written by: Jennifer Christiansen @JChristiansen13 “The only way to live, to really live,...

English Literature Featured Post

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The Race

Nina Taylor·June 1, 2023

The Race written by: Nina Taylor The sun it was shining. A beautiful day. The old lady...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Heritage Park War

William Falo·April 10, 2023

The Heritage Park War written by: William Falo @williamfalo You bought a house near Heritage Park, and...

English Literature

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Devil Incarnate

Paula R C Readman·March 23, 2023

Devil Incarnate written by: Paula R C Readman @Darkfantasy13 In the small kitchen of our holiday cottage,...

The Checker Hustler’s Lament

Dick Noble·February 8, 2023

The Checker Hustler’s Lament written by: Richard Bishop @rbbishopwriter Augie liked to call himself a thinking man’s...

Literature English

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The Knight Before Christmas

Buzz Miller·December 17, 2022

The Knight Before Christmas written by: Buzz Miller It was the night before the night before Christmas...

Literature Featured Post Christmas English 12 Days of Christmas

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Astronomical Dust

K.F. Hartless·November 12, 2022

Astronomical Dust written by: K.F. Hartless @hartless_k Barbed wire cobwebs, the fancy needlework of several hours, stretch...

Institutionalized

T.F. Burke·September 13, 2022

Institutionalized written by: T.F. Burke @mfibrillations he sits alone on a park bench watching birds and passersby...

Poetry English

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A Walk in The Park

Robert Allen·August 13, 2022

A Walk in The Park written by: Robert Allen @RobertAllenPoet The rain has stopped. Sun and wet...

English Poetry

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Krypton

Jim Bates·July 7, 2022

Krypton written by: Jim Bates I was playing a serious game of marbles we called ‘keepers’ with...

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 ...

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