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Reunion Doubts

Ernie Stricsek·March 31, 2023

Reunion Doubts written by: Ernie Stricsek To hear my grandmother tell it, half the townsfolk of Brainards...

Literature English

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Groundhog Day

Eric Shelman·February 2, 2023

Groundhog Day written by: Eric Shelman Groundhog’s predictions winter weather, winter’s end, shadow or not Phil, the...

English Poetry

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Locust Hill: Chapter 7 by Carl Parsons at Spillwords.com

Locust Hill: Chapter VII

Carl Parsons·November 8, 2022

Locust Hill Chapter VII Wedding written by: Carl Parsons 7.1 Suddenly it was summer. The prom and...

Carl Parsons Locust Hill Literature English Featured Post

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Ghost Tour

James Dean Collins·October 24, 2021

Ghost Tour written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist What happens when we die? Is there an afterlife?...

13 Days of Halloween Literature Halloween English Featured Post

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Gettysburg

Brad Osborne·July 2, 2021

Gettysburg written by: Brad Osborne I see their ghosts in morning mist That washes across battlefield Where...

English Poetry

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Two Rides

James Dean Collins·October 1, 2019

Two Rides written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist Nearly four years ago, the two major rideshare companies...

Literature English Featured Post

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Pennsylvania Spring: A Sonnet

Leta Hawk·April 6, 2017

Pennsylvania Spring: A Sonnet written by: Leta Hawk @LetaHawk When winter’s icy winds at last go back...

English Poetry

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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

Barney and His Angel

To Grandmother’s House

The Visit

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

Barney and His Angel

The Longest Night

Psycho at The Northern Lights

A Brief History of Fernwhistle

Possibilism

Pennsylvania Pole Saw Massacre

Dunker Church

Kensington

Pennsylvania

Reunion Doubts

Groundhog Day

Locust Hill: Chapter VII

Ghost Tour

Gettysburg

Pennsylvania Spring: A Sonnet

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

AAEVEYN ULLOVTO’s Scrabbled Psyche

To Grandmother’s House

Breakfast on the Beach

The Visit

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

A Strange Place

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

Success Despite Childhood Trauma

2AM Thoughts

A Silent Existence