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Dinner Theater

Carl "Papa" Palmer·March 4, 2022

Dinner Theater written by: Carl “Papa” Palmer Into the menu smiling cheeks reflect candlelit white tablecloth islands amid...

English Poetry

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A Ride On The Train

Shweta Meraki·December 11, 2021

A Ride on the Train written by: Shweta Meraki As I stand on the platform Waiting for...

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

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Barney and His Angel

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Bonfire of Resolve

Box or an Urn

SHIMLA

Respite

Adlestrop

The White Feather

Ruth

The Next Train is Due To Arrive

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Dinner Theater

A Ride On The Train

To Grandmother’s House

Mercury

Bonfire of Resolve

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Naughty Or Nice

Barney and His Angel

Hardening of the Heart

SHIMLA

Bonfire of Resolve

Box or an Urn

Past Due

Your Silence is The Biggest Crime in Gaza