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Two Scribblers

Jennifer Christiansen·October 4, 2022

Two Scribblers written by: Jennifer Christiansen @JChristiansen13 Two scribblers, strangers yet intimate in ink, he a word...

The Child Who Thought of A Tree

Benjamin J. Sams·August 20, 2022

The Child Who Thought of a Tree written by: Benjamin J. Sams In a universe, on a...

Poetry English

·2 mins read

AKA Kerry

Doug Hawley·August 30, 2021

AKA Kerry written by: Doug Hawley @DougHawley8 You might think that you know me from the movie...

English Literature

·9 mins read

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

Grandchild

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

The Waiting

Plot Twist

Shelved Idea

It Was The Monster Smash!

The Kinder Way

No Mercy

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Two Scribblers

The Child Who Thought of A Tree

AKA Kerry

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

To Grandmother’s House

The Visit

Naughty Or Nice

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

Winter Spirits

Mercury

Come Sit

Winter’s Tyranny

Apology

Christmas Hotdog

Bonny Dundee