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Blue Moon

Hassane Yarti·May 3, 2025

Blue Moon written by: Hassane Yarti With eyes darkened in deep blue, I saw her standing needlessly...

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When You Place Your Little Hand on My Chest!

Christina Lawrence·May 3, 2025

When You Place Your Little Hand on My Chest! written by: Christina Lawrence When you place your...

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Ecdysis

Bruce Morton·May 1, 2025

Ecdysis written by: Bruce Morton You would think she would be Tempted to do her hang ups...

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Feel Free

Souad Zakarani·May 1, 2025

Feel Free written by: Souad Zakarani Like the bird of your soul Locked in the cage of...

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The Haunting of a Love Half Written

Pratyasha·April 30, 2025

The Haunting of a Love Half Written written by: Pratyasha The mountains, the skies, the pond, and...

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Rajasthani Women

Nazim ZarSinner·April 30, 2025

Rajasthani Women written by: Nazim ZarSinner The sand dunes of Rajasthan In sunshine, shine like galaxies, Each...

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Love Like Leaf

Hein Min Htun·April 29, 2025

Love Like Leaf written by: Hein Min Htun When I asked you if you still loved me,...

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Appa and The Sea

Viji Narayan·April 29, 2025

Appa and The Sea written by: Viji Narayan Seashores of Kollam Have shared my upheavals, Lashing waves...

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African Violets

Valerie Dawn Goad·April 29, 2025

African Violets written by: Valerie Dawn Goad At first they start out as just a bunch of...

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I Know The Site Of That Hidden Mind

Jim Bellamy·April 28, 2025

I Know the Site of that Hidden Mind written by: Jim Bellamy I know the site of...

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Chaff

Saila Abby·April 28, 2025

Chaff written by: Saila Abby Memories pulled on my heartstrings, Snap, snap I go, Staring at the...

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What is Your Preference?

Sujata Dash·April 27, 2025

What is Your Preference? written by: Sujata Dash “A good story or a compelling tale What is...

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INSOUCIANCE

Satabdi Saha·April 26, 2025

INSOUCIANCE written by: Satabdi Saha Drops of water from my tap Push inside me, turn to ice,...

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Thou Art The Fallen

Sarah Samarbaf·April 25, 2025

Thou Art The Fallen written by: Sarah Samarbaf On a vertiginous edge, the weight of being crushes...

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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 ...

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