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Welkin Siskin·November 2, 2022

Youth written by: Welkin Siskin @SiskinWelkin Youth is a tavern’s call Partake with the heart and the...

Poetry English

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The Outpost

Eric Johnson·September 6, 2022

The Outpost written by: Eric Johnson Among the galaxies, the no man’s land of space Where no...

Poetry English

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A Traveler, Passing

Mike Turner·June 4, 2022

A Traveler, Passing written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper Go ye gently Into that Great Beyond Knowing of...

English Poetry

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Common Cold

Spillwords·November 8, 2020

Common Cold a poem by Ogden Nash Go hang yourself, you old M.D.! You shall not sneer...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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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

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

A Strange Place

I Am a Demon

In the Silence of Mystical Time

Dreaming

Rings

Lost World

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Youth

The Outpost

A Traveler, Passing

Common Cold

Hymn Of The Eternal Feast

To Grandmother’s House

Breakfast on the Beach

The Visit

The Christmas Figure is Unmoved

Naughty Or Nice

Lips Between Lips

A Strange Place

A Bead of Ice

Sygnatariusze Listów do Gwiazd

Success Despite Childhood Trauma

2AM Thoughts