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Michal Reibenbach·January 12, 2020

Crash Part I written by: Michal Reibenbach Yanna and I are sitting on my bed, leaning back...

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Christmas Eve, 1945

Dan Wilcox·December 24, 2019

Christmas Eve, 1945 written by: Dan Wilcox @Dwclx How I love your round belly, heavy like a...

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Evacuation

Michal Reibenbach·December 5, 2019

Evacuation written by: Michal Reibenbach June 1944 Mae: On account of my pregnancy and the server bombing...

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Sister

Katy Santiff·March 28, 2019

Sister written by: Katy Santiff In the palm-shade of Pearl Harbor, with the beach grass between my toes,...

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Dandelion

R.E Hengsterman·July 26, 2018

Dandelion written by: R.E Hengsterman @robhengsterman She called it Dandelion. I didn’t question. How could I? I’d brought...

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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Think Me Not A Fool

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Finding Refuge

If I Were a Poem

Blood Territory

From the High Tower

In The Name of Grace

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

Roots of Resilience

Mermaid

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Crash

Christmas Eve, 1945

Evacuation

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Dandelion

Great Scott!

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Think Me Not A Fool

Blood and Salt

Pure Revenge

Hello, Young Friend

Apocalypse-Skull-God

To My Past and Future

Surviving the Winter’s Wrath

Trauma