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Shotgun Music

James Dennis Casey IV·June 13, 2017

Shotgun Music written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames Following a backwards god With breath through a...

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I Complete Me

Anthony Henderson·June 12, 2017

I Complete Me written by: Anthony Henderson @anthony.henderson.1654 I listen, I watch, I hear, I try All...

English Poetry

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Discord

Sunil Sharma·April 21, 2017

Discord written by: Sunil Sharma @drsunilsharma The horns blast, shattering like glass the ear drums in the...

Poetry English

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Prosperity Or Progress?

Anne G·January 30, 2015

Prosperity or Progress? written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth Prosperity – an indicator of economic progress or the...

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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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Finding Refuge

Blood and Salt

Think Me Not A Fool

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Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

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Echoes of Atlantis

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

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A Contented Child in Their Mother’s Arms – and Healing

Living Mess

Lizard Lounging

Watery World

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Shotgun Music

I Complete Me

Discord

Prosperity Or Progress?

Great Scott!

Thin is The New Thin

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Days with Uncle Bob

The Night My Daughter Never Came Home

Think Me Not A Fool

Finding Refuge

Blood Territory

An Expression of Me

If I Were a Poem

Waiting

The Agony of a Cut Pine