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The Christmas Wish List

Andrea Walker·December 2, 2022

The Christmas Wish List written by: Andrea Walker All she wanted for Christmas Was to find the...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Purgatory-Paradise

Stephanie Musarra·November 17, 2022

Purgatory-Paradise (An Ode to JG) written by: Stephanie Musarra @dungeonwriter39 How quickly I have become enticed By the...

English Poetry

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Mountain Soul

Robin McNamara·November 2, 2022

Mountain Soul written by: Robin McNamara @thewindingroad1 In the space between the nights where shadows darken my...

Poetry English

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Down Stream

Allison Grayhurst·March 27, 2021

Down Stream written by: Allison Grayhurst @AGrayhurst Savage poison eclipsing the Wolf moon. Time is putrid, embracing...

Poetry English

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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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