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SmithaV·January 22, 2021

Obituary written by: SmithaV @SmithaVishwana4 I’ve started reading the pages at the end of the newspaper- The...

English Poetry

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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

Jim Bates·December 24, 2020

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas written by: Jim Bates With five-year-old Stacy and three-year-old Dale nestled snug...

Literature Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas

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Ruskin Bond’s Hidden Pool: A Book Report

Ampat Varghese Koshy·August 16, 2020

Ruskin Bond’s Hidden Pool: A Book Report written by: Ampat Varghese Koshy When I was a child...

Article English

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Waiting Between Pages

Dan Leicht·February 13, 2020

Waiting Between Pages written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk Every now and then I get to thinking about...

I’m Your Reader

Ndaba Sibanda·January 13, 2020

I’m Your Reader written by: Ndaba Sibanda Let your accuracy be my delicacy Play with them for...

Poetry English

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An Old Life

Spillwords·January 12, 2020

An Old Life a poem by: Donald Hall Snow fell in the night. At five-fifteen I woke...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Lines

Becca Lotus·January 1, 2020

Lines written by: Becca Lotus Reading behind the lines today. I’ll do the work. I’ll read it...

English Poetry

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Reading Too Far Into Unsaid Rivals

Dan Leicht·August 22, 2019

Reading Too Far Into Unsaid Rivals written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk I’m at the gym reading while...

English Featured Post Poetry

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A Different Approach

Robyn MacKinnon·August 11, 2019

A Different Approach written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat Infuriating gotta stop reading comments… a different approach...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

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Intruders

Mickey Kulp·April 16, 2019

Intruders written by: Mickey Kulp @mickey_kulp We read in a circle. The Haitian immigrant And the white...

Poetry English

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The Reader

John Anthony Fingleton (Löst Viking)·October 14, 2018

The Reader written by: Löst Viking He would sit on his daughter’s bed, Reading tales before she’d...

English Poetry

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A Stronger Blend

Dan Leicht·October 11, 2018

A Stronger Blend written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk Waking up an hour early every morning making the...

Poetry English

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Fortunes Retold

Roger Turner·June 21, 2018

Fortunes Retold written by: roger turner @titansdad FORTUNES READ the sign displayed TRINKETS, CHARMS, AND SPELLS The...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Chapters

Robin McNamara·June 18, 2018

Chapters written by: Robin McNamara @robbiemac72 The tattered book, On the top shelf, This is me. Torn,...

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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