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A Heart To Live, Not To Love

Ash Douglas·September 12, 2020

A Heart to Live, Not to Love written by: Ash Douglas @The_PunAsher Sometimes, I think my heart breaks...

Poetry English

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Planet Earth… Closed For Repairs

Vidya Venkataramanan·April 4, 2020

Planet Earth… Closed For Repairs written by: Vidya Venkataramanan An eerie sign said Planet earth Closed for...

Poetry English

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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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Kinds of Blue

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Donut and Hole

The President of Everything

Shoemaker

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A Heart To Live, Not To Love

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Veil of Vanity

Truth or Bones

Moisture’s Grace

By The Book

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

Vermillion

The Lover

Dolphins of Beauty

The Snow

Fatalism at 30,000 Feet

Holding Alphabets