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Secret Sister Gift Exchange

Jane Snyder·December 26, 2021

Secret Sister Gift Exchange written by: Jane Snyder Don’t miss out, says Lucy Nilsson, 73 years young...

Poetry Christmas English

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In Natali Domini

Elliot Slater·December 19, 2021

In Natali Domini written by: E. S. Slater The hunkering-down mood of the Christmas season began early,...

Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature Christmas

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Retirement

RJ Tungsten·May 6, 2021

Retirement written by: RJ Tungsten coffee steam dances above the printed days news blackened fingertips no good...

Poetry English

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Colloquy

David C Russell·November 5, 2020

Colloquy written by: David C Russell Life is but a dream and transitions maneuvered and mastered. This...

Literature English

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TV Guide

Rein (Roy) Peters·October 16, 2020

TV Guide written by: Rein (Roy) Peters I listened to an older retired guy talk about his...

English Literature

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Charades at St. Margaret’s

Grendad·May 31, 2020

Charades at St. Margaret’s written by: Grendad When Ernest came to live with us here in St...

Literature English

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Bites of The Gangland

Ethan Lesley·September 5, 2019

Bites of The Gangland written by: Ethan Lesley @ethananarchy IT’S TIME TO RETIRE ‘HEARTBREAKER’ AS A COMPLIMENT....

English Poetry

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Despairing Golden of Years

Beth Tremaglio·August 4, 2016

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: To all who take the time to read this piece, I am grateful. Thank...

English Featured Post Voices on Skin Beth Tremaglio Poetry

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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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The Mouse on the Hearth

Santa’s Dead!

The Angel Lady

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dmitriy Belyanin

Spotlight On Writers – Miroslava Panayotova

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Santa’s Dead!

I Don’t Want a Pony

Christmas Chocolate

Where Angels Tread

A Penny For Your Memories

Hubble Bubble

My Universe

Rosebud

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Secret Sister Gift Exchange

In Natali Domini

Retirement

Colloquy

TV Guide

Charades at St. Margaret’s

Bites of The Gangland

Despairing Golden of Years

Up In The Sky

The Morning Star

The Gift of Snowflakes

The White Robe of Noelle

Santa’s Dead!

The Light We Keep

The Mouse on the Hearth

The Yule Siege

From Farmhouse to Family

The Christmas Squint

Festooned

Snow on the Chiles