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Mid Morning Break

Ger White·February 18, 2021

Mid Morning Break written by: Ger White Sitting by the kitchen hearth Opening her prayer book Opening...

Poetry English

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This is Where

Julian Mann·January 11, 2021

This is Where written by: Julian Mann This is where I wished I was, There, I listen...

English Poetry

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Free Verse 2

Mubangizi Emmy·April 15, 2020

Free Verse 2 written by: Mubangizi Emmy The songs we sang in the rain The cold green...

Poetry English

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Belong

Jessalyn Johnson·June 21, 2019

Belong written by: Jessalyn Johnson @jessalyn451 The ability to sleep in a cabin is a powerful strength....

Literature English

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The Cupcake

R J Cowley, Jr·May 5, 2019

The Cupcake written by: R.J. Cowley Jr. “There ain’t nobody in all of Hawkinsville who likes sweet...

Literature 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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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

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

Holy Ground

Flatlands

The Jeera Farmer

Village Born

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Mid Morning Break

This is Where

Free Verse 2

Belong

The Cupcake

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