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Halcyon Hums

Smita Ray·January 20, 2021

Halcyon Hums written by: Smita Ray @WideYonder Arid chasms that transmute into whetstone with diamond edges of...

English Poetry

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Christmas Magic

Phyllis P. Colucci·December 23, 2020

Christmas Magic written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot Snowflakes falling; friends are calling Ol’ Man Winter has...

Phyllis P. Colucci Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Poetry Christmas

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My Mr. Christmas

Nancy Lou Henderson·December 16, 2020

My Mr. Christmas written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 At Thanksgiving each year, memories flood into my...

Literature English Christmas

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Incensed

Ingrid Wilson·December 16, 2020

Incensed written by: Ingrid Wilson @Experimentsinfc Incensed by all the cruelties of the current year: The deaths,...

Poetry Christmas English

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Shifting Christmas

Carl "Papa" Palmer·December 14, 2020

Shifting Christmas written by: Carl “Papa” Palmer Christmas changed at the Palmer house in University Place that year....

English Poetry Christmas

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As On A Holiday

Spillwords·December 13, 2020

As On A Holiday a poem by Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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The Spirit of the Season

Ivanka Fear·December 7, 2020

The Spirit of the Season written by: Ivanka Fear @FearIvanka Every creak you hear… my footsteps on...

Featured Post Poetry Haunted Holidays English

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House of The Hag

Zach Ellenberger·December 6, 2020

House of The Hag written by: Zach Ellenberger @zak4prez911 When my father told me, we’d be moving...

Featured Post Haunted Holidays English Literature

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The Thinning of The Veil

Jan McCulloch·December 4, 2020

The Thinning of The Veil written by: Jan McCulloch Despite the passage of many years, they met...

Haunted Holidays English Literature

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At Crossroads

Gosha Kulisiewicz·November 13, 2020

International Poetry Polish English

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Spirit of The Corn

Richard Prime·October 30, 2020

Spirit of The Corn written by: Richard Prime Travelling home from a day at a client site,...

English Literature Halloween Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween

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A Haunted Breakfast With Nana

Carrie Magness Radna·October 29, 2020

A Haunted Breakfast With Nana written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 The day before Halloween 2018, when...

Literature Halloween English

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The Vampire

Spillwords·October 25, 2020

The Vampire a poem by: Conrad Aiken She rose among us where we lay. She wept, we...

English Poetry Literary Greats

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From The Pen Within

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·October 9, 2020

From The Pen Within written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman Write from your soul write because you don’t...

English Poetry

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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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