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A Marriage Flame

Gayl Wright·April 8, 2017

A Marriage Flame written by: Gayl Wright @GaylWright Bold and beautiful Her kiss is a flaming fire...

Poetry English

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Leah Barker·January 24, 2017

Stages written by: Leah Barker @captthecorners Stage one: Denial. Apparently the first is one that’s supposed to...

Poetry English

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Las Etapas

Jose A Gomez·January 13, 2017

Las Etapas Poetry by José A Gómez Primavera fuiste en mi vida extremadamente hermosa La frescura de...

Jose A Gomez Spanish 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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