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Pumpkin Eater

Kaci Skiles Laws·October 26, 2022

Pumpkin Eater written by: Kaci Skiles Laws My first Halloween alone, I am certain I might die....

Literature Halloween English

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A Good Chaos

Akshaya Pawaskar·April 20, 2022

A Good Chaos written by: Akshaya Pawaskar We revel in differences. We are varied and beautiful. We...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Stories of Space Age Horror

Tom Ball·December 2, 2021

Stories of Space Age Horror written by: Tom Ball “It’s all horror and madness.” – The Marquis...

Literature English Haunted Holidays

·16 mins read

The Day The Australians Came

Dave Hayes·November 24, 2021

The Day the Australians Came written by: Dave Hayes They always remembered the eyes. Full of steel and...

Literature English

·2 mins read

Elysian Fields

Mark Kodama·October 6, 2021

Elysian Fields written by: Mark Kodama I Sadness marked all of Masako Harada’s life. And now after 80...

Literature English

·14 mins read

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love

Vergil Smith·September 23, 2021

ALLOVIT – A Story of Love written by: Vergil Smith 1991 – 2003 CHICAGO From the beginning,...

English Featured Post Literature

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My Ideal Life

Rutuja·July 2, 2021

My Ideal Life written by: Rutuja Just like every other person on this planet even I have...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Love Stories

Walid Boureghda·February 8, 2021

Love Stories written by: Walid Boureghda Love stories give us life In what we see in words...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Take A Seat at My Feet

Tammy M Darby·January 26, 2021

Take A Seat at My Feet written by: Tammy M Darby Take a seat at my feet...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Deep Into The Dawning Mist

David Dephy·December 30, 2020

Deep Into The Dawning Mist written by: David Dephy “What can be more animating than hope of...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Christmas Eve in Deal

Nigel de Costa·December 22, 2020

Christmas Eve in Deal written by: Nigel de Costa Middle Street’s grey-blue townhouses lean over its narrow...

Poetry Christmas English

·1 min read

Paradise

Utpal Chakraborty·October 15, 2020

Paradise written by: Utpal Chakraborty Our childhood paradise descended on the earthen floor of our common kitchen....

Poetry English

·1 min read

Dear Edgar

Christina Ciufo·October 8, 2020

Dear Edgar written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo Dear Edgar, Night, like the Grim Reaper wearing his black...

English Literature Featured Post

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All About Us

Rubab Abdullah·July 18, 2020

All About Us written by: Rubab Abdullah With every passing year Becoming wrinkled So many memories I...

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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