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Brush Sigh Sleep

J. Iner Souster·June 16, 2023

Brush Sigh Sleep written by: J. Iner Souster @iner We’ve all seen those people pass us by...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Blue

Rob Wilcher·August 24, 2021

Blue written by: Rob Wilcher @RobertWilcher It was when Albert backed the car into the driveway and...

English Featured Post Literature

·29 mins read

The Predicament

Dawn DeBraal·April 5, 2021

The Predicament written by: Dawn DeBraal Darryl didn’t want to sit in the commons with no one...

English Literature

·5 mins read

I Didn’t Come Here To Unpack

G. Rod Hamilton·September 2, 2020

I Didn’t Come Here To Unpack written by: Rando Mithlo I didn’t come here to unpack Broke...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Stuck In The Middle

Freya Pickard·July 4, 2020

Stuck In The Middle written by: Freya Pickard @FreyaPickard left dangling forgotten, unwanted crossing the line stuck...

Poetry English Featured Post

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MEET SPILLWORDS SANTA

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Sanu Sharma

Sanu Sharma is a Nepali novelist, short story writer, poet and lyricist. She has published several novels and short story collections, and numerous lyrical works. Her prose sheds light on the struggles of women, girls, and marginalized communities, tackling overlooked familial and societal issues, while her poetry and lyrics capture universal emotions. Her short story collection Ekadeshmaa received widespread acclaim and was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar in 2018. Several of her novels and stories have been adapted into audio and visual formats, and her ghazals and lyrics have been set to music by various composers and performed by renowned singers.

Precious Moments by Valli Henry-Boldini

...The little blue jay landed on the windowsill just as Frank’s heart skipped another beat. He looked at her delicate colours and the way she flitted back and forth along the white peeling ledge. She reminded him so much of his wife Emily, as she skipped along the white sandy beach all those years ago.

Emily lay asleep on their bed. Frank watched her from his favourite window seat and smiled. Thirty years had passed and she had remained his destiny.

As the bright morning sunlight burst through the top half of the windowpane and landed on her ashen face, its warmth stirred her from her slumber and she extended her thin arm to block out its penetrating rays...

Features

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

A Christmas Heckler

I’m The Star

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dawn Minott

Spotlight On Writers – Séimí Mac Aindreasa

Spotlight On Writers – Nancy E. Campos

A Christmas Heckler

Merry Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

All The Things I Don’t Remember

God Buried Me Before I Was Ever Born

Stuck in The Middle

Is This How It’ll Be?

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Brush Sigh Sleep

Blue

The Predicament

I Didn’t Come Here To Unpack

Stuck In The Middle

Christmas Purple Bear

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

Free’s Tale: No Home at Christmas-time

You Must Believe

Father Christmas Comes Knocking

A Christmas Heckler

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

Halting Matilda

The Gift of Life

A Heavenly Peace

All About Xmas