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I Am A Stone

Don Knowles·July 14, 2023

I Am A Stone written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 I am a stone upon a lake beach...

Poetry English

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Awaiting Spring

Jacqueline Mead·March 20, 2023

Awaiting Spring written by: Jacqueline Mead @Jackiem158 Coiled around the Earth Highly sprung, waiting rebirth Mother Nature...

Poetry English

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Time Flies

Shalini Kathuria Narang·January 31, 2023

Time Flies written by: Shalini Kathuria Narang @shalinikat Why is forgive, The most difficult give? Forgiveness is...

English Poetry

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Silence Surrounds

Jacqueline Mead·August 22, 2022

Silence Surrounds written by: Jacqueline Mead @Jackiem158 When silence surrounds Place your feet firmly on ground Feel...

Poetry English

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Sarai La Rivoluzione

Francesco Abate·September 19, 2021

Sarai La Rivoluzione written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Sentimenti omologati mi circondano, parole vuote mi rubano l’aria,...

Poetry International Italian

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Colors

Bharti·May 24, 2021

Colors written by: Bharti In the middle of sunny day When the flower buds took all their...

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...

Features

Truth or Bones

The Veil of Vanity

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

Truth or Bones

Whale Song

The Erosion of Connection

Love is a Magic Ray

Living Mess

Surrounded

Garrulous Gambit

Amber Leaves

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I Am A Stone

Awaiting Spring

Time Flies

Silence Surrounds

Sarai La Rivoluzione

Colors

Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes

By The Book

Moisture’s Grace

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Veil of Vanity

In The Name of Grace

Welcome, Comrade

El Café de esta Mañana

Kinds of Blue

Widowland

A Palette of Love and Rain II

A Time of Captivity