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THE SWAN MEETS THE CLOUD

Anahit Arustamyan·December 5, 2017

THE SWAN MEETS THE CLOUD written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 The swan put my face on its...

English Poetry

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SACRED SWAN

Stanley Wilkin·July 13, 2017

SACRED SWAN written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk Head bowed, flowing across the water Like an organic sepulchre-...

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The Swan King

LadyLily·November 13, 2016

The Swan King written by: LadyLily @AFairymary Fine fibre lashes flicker, flutter. Sailing trance-like on warm reflected...

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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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SACRED SWAN

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Ghost of a Christmas Past

The Spy Hiding in the Bougainvillea

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