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A Poet’s Public Service Announcement

John Grey·July 8, 2023

A Poet’s Public Service Announcement written by: John Grey All this pain comes with the territory. Veneer...

Opal Beach

Sean O'Leary·October 8, 2021

Opal Beach written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 Declan pulled up outside the Commercial Hotel, sat there and...

English Literature

·11 mins read

Newton

D.N. Purkerson·October 6, 2020

Newton written by: D.N. Purkerson @d_purkerson Newton was living through a worst-case scenario. One of the toughest...

Literature English

·5 mins read

The End – Time Is Now

Moses Y. Sonkarlay Jr·June 22, 2020

The End – Time Is Now written by: Moses Y. Sonkarlay Jr As the dew drips slowly...

English Poetry

·1 min read

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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A Poet’s Public Service Announcement

Opal Beach

Newton

The End – Time Is Now

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

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Grandchild

Barney and His Angel

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Cast Off

The Leap

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