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Crocodilian, Shining Bright

Michael R. Burch·March 29, 2025

Crocodilian, Shining Bright written by: Michael R. Burch Crocodilian, shining bright, In the Nile by pale moonlight,...

Poetry English

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Cannabinoia

Pablo Cúzco·March 6, 2025

Cannabinoia written by: Pablo Cúzco For Anthony~ nights spent in a panicked rush of exploding fear suffocated...

Poetry English

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Krampus Night

Eric Shelman·December 2, 2024

Krampus Night written by: Eric Shelman Krampus Night has come drink our special alcohol don masks, costumes...

English Poetry Haunted Holidays

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Zainab

David Thoenen·November 27, 2024

Zainab written by: David Thoenen - The men in clean green uniforms screamed filthy blasphemies...

Literature English

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Soul of A Ghoul

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright·November 5, 2024

Soul of A Ghoul written by: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright @LiveMagNYC You can be whomsoever you desire. A...

Poetry English

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Journal Entry

Courtney Glover·November 4, 2024

Journal Entry written by: Courtney Glover July 7th For the last two nights I’ve heard a persistent...

English Poetry

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Halloween Magic

Bruce Levine·October 30, 2024

Halloween Magic written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Witches on broomsticks Having a race across the sky Ghostly...

Halloween English Poetry

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Pennsylvania Pole Saw Massacre

Kenneth Vincent Walker·October 21, 2024

Pennsylvania Pole Saw Massacre written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker A pole saw is intended To lop limbs...

English Poetry Halloween

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Armageddon

Lori Marchesin·May 25, 2024

Armageddon written by: Lori Marchesin Everywhere, the smoking ruins of my city. There is still beauty along...

English Poetry

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Watch Your Back

Pauline Milner·May 17, 2024

Watch Your Back written by: Pauline Milner @PaulineRMilner - Everyone has a niche. Mine just happens to be...

English Literature

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Here War Is Simple

Spillwords·February 25, 2024

Here War Is Simple a poem by: W H Auden Here war is simple like a monument:...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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The Ingrate of Repetition

Heath Brougher·February 6, 2024

The Ingrate of Repetition written by: Heath Brougher The couch professor is always professing from the couch— you...

English Poetry

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I Wish You Could Have Run, Girl

Hawla Riza·January 22, 2024

I Wish You Could Have Run, Girl written by: Hawla Riza @HawlaRiza The bags are piping, and...

English Poetry

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Next year Henry will go back to being a sheep…

Hilary Ayshford·January 6, 2024

Next year Henry will go back to being a sheep, says Mrs Bottomley written by: Hilary Ayshford @hilary553...

Literature English Featured Post

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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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