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Butterfly Hunt

Vasile Trif·June 24, 2024

Butterfly Hunt written by: Vasile Trif The liquefied blood Moon pulverized into myriads of microns from anemone...

English Poetry

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It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Janetta Marilyn Konah·May 2, 2024

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay written by: Janetta Marilyn Konah It’s okay if all you did...

Poetry English

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Me and Mine

Ichie Francis Chibuzo·March 18, 2024

Me and Mine written by: Ichie Francis Chibuzo @ChibuzoIchie Your smile reminds me Of the morning sun...

Poetry English

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Apollonian Sonnet

Paweł Markiewicz·February 20, 2024

Apollonian Sonnet written by: Paweł Markiewicz We think of the fascinating charm. We fantasize about wizardry. We...

Poetry English

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Prosaic

Anthony John Ward·January 23, 2024

Prosaic written by: Anthony John Ward I find poetry in the most prosaic of things Reading tables...

English Poetry

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Any Port in a Storm

Gerry Stefanson·November 9, 2023

Passages Any Port in a Storm written by: Gerry Stefanson @gerry_stefanson Deck shutters under foot Lines cast...

Passages Gerry Stefanson English Poetry

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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...

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