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Trace

Jenny MiddletonSeptember 23, 2019

Trace written by: Jenny Middleton Despite dying and so bewildering all space around us your trace follows close; a powder trail through the minutiae...

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Life’s Trace

Ken Allan DronsfieldSeptember 13, 2019

Life's Trace written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Someone whispered my name! The tone a low, but gentle voice. It said, "search out your p...

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Remembering Nature

Michael J LeachMay 28, 2019

Remembering Nature written by: Michael J Leach @m_jleach When I walk this footpath, I pause to remember autumn leaves that fell in wet concr...

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Finding Closure

Michal ReibenbachApril 23, 2019

Finding Closure written by: Michal Reibenbach Preface My father abducted me from my mother as a small baby. I knew nothing about her until her family...

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Mirages!

Anahit ArustamyanOctober 6, 2017

Mirages! written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 Mirages! You are rushing to join my voyages. Do you smell the perfume of the lilac trees in ...

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TRACES

Dilip MohapatraApril 25, 2017

TRACES written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo Everything that existed once leaves its traces behind a bit of my fear of the ghosts that still haunt ...

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Transcendence or Coincidence

Anne GMarch 6, 2016

Transcendence or Coincidence written by: Anne G Trails of breadcrumbs left behind bits and pieces Evidence Trails of breadcrumbs tell-tale sign...

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Phyllis P. Colucci is a freelance/indie author from Brooklyn, New York. She is currently retired from a Supervisory Administrative position with a Federal law enforcement agency in New York City, and is now pursuing her passion for writing fiction and poetry. She has always had a love for writing over the years, whether it be poetry, short stories or novels; and mystery and suspense is something she has recently gravitated towards with a touch of romance and that "New York edge". Phyllis has three novels, one novella and an Anthology of original poems currently on the Amazon market, and continues to be part of the Spillwords writing community by sharing/contributing her fiction and poetry on a monthly basis. She also has a writing blog under the name of "FictionTarot" where she hopes to entertain readers, take them on journeys page by page - and perhaps make a difference with a blog.

Bodies In The Basement by M. Taggart

It was a crisp, damp, October night.
“When we get to the Church I’ll go down first.” Colin was thinking of the moment when both he and Aaron would be standing at the top of the basement stairs peering down into the darkness.
The old stone Church was perched at the top of the largest hill on the prep school’s campus. Colin’s parents were professors at the school and their house was on campus grounds. They’d been waiting for Colin’s parents to fall asleep upstairs. Both boys were comfortable in their sleeping bags on the screened in porch. The lights had been turned out an hour ago and Colin felt it was time to slip into the night ...