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Leo’s Muse

Mikayla Hill·March 5, 2024

Leo’s Muse written by: Mikayla Hill Every day, I spent an hour watching the snail that lived...

Literature English

·1 min read

A Chew of Tobacco

Paul Thwaites·March 17, 2022

A Chew of Tobacco written by: Paul Thwaites In the morning, he stood at the Bankside, shivering....

Lost

Richard LeDue·January 17, 2022

Lost written by: Richard LeDue @LedueRichard Tiny tracks in fresh snow ask us to follow them, but...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Lil’ Matador

Charles R. Bucklin·August 19, 2021

Lil’ Matador written by: Charles R. Bucklin My mother must have turned some heads the day she...

English Featured Post Literature

·8 mins 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 ...

Features

Broken Halo Blues

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Cast Off

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Creatures of Habit

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Zombie

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Fatalism at 30,000 Feet

The Train Blues

It’s a Strange Strange Road

The Wonders of the Strzelecki Track

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Leo’s Muse

A Chew of Tobacco

Lost

Lil’ Matador

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

Still Standing Tall

Cast Off

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Broken Halo Blues

The Christmas Stocking

A Small Girl’s Holiday Wish

Little Spruce Tree

Christmas Pudding

Zombie