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When This Ends

Eoghan Lyng·May 2, 2020

When This Ends written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng When this ends, I hope to travel Killarney’s passageway,...

Poetry English

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Dora The Intergalactic Explorer

Jake Cosmos Aller·April 27, 2020

Dora The Intergalactic Explorer written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Dora the intergalactic explorer Is traveling to the...

English Poetry

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Lifeboat Earth

Brian Rihlmann·April 13, 2020

Lifeboat Earth written by: Brian Rihlmann I get my coffee at the drive-thru because the store’s closed...

Poetry English

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Life In Times of Corona

Rana Preet Gill·April 5, 2020

Life In Times of Corona written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill The air is glum. It reeks...

Article English

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Wooing The Sun

Mona Lisa·February 17, 2020

Wooing The Sun written by: Mona Lisa She is not sure yet, If she is a poet...

English Poetry

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Major in the Land of Giants

Asad Mian·January 12, 2020

Major in the Land of Giants A Travelogue (of sorts) written by: Asad Mian @amian74 My trip...

Article English

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Dreams

Elaine Marie Carnegie-Padgett·December 30, 2019

Dreams written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 My feet feel the grain of the sand underneath and my...

English Poetry

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A Cuckoo Clock Christmas

Lee Dunn·December 23, 2019

A Cuckoo Clock Christmas written by: Lee Dunn @66human I brought you a present ‘Twas an old...

Poetry Christmas English

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Chasing Cars

Mileva Anastasiadou·December 21, 2019

Chasing Cars written by: Mileva Anastasiadou @happymil_ It was the night before Christmas when I met him...

English Literature Christmas

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My Hidden Desires

Hemu Aggarwal·September 28, 2019

My Hidden Desires written by: Hemu Aggarwal @hemuaggarwal15 My drained efforts to dig out my bones, and...

English Poetry

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Explanations

Sonali Majumdar·September 24, 2019

Explanations written by: Sonali Majumdar Explanations are rivers Of our carefully crafted thoughts Of mindful set of...

Poetry English

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Ohio, Iowa, and Sometimes Idaho

Anita G. Gorman·September 21, 2019

Ohio, Iowa, and Sometimes Idaho written by: Anita G. Gorman It was a large dining room in...

Literature English

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Life’s Trace

Ken Allan Dronsfield·September 13, 2019

Life’s Trace written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Someone whispered my name! The tone a low, but...

English Poetry

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Tigger

Phyllis Souza·September 10, 2019

Tigger written by: Phyllis Souza Tigger, an alley cat, lapped milk, hunted mice and leaped through open...

Literature English

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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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