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OMENA

Victor FeinApril 22, 2020

OMENA written by: Vitor Fein We met while visiting an art store far north in Michigan. We had dropped our son off at a volleyball camp where he...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Shopping

Michal ReibenbachApril 21, 2020

Shopping written by: Michal Reibenbach 15.03. 2020 - One week into the Pandemic Seeing the parking lot around the entrance of the supermarket is ...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

Coronavirus

Michal ReibenbachMarch 17, 2020

Coronavirus written by: Michal Reibenbach We are on our way home from a holiday in Cambodia, the plane is flying among the clouds. As it dips downwa...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

The Big Fish

John H PatersonMarch 15, 2020

The Big Fish written by: John H Paterson @j_paterson Have you ever heard of Benin? It’s a little country in West Africa about the size of Pennsylva...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

Crash - Part II, a short story by Michal Reibenbach at Spillwords.com

Crash II

Michal ReibenbachFebruary 9, 2020

Crash Part II written by: Michal Reibenbach Six weeks later. My condition has stabilized, the time has arrived for me to be transferred to the reh...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature20 min read

The Summer of 86

Navdeep BhartiFebruary 4, 2020

The Summer of 86 written by: Navdeep Bharti the summer of 86 i remember we skipped school took our bicycles paddling fast away from society drifti...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Sokolov’s Original Enactment

Jordan TretheweyFebruary 2, 2020

Sokolov's Original Enactment written by: Jordan Trethewey @bizarre_quotes This romance had a number of distinct, possible outcomes: Isabelle and I ...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry2 min read

Frozen

Roger TurnerJanuary 14, 2020

Frozen written by: Roger Turner @titansdad It was a night like this Back in old T. O. When a woman froze to death In the cold and frigid snow I p...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry1 min read

Crash

Michal ReibenbachJanuary 12, 2020

Crash Part I written by: Michal Reibenbach Yanna and I are sitting on my bed, leaning back on pillows. It is, after all, the most comfortable place i...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature19 min read

It’s Just Colin

Lee DunnOctober 21, 2019

It's Just Colin written by: Lee Dunn @66human We had been looking for a place to rent near town because our landlord gave us notice to vacate....

EnglishHalloweenLiterature3 min read

Two Rides

James Dean CollinsOctober 1, 2019

Two Rides written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist Nearly four years ago, the two major rideshare companies that operate in the United States...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature21 min read

Sugie, When You Coming to get that Turkey?

Louis GalloSeptember 25, 2019

Sugie, When You Coming to get that Turkey? written by: Louis Gallo SUGIE, WHEN YOU COMING TO GET THAT TURKEY? I’m in love with the message on my m...

EnglishPoetry3 min read

Mamma Told Me

Dianne MoritzSeptember 23, 2019

Mamma Told Me written by: Dianne Moritz There’re no good men out there, Mamma said, then remembers my dear Daddy who left us for booze and other wom...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Arturo Campos

John H PatersonSeptember 8, 2019

Arturo Campos written by: John H Paterson @j_paterson The mining industry is an “up and down,” “make or break” business that attracts a lot of colo...

EditorialEnglishFeatured Post12 min read

Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

ALBERT CAMUS’S – 'THE PLAGUE' - ITS RELEVANCE TODAY by GS Subbu

How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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