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No Longer Free

hedgehog·March 27, 2018

No Longer Free written by: hedgehog Within the space of every moment As I stand alone on...

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A Zipper That Jammed Halfway

Sofia Kioroglou·March 13, 2018

A Zipper That Jammed Halfway written by: Sofia Kioroglou Walking through the Old City of Jerusalem over...

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Fractured Feast

Mighty Mousey·May 31, 2017

Fractured Feast written by: : Mighty Mousey @TattyTrellis You’d have me dine With peace within A drumming...

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Beauty Shall Endure

Cindy Medina·April 22, 2017

Beauty Shall Endure written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 Beauty shall endure. Mother bird tends delicate eggs ‘midst...

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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 ...

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