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Pauline Milner·January 29, 2023

1872 written by: Pauline Milner @PaulineRMilner When Albert Williams arrived at the door of a residence in...

English Literature

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Don’t Shelf The Elf

Alisa Guttadauro·December 28, 2022

Don’t Shelf The Elf written by: Alisa Guttadauro Lenny Paradiso kicked a rock in front of the...

Literature Christmas English

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The Family

Rawan·October 29, 2022

The Family written by: Rawan @RawanSaadeh8 I finally received my invitation by mail. Which was weird when...

Halloween Featured Post English 13 Days of Halloween Literature

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Mirrored

Alisa Guttadauro·October 22, 2022

Mirrored written by: Alisa Guttadauro Ashley Primrose looked at her reflection in the ornate, antique, full-length mirror...

Halloween Featured Post English 13 Days of Halloween Literature

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Highgate

Jenny Middleton·February 22, 2021

Highgate written by: Jenny Middleton December air, smudged with cold and clouds, lies heavily on the street,...

Poetry English

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Victorian Christmas Cake

Maurice Devitt·December 14, 2020

Victorian Christmas Cake written by: Maurice Devitt Every year about this time I go looking for your...

Poetry English Christmas

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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...

Features

Vermillion

Truth or Bones

The Veil of Vanity

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Stephen Herczeg

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

Spotlight On Writers – Deryn Graham

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The Lover

The Snow

The Scrap of a Paisley Shawl

A Haunting Waltz

A Victorian Lamplight

May Your Days Be Gory and Fright

The Haunted House

victorian

1872

Don’t Shelf The Elf

Mirrored

Highgate

Victorian Christmas Cake

Interview Q&A With Gabriella Balcom

The Veil of Vanity

Truth or Bones

Moisture’s Grace

Welcome, Comrade

By The Book

Guess I’m the Fool

Vermillion

The Lover

Dolphins of Beauty

The Snow

Fatalism at 30,000 Feet