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Locust Hill: Chapter IV

Carl Parsons·August 7, 2022

Locust Hill Chapter IV Farm Work written by: Carl Parsons 4.1 After the confrontation with my parents,...

English Featured Post Carl Parsons Locust Hill Literature

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Cure-All

Elizabeth Nettleton·July 4, 2022

Cure-All written by: Elizabeth Nettleton @ElizabethNett18 I tiptoe into Papa’s room, the tub of ointment in my...

English Literature

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Road Trip

Phyllis Souza·October 14, 2021

Road Trip written by: Phyllis Souza June of 1945 Virginia stood next to the new Chevy Coupe,...

Literature English

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Summer Memories

Marie Johnson-Ladson·October 7, 2020

Summer Memories written by: Marie Johnson-Ladson Some of my best Summer Memories were when we used to...

English Poetry

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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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Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

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Mercury

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Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

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Still Standing Tall

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Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

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Rooster Tail

Ode to a Would-Be Swimmin’ Skink

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Locust Hill: Chapter IV

Cure-All

Road Trip

Summer Memories

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

Cast Off

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Still Standing Tall

SHIMLA

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

The Devil Calls

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

My Forest

Artificial Idiocracy

Walk Away Walk Away