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Eliza Segiet·September 23, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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Blue Screen Night Shift

Robyn MacKinnon·July 26, 2020

Blue Screen Night Shift written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat another blue screen Working the nocturnal shift making...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

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Stay Away

Steve Carr·July 1, 2020

Stay Away written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 The heat was suffocating. The sweat-soaked sheet stuck to Tom’s...

Literature English

·9 mins read

To Work

John Grey·July 1, 2020

To Work written by: John Grey Morning is a time bomb set in motion by knuckles rubbing...

Poetry English

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Waking Up

Sinchan Chatterjee·June 26, 2020

Waking Up written by: Sinchan Chatterjee I am alarmed out of my sleep After a night of...

English Poetry

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What You Do

Deborah Joan Jones·June 19, 2020

What You Do written by: Deborah Joan Jones Look around, who do you know who truly has...

English Poetry

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I’m Having A Day

Roger Turner·June 9, 2020

I’m Having A Day written by: Roger Turner @titansdad Alarm didn’t ring It’s started to rain Car...

Poetry English

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Kissing Teeth

Nick Gerrard·May 27, 2020

Kissing Teeth written by: Nick Gerrard Mandala walked home along the shore, his bare feet tickling the...

English Literature

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Art, Work or Family

Ferris E Jones·May 4, 2020

Art, Work or Family written by: Ferris E Jones The heaviness can’t be approached. Slowly, its multitudes...

English Poetry

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Double Trouble

Christopher S. Bell·April 15, 2020

Double Trouble written by: Christopher S. Bell @CScottBell Gerry watched foam drip from his glass to the bartop...

Literature English

·8 mins read

El Destino

Jose A Gomez·March 29, 2020

El Destino written by: José A Gómez Se me esta escapando el deseo de luchar Fofo me...

Jose A Gomez Spanish Poetry

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Simply The Best

Eamon O'Leary·March 19, 2020

Simply The Best written by: Eamon O’Leary The trial had tongues wagging and now a guilty verdict....

Literature English Featured Post

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When Alarm Clocks Stop Failing

Arimaya Ryan·March 11, 2020

When Alarm Clocks Stop Failing written by: Arimaya Ryan My day will fill out into eons My...

English Poetry

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In Pursuit of Creative Happiness

Asad Mian·March 8, 2020

In pursuit of creative happiness and linking it to the modern day workplace written by: Asad Mian @amian74...

Article English

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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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