Showcase - Week of: 5/2-8/26

New Submissions:

• Silent Farewell - By Andy Cooper

• Down the Hatch! - By Mike Turner

• Of Mice And Men... - By Ken Gosse

• A Prodigal Prayer - By Linda Troxell

• The Subconscious - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Watching and Waiting - By Debby Hackbarth

• Except for the Hatching Part - By K. L. Shipley

• Night Falls With Its Eyesores - By Benjamin Nambu

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Subconscious - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Showcase - Week of: 4/25-5/1/26

New Submissions:

• Merliens - By CraigE

• I am... - By Anonymous

• Hatch - By K. L. Shipley

• You Know The... - By Linda Troxell

• The First Song - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Washed In Sorrow - By Andy Cooper

• Doorway of Doom - By Debby Hackbarth

• Sunday Night Drama - By Benjamin Nambu

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Hatch - By K. L. Shipley

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Showcase - Week of: 4/18-24/26

New Submissions:

• Harborview Living Shrouds - By Sterling Warner

• Life: A Marvelous Mixture - By Debby Hackbarth

• It Was The Monster Smash! - By Ken Gosse

• The Mystery of Asinine - By Benjamin Block

• Navigating The Journey - By Mike Turner

• An Ocean Within - By Benjamin Nambu

• The Art of Nail-Biting - By Sylvia Rose

• Absence of Solace - By Andy Cooper

• A Circle of Love - By Barefoot Cajun

• True Love - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Art of Nail-Biting - By Sylvia Rose

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Showcase - Week of: 4/11-17/26

New Submissions:

• Her Name Is Samira - By Benjamin Nambu

• Torture and Woe - By Debby Hackbarth

• Divorcing Nirvana - By Andy Cooper

• You don't Know… - By K. L. Shipley

• Dr. Merkle and Mr. Hyde - By CraigE

• The Carriage… - By Laura Daniels

• Ordeal - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Losing You - By Chris Platt

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Losing You - By Chris Platt

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Showcase - Week of: 4/4-10/26

New Submissions:

• Side-Tracked - By Chris Platt

• The Logos - By Ngoc Nguyen

• Seasons - By Debby Hackbarth

• Wallflower Child - By Dana Trick

• The Cabin Wait - By Andy Cooper

• The Guardian - By Shih-Fang Wang

• While It Rained - By Benjamin Nambu

• Old Shelter Cat - By Mayumi Yamamoto

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Old Shelter Cat - By Mayumi Yamamoto

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Showcase - Week of: 3/28-4/3/26

New Submissions:

• Still Abloom - By CraigE

• Local Fauna - By K. L. Shipley

• Red Wine - By Benjamin Nambu

• Your Smile - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Flower Within - By DL Mullan

• The Old Gray Sonnet - By Ken Gosse

• An Unexpected Call - By Debby Hackbarth

• Blooming Creative Writing - By Marc OBrien

• Late Nights with ChatGPT - By Ngoc Nguyen

• The Good News in Two Acts - By Linda Troxell

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Flower Within - By DL Mullan

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Showcase - Week of: 3/21-27/26

New Submissions:

• The Future Held - By Ranger CR

• The Great Mind - By Shih-Fang Wang

• They All Know - By Benjamin Nambu

• Three Haiku: Bloom - By Mike Turner

• If Homer Knew Rose - By Ngoc Nguyen

• Spectacular Spring - By Debby Hackbarth

• The Star Spangled Tragedy - By Linda Troxell

• Not this Sober Since Fifteen - By Andy Cooper

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Star Spangled Tragedy - By Linda Troxell

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Showcase - Week of: 3/14-20/26

New Submissions:

• Nature and Nurture - By Debby Hackbarth

• Life's Sprouting Plants - By Marc OBrien

• The Rocks And… - By Benjamin Nambu

• When The Shark Bites - By Ken Gosse

• Song of Spring - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Stand For Flags… - By Andy Cooper

• When the Muse… - By Ngoc Nguyen

• A Writing Room... - By  Chris Platt

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• When The Shark Bites - By Ken Gosse

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Showcase - Week of: 3/7-13/26

New Submissions:

• Stories in Wrinkles - By Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa

• Teamwork Saved A Life - By Debby Hackbarth

• Ode to Brussels Sprouts - By Mike Turner

• She Imagines - By Benjamin Nambu

• Third Gulf War - By Andy Cooper

• Skips Its Turn - By Chris Platt

• Mirage - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Stories in Wrinkles - By Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa

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Showcase - Week of: 2/28-3/6/26

New Submissions:

• Palpitations - By Mike Turner

• Reviving - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Great Devoid - By Ken Gosse

• Blood for Profit - By Andy Cooper

• Not On Her Watch - By Chris Platt

• If I Never Write Again - By Simple Sue

• How The Heart Beats - By Sam Calhoun

• The Horrendous Pounding - By Debby Hackbarth

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• How The Heart Beats - By Sam Calhoun

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Showcase - Week of: 2/21-27/26

New Submissions:

• Butukwen and His Mother - By Benjamin Nambu

• Cold Coffee and Ginger Snaps - By K. L. Shipley

• A Lifelong Team - By Debby Hackbarth

• The State of Greed - By Andy Cooper

• Dead Men Walking - By Dave Painter

• Ode To Green Tea - By Dana Trick

• Survival Instinct - By Simple Sue

• Unspoken - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Ode To Green Tea - By Dana Trick

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Showcase - Week of: 2/14-20/26

New Submissions:

• Scramble - By Slyvia Plath

• Adore, Ajar - By Mike Turner

• Day By Day - By Simple Sue

• You Be You - By Andrew Scott

• Enchantment - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Cherished Friends - By Debby Hackbarth

• The Boy And The Bicycle - By Chris Platt

• Only Verbena Would Smell… - By Ken Gosse

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Scramble - By Slyvia Plath

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Showcase - Week of: 2/7-13/26

New Submissions:

• The Gift - By Sugar de Santo

• Sacred Vow - By Mike Turner

• Burning Ambition - By Chris Platt

• My First and Only - By Ken Gosse

• He Made A Vow - By Debby Hackbarth

• The Hasty Oath - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Squirrel Breakfasts Alone - By K. L. Shipley

• Where the Sunflower Bends? - By Sutanuka Mondal

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• He Made A Vow - By Debby Hackbarth

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Showcase - Week of: 1/31-2/6/26

New Submissions:

• Her Last Farewell and Testament - By Ken Gosse

• A Vow To The Vastness - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Lottery Ticket Seller - By Sugar de Santo

• Secrets And Smackdowns - By Chris Platt

• Wife Of An Addict - By Simple Sue

• Tidy Hearts - By Andy Cooper

• Vows Eternal - By CraigE

• Wolfclaw - By Dee Allen.

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Vows Eternal - By CraigE

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Showcase - Week of: 1/24-30/26

New Submissions:

• Play - By K. L. Shipley

• A Special Date - By Chris Platt

• Adrift No More - By Mike Turner

• Good Times - By Debby Hackbarth

• Ode To The Camel - By Simple Sue

• Halo Of Tear Gas - By Andy Cooper

• Last Time I Saw... - By Benjamin Nambu

• I Remember The Light - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Adrift No More - By Mike Turner

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Showcase - Week of: 1/17-23/26

New Submissions:

• Encore - By Chris Platt

• A Gentle Rain - By K. L. Shipley

• Unsociable Media - By Ken Gosse

• Get A Mirror - By Benjamin Nambu

• A Chance To Grow - By Simple Sue

• The Last Drink… - By  Andy Cooper

• Where Fun Dwells - By Shih-Fang Wang

• A Controlled Mind... - By Barefoot Cajun

• Definitions of Fun - By Debby Hackbarth

• Society vs. The Individual - By Ngoc Nguyen

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• A Chance To Grow - By Simple Sue

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Showcase - Week of: 1/10-16/26

New Submissions:

• Poet - By Mike Turner

• Jailhouse Love - By Simple Sue

• Facing the Past… - By Andy Cooper

• Midnight Messenger - By Ken Gosse

• Beacon Of Hope - By Jennifer Forrest

• Light My Lantern - By Debby Hackbarth

• This Little Light Of Mine - By K. L. Shipley

• No Shortcuts To Maturity - By Benjamin Nambu

• The Colors of the Lanterns - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Beacon Of Hope - By Jennifer Forrest

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Showcase - Week of: 1/3-9/26

New Submissions:

• Lantern Festival - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Power Outage - By Sugar de Santo

• Forest Hike - By Debby Hackbarth

• Lantern Glow - By Jonna Kihlman

• Where The Art Is - By Chris Platt

• From Darkness - By Mike Turner

• Reaching Out - By Simple Sue

• Route 666 - By CraigE

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Power Outage - By Sugar de Santo

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Showcase - Week of: 12/27-1/2/26

New Submissions:

• Quizzical - By Chris Platt

• Reverie - By K. L. Shipley

• Stage Echoes - By Mike Turner

• Rescue Me - By Debby Hackbarth

• Midnight Echo - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Lost In the Real World - By Simple Sue

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Stage Echoes - By Mike Turner

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Showcase - Week of: 12/20-26/25

New Submissions:

• Echoes Of A Childhood Morning - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Wonderous Waves Overwhelm - By Debby Hackbarth

• Quinn's Journey… - By Andy Cooper

• Masquerade of Love - By Ken Gosse

• Echoes of Assisi - By K. L. Shipley

• Whispered Echo - By Simple Sue

• Silent Echo - By Mike Turner

• Dressed - By Slyvia Rose

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Echoes of Assisi - By K. L. Shipley

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