The Hollow Lesson
/While walking home …
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… putting gothic candy distribution as a distant memory, along with wintry festive celebrations which positively graced the small community recently, where Paulie’s humble affluent family neighbored royal counterparts, allowing the …
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreHarvest Moon
/… rustling Autumn evenings
As nostalgia’s hazy glow
illuminates warm remembrances
May we find solace…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreThe Devil In Congress…
/… dark clouds funnel,
layered like an onion to peel,
fueling eyes, watering
with displeasure from…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreAll Couples
/…Tina got dressed for work, all he could think about was the argument with Jimmy the night before. They had been arguing in the street. As well as the embarrassment of airing their dirty laundry in public, as they say, there was the strain it was putting on their …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreShe Saved Me
/Sometimes trauma can take a terrific turn.
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…myself and covered the area in aloe.
It hurt so badly, I felt nauseous and hollow.
The pain spikes tended to ebb…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreBorn For A Prince
/…are growing up, we have these grand illusions of what we wanna be, places we want to go and whom we want to marry. Many of these illusions are birthed and kept alive by movies we’ve watched, a favorite song, some picture in a newspaper, book or …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreA Deneb Hajj
/A pilgrim bound for Earth…
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… bowed in the direction of Earth, completed the Isha prayer, rolled up his mat, and stowed it under the …
By Michael McCormick
Read MoreThe Hollow’s Head Man
/A Grim Start for the Reaper
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… an infant he nursed at the breast
of a harpy who’s fierce, feathered chest
seethed venom most toxic.
It’s not paradoxic…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreA Halloween Night ...
/… in carved Jack-o’-lanterns
paved the way to Leona’s porch.
A skeleton in the window
left me in a fragile …
By Andy Cooper
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