I Have Outlived Them
/… have outlived my youth
Dreams of career and accomplishment
The reality of a plodding job
Co-workers and peers…
By Mike Turner
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A Reckoning
/Suicide, preceded by three…
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…rounds from a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun took the lives of four souls - Floyd Sanford (shot twice), Bessie Lee Sanford, and Rosalie Sanford. Each died from close-range blasts that splattered blood, flesh and bone. The fifth shot was delivered to the chest of the murderer …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDark Thoughts
/Grandmother shared …
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… grandmother was sitting quietly in her favorite chair meditating, she said: “Susy, something is thumping at the corners of my mind.” I wanted to understand what was going on in her brain; however, I was late and needed to rush to my…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreStrange Rhyme
/… quantum mechanics were understood,
and black hole singularities, space-time,
and gravity's well swallowed in a flood,
would bend to genius effort of this …
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreA Suburban Edgelord...
/… lost youth sat in a darkened room
before flat screens in suburban homes.
Anti-flag posters are stuck to beige
walls as his lips drift…
By Andy Cooper
Read MorePlease Be Aware
/This poem is based on a true…
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…not know Mrs. Scott very well.
I met her when I visited her son.
I saw her from afar, sullen and…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreDarlena: Bounty Hunter Material
/…came to town, hung the sheriff in the town square, and called for the mayor. She entered the saloon, removed her coat, and took a seat. A bartender went to his feet to serve Darlena a frosty fountain mug with foam bubbling over the…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreJust Ghostly
/…when she saw the figure, dropping her mug of tea to the floor. She looked on in disbelief as the ghostly figure of a woman, walked through the kitchen. The figure wore a flowing white dress under a blue denim jacket. The vision had a spectral …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreOde To Poetry
/… launched on swiftly speeding wings,
space and time flew to shape dark, obscure fates.
Parnassus glorified supernatural beings,
birthing sweet songs too glorious to…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreSelling Stories
/… paced up and down the small back-stage area at the book shop. It wasn’t every day you did a book-signing for your debut novel. She actually couldn’t believe this was finally happening. The writing process was long…
By Chris Platt
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