HOUSEPLANT FUNERALS – By Robert Keast

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HOUSEPLANT FUNERALSBy Robert Keast “Would bagpipes be possible?” Mrs. Stewart asked.“Of course.”“You could arrange that?”“Certainly,” I said.And I can. Honoring such requests is what I am called to do.“Could it be someone who knows ‘Amazing...

A FIGHT FOR LOVE AND GLORY – By Dennis Nau

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A FIGHT FOR LOVE AND GLORYBy Dennis Nau  If it all started so many years ago, why did it seem like yesterday at times? There was a depression, a war, a man, life in the...

SACRED GEOMETRY FOR ARIEL V – By Alex R. Encomienda

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SACRED GEOMETRY FOR ARIEL VBy Alex R. Encomienda Sometimes life told stories in strange cases and the complexity of its subject was overlooked despite the story having a solid underlying meaning. It was no wonder...

THE STORY-GATHERER’S CAIQUE VOYAGE – By Alexandros Plasatis

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THE STORY-GATHERER’S CAIQUE VOYAGEBy Alexandros Plasatis  The Egyptian fisherman with the sliced-off arm finished telling his story to Angie and they looked out to the sea for a little while. She washed his beer glass,...

AMERICAN PIE – By R.C. Savoie

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AMERICAN PIEBy R.C. Savoie It was a pretty big deal the first time the Honk for Peace woman got run over. This was eight years ago, when Lucius was ten, back in the days of tupperware cups...

THE MISSING STAR OF CANCER – By Heather Whited

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THE MISSING STAR OF CANCERBy Heather Whited Augusta and Eleanor could see the lights on the Christmas tree through the fabric of the tent they had set up on the front porch; flickering dots whose...

A WILDERNESS OF MONKEYS – By Robert McKean

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A WILDERNESS OF MONKEYSBy Robert McKean It was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor:I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.—Shylock Heartless, the way they ravaged the...

THE RAIN – By Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz

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THE RAINBy Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz The rain was coming down hard and clicked lightly and constantly against the glass.  The wind was blowing so strongly that it rushed the clouds in a hurry across the sky,...

EN ROUTE TO GRAUMAN’S – By Sarah Archer Moulton

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GUZZLEDBy Jonathan B. Ferrini Imagine finding a diamond embedded in the ground. You pull it from the earth and although the diamond glistens, you’re repulsed by the insects scurrying around under it. Like the insects,...