IN THE VINEYARD -Poetry by guest author by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner
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I lie under the vine and look into the blue sky through the green-yellow leaves. Cockaigne... grapes grow into my mouth, drowsy,...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 5, 2023
- 25 min
THE MORTICIAN's WIDOW -Speculative Fiction
How could my parents leave us alone with Mrs. Hadley, the mortician's widow? Didn't they love us anymore? Nothing stirred fear more than...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 4, 2023
- 2 min
THE POET -Poetry by guest author W Roger Carlisle
(Note: This poem was written before the Covid-19 pandemic, thus any reference to masks refers to metaphorical masks, not physical masks)...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 3, 2023
- 8 min
BEST FRIEND BETRAYAL -Fiction
If you couldn't trust your best friend, then who could you trust? "We've been friends since third grade." Ted bragged whenever he...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 2, 2023
- 1 min
I WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE IN -Poetry
Disappointment and heartache Yet one more chance for me. Relationships that end and break Drop me to my knee. Hope lined with...
Stephanie Daich
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
THE SPEED TRAP OF HOPE -by guest author- Rp Verlaine
There are maps of our choosing with a finite indifference to logic traversed too often despite knowing ruin awaits… This is where the...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 31, 2023
- 23 min
LUNATIC BALL -Historical Fiction
They throw the "untouchables" into the asylum. "It's an act of charity," the authorities gaslighted us. Like the rest of the New Yorkers...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 30, 2023
- 1 min
VESSELS OF LOVE -Poetry
Our bodies were designed as vessels of love, To succor and comfort the feeble, To give, even as we go without....
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 29, 2023
- 14 min
WARRIOR MASK -Speculative fiction
It was the day that changed it all. My sweaty hands gripped the door as I entered the dojo. I couldn't shake my trepidation. What is...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 29, 2023
- 1 min
FAITH -Poetry by guest author Steve Anc
It is faith to price a flying life, When lacks hang in the air. It is faith to stare at the sun, When doom smiles from the start. It is...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 27, 2023
- 20 min
CROSSING THE BOARDER -Fiction
“We found the teen girl’s body floating down the river,” the feminine voice announced over the morning news. “We believe she was part of...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 27, 2023
- 1 min
ONLY WINTER AND NOTHING MORE -Poetry
While in my room, I rested, frozen in bed, my mind infested, I wanted to get up and move. Is that too much to ask for? As I imagined,...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 26, 2023
- 1 min
GREATER THAN GOLD -Poetry
A withered hand, a soggy bum, And wiry hairs out the nose. A nasal whistle, a hearing-aid hum, And blackened diabetic toes. Crevices...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 26, 2023
- 2 min
THE DANGER OF BLUE LIGHT SATURATION -Nonfiction
Even though science can explain the function of eyes and wavelengths, it still mystifies me. Most animals can interpret light into...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 26, 2023
- 4 min
MONKEY CITY -Fiction
Who was the ringleader who led the gang of monkeys? Those aggressive little beasts must have found inspiration from watching Planet of...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 25, 2023
- 1 min
MORPHED INTO SILENCE -Sci-Fi Poetry
The spray! The waves! Your home! O the ocean does encase, The orchestrator of earth. Who’s left to share your tale? O Octopus! Hey,...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 25, 2023
- 3 min
FEMALE -Poetry by guest author Til Kumari Sharma
Violence to Female: Violence is to female in the name of love. Marriage as violence appears. The life of artistic way is living. It...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 24, 2023
- 1 min
COLONIAL RUM -Poetry
As they take the native’s land, As their tribes they try to disband, As they hold no value for their life, A method better than the...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 24, 2023
- 15 min
MAJESTIC -Fiction
My father's illegal poaching started it. I knew I should condemn his act of capturing exotic animals and selling them on the black...
Stephanie Daich
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
BLUNT FREE WORDS -Poetry by guest author by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner
So far the glittering life has not blinded me and obscured my view. I see clearly in the bright glow. Although walls are being built...
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