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Muslim Women's Daily Vigil

In domiciles designed by Allah, sheltered from a world of desire, shunted from the venues of masculine schemes. Chattel serving their master's whims...

The Making of a Perfect Kiss

Ah yes, a superb presentation and balance tasted is the slightest hint of blackberry and star anise there expertly hidden, within the glowing texture...

Haiku Seasons of One Samurai Warrior

** A set of five haiku representing important facets within the life of a Samurai **

Zat or Zen – A purely language based form of random selection.

This is a type of verbal coin flipping/dice rolling that I thought up. Options are given simple code words so that the person choosing doesn’t know...

the pressure to be

what is this pressure to be? where did it come from? did it shower down upon us in a societal manner? did we all ask for it & therefore, none of...

Highway Part 38

Highway Chapter 20(continued) My father's grin as he stood over my mother. The bruise on my brother’s face. His laughter at our pain. They all...

Highway Part 37

Highway Chapter 20(continued) When I entered, I heard the door lock behind me. The sound of the click startled me, but I didn’t let it show. My...
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Poem of the week

Awakenings

Spring, summer, autumn, winter...all the seasons passing.
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The reading

How Javier relented and became reacquainted with his friend

Head Haulers

A one minute screenplay set after the execution of King Charles the first.

Field Mice

A sorrowing wolf wandered into a grove filled with the busy of strange field mice. Carefully, he stepped, each paw with delicate gate. His eyes were...
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I'm Justin Sane, not just insane!

People think that I have a sick and twisted brain. They think that when I tell them that I'm Justin Sane. When I tell people my name, they think that...

The turning of the tide

La discusión sobre el filete / The lost supper

So Many Broken Pieces

Optimistically believing, freedom comes with flight a very sense of purpose to be, what one can be Now look at you, another broken wing all fixed...

True tales from an austere kingdom (3)

Parliament was in uproar. It so happened that the financiers tasked with examining the king’s books had discovered that he had less than one million...

Jumping to Conclusions (IP)

He thought he saw – and told his friends – a floating, waving ghost. They looked themselves and saw it was washed clothes caught round a post … He thought he heard words critical, and shouted wildly back …
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The Dormouse who couldn’t sleep

One chilly late Autumn day, a long time ago, when all the trees had turned beautiful shades of red, orange and gold and all the ground was covered in...

Being Korean American 2: Redished

Teachers in South Korea : I can't recall any of my teachers' names. I just remember one female teacher. She was pretty tall and had black curly hair...

That Elusive Cure 44

“Fuck.” Jimmy put the phone down as I walked into the house. I’d been with Cass all morning, helping out around her flat as she recovered. “What’s...

And All the Time That You Are Alone

Alone you escaped, from a tangled forest long gone Now here you stand leaning, bent with countless years drawing water solely from the mist… Alone...

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