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in Poetry, Short StoriesDon't Drown on Dry Ground – Abe Woodliff
The San Francisco Bay Area; a place where the weird and odd intersect with the beautiful and pristine. Where blue-collar folk drudge alongside tech millionaires and Internet influencers. The communities of this little slice of heaven are rich in multicultural history, slowly being swept aside by the steady march of technology and progress. Money talks […] More
Vantage Points: Flash Fictions – Nathan Nicolau
What does it mean to be human in the eyes of others? From acclaimed writer Nathan Nicolau comes Vantage Points, a flash-fiction collection about perception. Each story focuses on how a character sees the world, sees others, or how they see themselves. The stories in this collection explore different aspects of the human condition—the positives, the […] More
in Poetry, Short StoriesWriting Within Walls – The Arkbound Foundation
Prison. It is a word that conjures up loss, bleakness and despair. A place where those who have broken the law are kept, both for punishment and for the safety of society. But behind these images are human stories, accounts of tragic mistakes and broken lives, woven in-between with hope. For those inside prison, it […] More
From the Ice Incarnate by Joe Vasicek
They say that going into cryo is the closest thing to death short of actually dying. I believe it. When Michael Anderson woke from cryo at a distant alien star, he had no idea how isolated he would feel—no idea, that is, until his sole mission partner nearly dies in the thawing process. Twenty light-years […] More
