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The Day I Remembered My Soul

by Nolo Segundo When I was 24, I killed myself. I put it that bluntly because it was not an attempted suicide, a cry for help, but a decision to self-murder. Yes, it was a desperate act, a last attempt to escape what my mind feared as lifetime imprisonment in a mental asylum [they still […]

The Rascal King and Cai the Bunny

[A Tale] by Daniel de Culla           This Rascal King was a king highly esteemed and admired by his people:           Women admired him because he left every female who danced with him pregnant. As it could not be otherwise, to the woman who was flirting with him, he said:

Looking for Bigfoot

 by Douglas Young      Dudley and Zillah DuBose had lived full-time in their old mountain cabin since retiring two years before. During their first year there, they renovated and expanded the place considerably, doing much of the work themselves. Pleased with the results, Zillah looked forward to a far more relaxing life defined by hikes […]

The Doctor Rato Ching And The Halloween.

by Rubem Didini Filho We are connected to nature in a vast and intricate network, where every occurrence is woven together, and no one can escape its influence. The spirit of Halloween, too, is a thread in this intricate tapestry, and it would weave its story with the enigmatic Doctor Rato Ching. Throughout the history […]

About The Last Place You’ll Live Retirement Home

by Ron Merkin           The name should have warned him. Fifty six residents had signed a petition to change their title  from its original “East View Senior Living Home”. Strange to make an understatement. But Professor Milcowitz needed the money.           So as twelve people sat around a table in the home’s library he launched […]

poems by Sorana Maria Ilie

(Lecturi potrivite/recomandate de Alexandra) The Sun and the Moon In the canvas of the cosmos, a love profound, Sun and Moon, in orbits, forever bound. Yet, a curse cast by the universe’s decree, Tore them apart, their love never to see.

Wild Weeds

by Douglas Young      The dinner invitation was totally unexpected since Josiah Gorgas had not heard from his high school and college buddy Austin Ervin in well over a decade. They had always been somewhat unlikely friends. While Josiah was a popular athlete in high school, Austin excelled in the arts and was a standout […]

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