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All the lawns… by Suzanne S. Austin-Hill
Form: Black-out …on Mentone Avenue are mowed on Wednesdays The pleasantly sweet, sharp scent of freshly cut grass can conjure up visions of baseball fields, backyards, or the color green. But in scientific terms, the aroma is in fact a mixture of organic compounds, called green leaf volatiles, (GLVs), that…
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Samarkand Bread by Luisa Zambrotta
The Bukharian emir liked Samarkand bread and ordered to bake it in his court.He was told that bread would be tasty only if it was baked in Samarkand, but the khan ordered to bring bakers from Samarkand to Bukhara. The order was carried out and the best baker was brought…
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The first stars | by Mai Thảo
A short story in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm At seventeen, I lived long and hard with many stars. The stars I said belonged to Diệu. Why and why now have I decided to talk about these old stars, I will explain now below. In those days,…
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two Monsters by Bogdan Dragos
after tonight he will never again doubt that madness is ultimately beautiful yet ultimately not worth it And her name was Six it’s not that weird when you’re drunk Though only he was drunk while she said she only accepts energy drinks They bought two cans of Monster from the…
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strange euphoria by Katya Mills
We were wet with it inside the foggy morning. I cut a piece out and pocketed it to touch in moments of despair. In the empire the interest rates climbed up from a base and out of reach. Left us to die in our phones. I lost my charge and…
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Stones in her Pockets (A Novelette) By John RC Potter
It was late June, and Victoria had just been down at the river’s edge looking at the stones scattered along the sloping banks and others that she could see under the water on the silt below. She was planning a rock garden in the backyard and was determined that, if…
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Nasreddin by Luisa Zambrotta
Image Nasreddin Hodja in Bukhara Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja was a satirical Sufi who lived in the 13th century . He is considered a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for his funny stories, which usually have a subtle humour and a pedagogic nature. One day, a neighbour who Nasreddin…
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it’s no coin by bogdan Dragos
coming out of the store with a sliced bread and a small pack of salty crackers he spots something on the ground round and shiny under the lamplight He squats to pick it up and all enthusiasm leaves his being It’s no coin just bird droppings in the form of…
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The Curse By John RC Potter
I must have been born with a vivid imagination and a creative nature, ensuring that reading would have an overarching importance in my life. I read Gone With The Wind for the first time when I was eleven years old, and then reread it many times thereafter. Unfortunately for my…
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SOLDIER BOY by Mike Steeden
The handsome soldier-boywho once defied his diabolical enemybecame all but a crippled old manlost in his home with a blanked-out identity Confused over his curious electric-powerplus no great blaring of rickety propellersalong with no more ‘wind-up’ radiosnor beer barrels in the dark deep cellars His sweet nurse dressed him in…
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A legend —01 by Luisa Zambrotta
According to a legend, the Lord, after creating the Earth, began to divide it among the various peoples.Uzbek was very kind, so when he stood in line for the land he let all those behind him pass by.When his turn arrived, it was too late and no land was left.…
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Running To Nowhere by Tina Hudak
Crossing the starting line with tentative steps, she noted the others. Running hard. Running with purpose toward the distance. Her pace gained a rhythm over the hours, days, and years, but she never did pick up steam. Not like those around her. Often, she meandered toward the footpath no one…
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or is it just luck? by Bogdan Dragos
I don’t think this is the worst type but it’s certainly up there the type that only contacts you when they need something from you such as to borrow money or to sell you some pyramid scheme shit And it’s funny to think that he was by far the richest…
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Review of The Life and Times of Juan Felipe Limon Dominguez
A biography by Katya Mills Juan was an artist and several of his oil paintings, provided by his family, are included at the end of the paperback version. The Life and Times of Juan Felipe Limon Dominguez carries an intimacy that sings to the reader almost like an autobiography. The…
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“O Solitude!” by Luisa Zambrotta
Louis Rémy Mignot ( 1855) – Solitude. On 5 May 1816 Keats published his first poem “O Solitude!” on “The Examiner”, a strongly independent, reformist paper published by the Hunt brothers.It is a Petrarchan sonnet: in the initial octet the speaker says that, if he were to live in solitude…
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old truck by Bogdan Dragos
some people are bums by choice Walking by I’d see him in arid summer days sitting behind the wheel windows rolled down a stumpy cigarette between his lips a small chapbook in his hand Never got to see the title but I do recall the image on the cover ‘t…
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