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Month: September 2017

Poem: Word Whisperers

By: Mary Bone Word Whisperers throughout the day Shout words also at night Over intercoms and loud speakers. Voices come at me From many directions. Ventriloquists are on street corners Playing mind games with passersby As they look over their shoulders…

Trump Art

Story: Trump’s Bathroom

By: Adam Kluger McLeary was a New York City legend.  He was from an era that was long ago. Hard-drinking newsman. He covered the celebrity beat. His favorite film was The Sweet Smell of Success with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis….

Story: The Turtle

By: Adam Kluger Jacob Shellstein was an ordinary New York Dermatologist who enjoyed collecting stamps, studying birds, reading Revolutionary war books and treating his patients. When his wife had just about enough of their normal existence without the luxurious perks her…

Story: The Mentor

By: Adam Kluger Brickhead wasn’t the stupidest, he was just a little bit slower than the other guys, I guess. It was my job to bring him up to speed on how things ran at the office. Over drinks was the…

Story: ENFP

By: Adam Kluger “He’s an ENFP.” “Really?” “That’s what the tests show.” “Very rare” “Especially for this line of work” “Obama, Bubba–both ENFPs” “yeah, doesn’t mean a thing- so was Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Huxley.” “So you don’t think the…

Poem: Performers

By: Neelam Singh There’s a dark side to everyone No one is a perfect picture The outside world just doesn’t see it all The inner being, a stranger, an imposter We believe what we see Mind games are played treacherously…

Eight Science Fiction Haiku

By: Denny E. Marshall as the end is near college & pro football fans gather in end zone in car accident look over at boss and scream face gone – wires exposed ufo shape house thought design a great idea until…