• pale pink rose with blurred roses in background - You Should Have Smelt the Roses - Flash Fiction - Sushma R. Doshi

    You Should Have Smelt the Roses

    You were a bright kid. You did well in school and college and in your free time you devoured books. In your mind you were part of the boarding school stories you read about. You were either the captain of the best House or the good girl who caught the petty thief amongst the girls.

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    Old Friends

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    Interview with Jinn Zamayla: Philippine Jewel

    “As a writer, I believe that even though I am new to the world of publishing short stories, I have the passion, love, dedication, and desire to bring out the best writing that I have to the world and touch the lives of people through my writing.”

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    My Six Favorite Fantasy Books of All Time

    As I have already regaled the internet with the inestimable literary opinions of the esteemed reviewers of Amazon, it’s past time I shared my own conclusions on the best fantasy novels and series out there. I don’t claim to have read everything (only the best), so if I’ve overlooked your favorite fantasies, I apologize preemptively. Let me know!

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    Silence Can Be More Telling

    **Contains Trigger: Child Death.** Tara paused and looked at the photos along the staircase wall, feeling the waves of joy and pain crash through her. She allowed herself to look at them afresh, giving in to those feelings after so many days and months of avoiding them.

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April 30, 2025
pale pink rose with blurred roses in background - You Should Have Smelt the Roses - Flash Fiction - Sushma R. Doshi
Published by Sushma R Doshi at April 30, 2025
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You Should Have Smelt the Roses

You were a bright kid. You did well in school and college and in your free time you devoured books. In your mind you were part of the boarding school stories you read about. You were either the captain of the best House or the good girl who caught the petty thief amongst the girls.
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April 26, 2025
Artist profile: Jinn Zamayla
Published by JP DeNeui and Rita Mock-Pike at April 26, 2025
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Interview with Jinn Zamayla: Philippine Jewel

“As a writer, I believe that even though I am new to the world of publishing short stories, I have the passion, love, dedication, and desire to bring out the best writing that I have to the world and touch the lives of people through my writing.”
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April 25, 2025
Dragon flying over castle - best fantasy books of all time
Published by JP DeNeui at April 25, 2025
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My Six Favorite Fantasy Books of All Time

As I have already regaled the internet with the inestimable literary opinions of the esteemed reviewers of Amazon, it’s past time I shared my own conclusions on the best fantasy novels and series out there. I don’t claim to have read everything (only the best), so if I’ve overlooked your favorite fantasies, I apologize preemptively. Let me know!
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April 24, 2025
Shadowy image of framed photos along a wall - TEXT: Chandrika R. Krishnan, Fiction, Silence Can Be More Telling
Published by Chandrika R. Krishnan at April 24, 2025
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Silence Can Be More Telling

**Contains Trigger: Child Death.** Tara paused and looked at the photos along the staircase wall, feeling the waves of joy and pain crash through her. She allowed herself to look at them afresh, giving in to those feelings after so many days and months of avoiding them.
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April 17, 2025
Jerrie Mock - first woman to fly around the world - image of her airplane on red background, title "The Flying Housewife"
Published by The MockingOwls, Rita Mock-Pike, Cyndi Lublink, Sue Cook, Soren Porter, Cathy Cole, Edmund Garcia, Larry VanMersbergen, Philip Malinak, Annali Carmel, Randy Cook and Jessie Davis at April 17, 2025
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The Flying Housewife, A True Story – Audio Drama

Welcome to our first full cast, feature-length audio drama! The true story of Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly around the world. Listen along as the full cast tells the story of Jerrie's great adventure around the world in 1964, claiming the title officially on April 17, after 29.5 days.
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April 14, 2025
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Published by Donna Kathryn Kelly at April 14, 2025
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The Yellow Labrador Retriever

Despite being an old dog, he never seemed to tire of the winter. The more snow, the better. Bobalou’s celebration of each inaugural snowfall taught me to welcome the winter, to appreciate it as a season of renewal, to breathe in that cold, familiar midwestern chill as if it were a regenerative elixir.
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April 13, 2025
Amateur painting of tree with colorful leaves, brilliantly colored red, orange, and blue sky behind, silhouette of woman in dress
Published by Cyndi Lublink at April 13, 2025
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Virtual Painting Classes – Positivity Corner

I am not an artist. I am creative. As the saying goes, I couldn’t draw a stick figure if you paid me. Well, maybe that is an exaggeration, but you get the picture. I started going to group virtual painting classes and liked them. Then I got into the virtual painting classes you join in on from the comfort of your home. This lit a fire in me. It is something to do – a meditative, peaceful learning experience.
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April 10, 2025
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Published by The MockingOwls at April 10, 2025
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Thank God I’m Leaving Here! – Writing Memories

The guy from choir really didn’t get it. I’d lived in Chicago before – I knew the murder rate per capita was higher in Tallahassee anyway. And wearing boots? What did that have to do with Nashville? I don’t wear boots now. My location wasn’t going to change that. And I sure as hell wasn’t ever going to carry a Rebel flag.
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April 9, 2025
two women in conversation, turning away from each other - unconventional choices
Published by The MockingOwls at April 9, 2025
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Unconventional Choices – Things I Wish I Had Said

I had accused her of misogyny – only ‘respecting’ me when I’ve been in relationships with men she approved of, as if this gave me personhood. She denied it, of course, but throughout my adult life, I’d seen the pattern. She only seemed to think of me as a “real” adult when I had a man. She wasn’t the only one to treat me this way.
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