March 30, 2025
The doll - Fiction Friday cover
Published by Milene Correia at March 30, 2025
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The Doll

Mrs. and Mr. Goode were dentists and rarely home. They’d try to compensate the kids by giving them everything they asked for. That is how the kids got a cat. Being spoiled as they were, the children expected the cat to obey their every word and when their parents were around, the two little angels were nothing but good…
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March 28, 2025
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Published by Katie Daniels at March 28, 2025
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Book Review: Potiphar’s Wife by Mesu Andrews

Mesu Andrews’ 2022 release, Potiphar’s Wife, takes the reader back to ancient Egypt with the Biblical story of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife. We meet Potiphar’s wife […]
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March 21, 2025
Best sci-fi books ever - roundup
Published by JP DeNeui at March 21, 2025
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The 10 Best Classic Science Fiction Novels Ever

As much as I love fantasy, and I do adore it, Science Fiction (SF) holds a special place in my heart no other genre can replace. Look up to the stars or to the center of the Earth, far into the future or a few years hence: in milieus distant and near at hand SF lives and transforms lives, written into almost-reality by more authors than one article can attempt to name.
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March 7, 2025
Image of monastery on a distant mountain top view from another mountaintop into the valley - TEXT: The Nature of Work Part 5, Alex Barr, Historical Fiction
Published by Alex Barr at March 7, 2025
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The Nature of Work, Part 5

It was just another day, just another plank – neither harder nor easier to lift than most, the nail heads groaning as they were left behind like tiny square-headed sentinels. So, seeing a cylinder in red Morocco leather on the dry earth lying as simply as if this day was entirely foreseen, Yannis was unable to move, heart racing, confused by this intrusion into the normal pattern of his days.
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March 6, 2025
Peacock standing with tail fanned out - TEXT: The Dance of the Peacock Part 2 - Mahvash Mohtadullah
Published by Mahvash Mohtadullah at March 6, 2025
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The Dance of the Peacock, Part 2

The peacock was now an intermittent visitor to the garden at Sakoonat-e-Siddiqui, just as Sumaira’s cheerfulness had become more and more an occasional companion. She couldn’t help drawing a comparison between the bird seeking out her garden and her wellbeing seeking the outdoors.
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March 2, 2025
Image of monastery on a distant mountain top view from another mountaintop into the valley - TEXT: The Nature of Work Part 4, Alex Barr, Historical Fiction
Published by Alex Barr at March 2, 2025
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The Nature of Work, Part 4

“And the emptiness of the casket, Little Father, is the great revelation of Apostolis, the hevel of your favourite writer Ecclesiastes, that all our desires and ambitions are ‘mere breath’, and—” He paused to suck in air, “and that even our desire for wisdom is ‘chasing the wind’. Please bring Fotis more water.”
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February 27, 2025
Peacock standing with tail fanned out - TEXT: The Dance of the Peacock Part 1 - Mahvash Mohtadullah
Published by Mahvash Mohtadullah at February 27, 2025
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The Dance of the Peacock, Part 1

Sumaira came out onto the veranda to the shrill scream of a peacock. The bird sat resplendent and angry in the garden looking at the house like a baneful beast. Sumaira was gripped in a flux of emotions as she caught her breath watching the iridescence of its plumage in the morning sun. She also felt a rush of anxiety raise the hairs on the back of her neck.
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February 23, 2025
Image of monastery on a distant mountain top view from another mountaintop into the valley - TEXT: The Nature of Work Part 3, Alex Barr, Historical Fiction
Published by Alex Barr at February 23, 2025
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The Nature of Work, Part 3

When the endless labour ahead tormented him, Yannis told himself to remember cycling up long hills when instead of looking ahead to the summit, he panted with desire to reach the top and freewheel down. He looked at the kerbstones and counted mortar joints, and when he rested, he found himself surprised at how far he had climbed.
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