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Stories and Poems

Here are some stories and poems from Every Writer. Much of our stories and poems will be moving here in the future.

Ghostwriter by Jennifer Vanderheyden

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by Richard

Steven was placing ant traps around the house when his wife Sylvia returned.

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The Witch and the Till

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Richard

I looked for the ‘Ten items or less’ checkout. This one read ‘Four items only,’ so I joined the queue.

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Susanna’s Little Ghost

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by Richard

It started with a clock that was facing just slightly the wrong way. Of course, I didn’t think of it like that until much later. At the time I was sleepy and confused because the streetlight outside glinted off the clock’s shiny plastic surface and I couldn’t see what time it was.

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Beneath These Boards by Michael Thomas Ellis

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Richard

I’ve laid by her for ten years now
beneath these creaking boards
an axe between my long-gone eyes
a spectacle of gore.

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Double Shift By P.D. Williams

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Richard

I’m very passionate about the exciting work I get to be a part of each day here at the cloning lab. Everything about it always seems new to me. Mans’ seemingly god-like ability to create life from little more than a strand of DNA and a few tiny cells has intrigued me for a very long time.

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Every Poem is a Catastrophe by George Moore

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by Richard

George Moore has published poetry in The Atlantic, Poetry, Colorado Review, North American Review, Valparaiso, and Orion. A finalist for The National Poetry Series

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Nocturne by Doug Tanoury

Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 by Richard

I have been writing poetry all of my life and have been published online and in print.  I have also published over twenty chapbooks of poetry, including:  Detroit Poems, Chicago Poems and Art History.  I live in Detroit, MI and if you were ever to visit Detroit you could see Scott Fountain.

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Teachers by Ian Bentwood

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Richard

The bell went. Class started but only seven of the twelve expected students had arrived. No surprise. Suddenly, Jezebel teleported into her seat at the front.

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Standing on the Porch at Night

Posted on October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 by Richard

Four volumes of Louis Gallo’s poetry, Archaeology, Scherzo Furiant, Crash and Clearing the Attic, are now available. Why is there Something Rather than Nothing? and Leeway & Advent will be published soon.  His work appears in Best Short Fiction 2020. A novella, “The Art Deco Lung,” will soon be published in Storylandia. 

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An Unlikely Heritage

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Sherri Crandall

I am sharing a story about by grandfather who was a violinist and as a young man lived in China. The story connects his love of music and the country of China to my daughter whom we adopted from China and now plays his violin.

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Slither and Me by Jean Fineberg

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Richard

Jean Fineberg is a poet and jazz musician with an M.Ed. in Psychology. Her father left a new poem of his every on the table every morning.

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drought by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Richard

Stella Vinitchi Radulescu was born in Romania and left the country permanently in 1983, at the height of the communist regime. Writing poetry in three languages, she has published numerous books in the United States, France, Belgium, and Romania. Her last collection of poetry I scrape the window of nothingness – new & selected poems was published in…

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Early Morning, Paknajol

Posted on December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Richard

Early Morning, Paknajol by Lee Daniels A bell is ringing For someone’s first puja. And meanwhile I Am making a prayer Of my own: A meditation on the sounds of Daybreak: The cawing of crows, Rain falling, A hammer, A broom’s sweeping in The street, A saw, The babbling of A baby. The salamandrine glow…

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A Narrow Bridge by Avital Gad-Cykman

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Richard

I’ve sang this ancient song in moments my mouth started singing on its own, and I listened with interest to learn what would come out of it.

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A Suitcase Full of Mirrors

Posted on December 2, 2019December 7, 2019 by Carol Stewart

Carol Stewart is a mother and grandmother living in the Scottish Borders. A former freelance editor, her poems have recently been published in 404 Ink, That (Literary Review) and Abstract: Contemporary Expressions.

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