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February/March 2010
Vol. VIII No. 4   ISSN: 1545-3650
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Love Bites
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My Donut, My Love
Nintendo Has a Lot
Origin of a Species
A Picture is Worth
Questioning Nothing
Savior
Sunday Afternoon

~ On the Way Down ~ by Boyette Sims, Alaska
Wind rush, whooshing. Downward plunge. Life ever fleeting. Fatal misstep is Death's reward.

 

~ ~ ~ ~ A Star ~ ~ ~ by Shaara Shaarvan, California
Sun fired plasma. Life transport. Radiance belcher exuberant king of the sky.
 

 
 


Featured Fiction
Memories

by Kate Runnells  ©2010

"I have no wish to forget."

Lethe’s face, indescribable face, for no one ever remembered what Lethe looked like, stared down at my own.  "By forgetting, you release your burdens, you release so much pain.  I know."

I had searched, to forget my failures, forget all I had done, or not done.

"You came to unburden yourself of worldly troubles."

I glanced to those who watched from the edges.  Empty of emotion; they stood unaware.

I did not want to be like them.  Years ago, when I held my dying girl in my hands, felt her life slip away from mine, then I wanted what Lethe offered now.  The search sustained me, drove me to wake in the morning.

My memories, held much good: her smile, the morning light dancing in her eyes as she danced around the room.

"I have no wish to forget," I said, leaving unremembered Lethe.

~ Kate Runnells, Oregon  ©2010

Kate plays roller hockey for the US National Team.  Loves to travel and to play hockey in several different countries.

 
 

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