Diaphanous Spirit Ethereal Sprite Dancing on moonbeams Glossy and bright. Floating by freely Uplifting unwound Drifting and wafting Not making a sound. Spiritual Being Spun-silver delight Diaphanous Spirit Spectacular sight! Vaporous Mystic Incantations surround Swirling and swaying And turning around. Gossamer Traveler Translucence alight Releasing Your magic On Hallow’s Eve Night.
13 Days of Halloween: HiLee Frankenstein by Dylan Jack James
“HiLee Frankenstein” was previously published in Legacy Magazine under the title “What Scares You?” I was four years old when my father and mother first took me trick or treating down our little village street. It was a crisp cool Halloween night and the smell of cherry wood hung in the air from the only … Continue reading 13 Days of Halloween: HiLee Frankenstein by Dylan Jack James
Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “A Winter Love Poem” by James G. Piatt
“Peace, my heart, let the time for parting be sweet. Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.” Rabindranath Tagore Winter sneaked up on us this past year, warning us that our time was near. And, as a clock struck the late hour of the night, we … Continue reading Love Song Competition Poetry Co-Winner: “A Winter Love Poem” by James G. Piatt
Winter Competition Nonfiction Winner: “Winter” by Lily Ogden
I grew up in England. In a place that knew winter only for a brief time. Snow was a holiday, a moment that never lingered. Wet snow that soaked through knitted mittens. Hastily rolled snowmen that had grass and mud still clinging to them. A furrow left behind that quickly melted. We thought that Spring … Continue reading Winter Competition Nonfiction Winner: “Winter” by Lily Ogden
Winter Competition Fiction Winner: “Philosophy of Snow” by Gary Hardy
It was 6 am. I sipped from a mug of hot coffee while I looked out our bay window. Night lingered in the air and held down the colors of dawn from blooming. Glowing streetlights made the dim snowflakes glisten as they turned in their slanted fall and windows of flurries were held in suspense … Continue reading Winter Competition Fiction Winner: “Philosophy of Snow” by Gary Hardy
13 Halloween Tales Winners
Here is the list of our 13 Halloween Tales Winners: October 19: Witch Head Shot by David BoyleOctober 20: Autumn Moments by Donna Arthur DownsOctober 21: The Unkindness of Ravens by Regina M. ElliotOctober 22: Edgar Allen Poe by Maureen Mancini AmaturoOctober 23: Bigfoot Halloween by Mary BoneOctober 24: McGinnis and Me by KD SmithOctober … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales Winners
13 Halloween Tales: HiLee Frankenstein by Dylan Jack James
“HiLee Frankenstein” was previously published in Legacy Magazine under the title “What Scares You?” I was four years old when my father and mother first took me trick or treating down our little village street. It was a crisp cool Halloween night and the smell of cherry wood hung in the air from the only … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: HiLee Frankenstein by Dylan Jack James
13 Halloween Tales: Diaphanous Spirit by Mary Steinberg
Diaphanous Spirit Ethereal Sprite Dancing on moonbeams Glossy and bright. Floating by freely Uplifting unwound Drifting and wafting Not making a sound. Spiritual Being Spun-silver delight Diaphanous Spirit Spectacular sight! Vaporous Mystic Incantations surround Swirling and swaying And turning around. Gossamer Traveler Translucence alight Releasing Your magic On Hallow’s Eve Night.
Bertie and the Sheep
By Daniel Groves Once there was a young man who loved old books. Bertavious Bookman, more commonly called Bertie, spent most of his time with books—searching for them, buying them, restoring them, and talking about them with anyone who would listen. He would spend hours locked within the panels of his library, reading all the … Continue reading Bertie and the Sheep
May Flowers Contest Poetry Winner: “Wildflowers” by Stacie Eirich
Lay me in a field of wildflowers, that I may bask in the honeyed scent of many-colored blossoms, bright canary yellows, gentle lilacs, smooth ivories, pale pinks and vivid oranges, deep indigos and ravishing reds, wet with fresh dew they glisten against my skin, that I may dream of a place where Spring is everlasting, … Continue reading May Flowers Contest Poetry Winner: “Wildflowers” by Stacie Eirich
Academy of the Heart And Mind 