It has been many years but I can’t still forget, Though the wounds are healing I still can feel the scars; The lacerations of old are dressed up in bandages of philosophy, White as the virgin’s hue still covers me without the sting of pain. Where are you now in this plane of existence? I can’t reach now evermore, so I might as well tell the world the truth, That you hurt me and … [Read more...] about #Poem Yes, I’m Dying : Fiza Pathan
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How the Bottle Let Me Down: Short Story by Fiza Pathan
I’ve been typing my novel without getting up from my computer table for the past three days. I can’t sleep because if I don’t finish typing & then editing my manuscript, my Stalin of an editor will not go through it & the publication of my book will be delayed. So with only a huge supply of beer & a cigarette or two, I continue to type. I always wanted to be a … [Read more...] about How the Bottle Let Me Down: Short Story by Fiza Pathan
Author Interview: Redfern Jon Barrett
Redfern Jon Barrett is a writer and polyamory rights campaigner armed with a doctorate in literature. Author of novels The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights and Forget Yourself (Lethe Press, 2016), his writing has featured in PinkNews, A cappella Zoo (and its tenth anniversary ‘best of’ edition), Strange Horizons, Heiresses of Russ: The Year’s Best … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Redfern Jon Barrett
Agnes’ Visitors by Fiza Pathan from Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories
Agnes' Visitors There was a loud pounding on the door. Jeremiah awoke with a start. He rubbed his eyes and stood near his straw bed, wondering where he was. His wife Agnes who was asleep next to him felt him moving and in her sleep thought it was a rat. At once Agnes gave an involuntary kick and down fell poor Jeremiah on his three children, who were sleeping on the mud … [Read more...] about Agnes’ Visitors by Fiza Pathan from Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories
#ShortStory “Following A Dream” by Fiza Pathan
Following A Dream by Fiza Pathan Journey of the Magi (1902) by James Tissot He looked up and found his handmade sackcloth upon the shelf of his room. He picked it up and stuffed into it a few of his belongings…charts, papyrus, scripts, a reed pen, a small crystal, and a few scrolls. His wife and three sons came into the room with tears in their eyes. “Father, please don’t go,” … [Read more...] about #ShortStory “Following A Dream” by Fiza Pathan