The International Writer's Magazine: AUGUST 2014 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Pittsburgh Re-Born Habeeb Salloum "Did you see the new Pittsburgh? It’s awesome! Patagonia – The Road to Insanity Olivier Guiberteau A bus trip would take forty-eight hours and likely boredom, possible rectal damage, and potential insanity – but also, a great adventure. In Modern Venice Kim McKechney Our gondolier sported a thick handlebar moustache worthy of the Village People.  A thin cigarette dangled dangerously from his mouth, hanging so loosely it seemed to brazenly flout the laws of physics A Turkish Bath Emma Kerss Standing at the arched stone entry to an old bathhouse on the corner of a cobblestone alley way somewhere deep in the heart of Istanbul...

Fearguson, USA James Campion Ferguson is a city of around 21,000 citizens in St. Louis County, Missouri. For nearly two weeks now it has been the focal point of the nation, as the shooting death of an unarmed African-American man by a Caucasian police officer has sparked debate, protest, riots, armed guards, and, well…you know the routine. The Remaining Anachronism Tom Kilcourse Odd as it may seem, there is no clear dividing line between the private sector of medicine and the monolithic NHS Where Now for Spain? - All Change James Skinner Most Spaniards, those that can still afford it, are packing their bags and heading for the beaches. But stroll through the streets you will still see beggars outside most churches and baker shops.

The Sultan Democrat  Marwan Asmar  Erogan's win was never in doubt. However, many fear he will become a dictator and adopt repressive measures on anyone who will oppose his rule, something which he is at pains to deny The British & the Unions Tom Kilcourse ...for all the rhetoric and angst, the British attitude to trade unions remains confused. A GMO Twister Paul Hunt One man's perversion of the law Contemplating Gaza James Campion “No, I don’t think peace is possible there, not even a tenuous one that appears to be the norm for most of this planet.” Living in Happy Valley Fred C Wilson 111 Retirement living in Chicago - Up Close

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The Charmer Martin Green “Can I tell you something off the record?” he asked. MAGENTA a new novel from Sam North A mysterious, tragic tale from the wilds of the Lincolnshire coast – a haunting story about father and daughter Face Time Oswaldo Jimenez It reminded me how mundane, silly, obtuse, dumb and, if I include my own, plain boring and in some cases unbearable people’s lives can often be

Manbag Bagman Karl MacDermott I’m six foot four. I look like Lou Ferrigno’s brother. By day I write film screenplays. By night I collect money for the mob. I am Manbag Bagman. Young woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown Abigail George Men are cruel. Beautiful men are cruel. Intelligent men are cruel. Upside down, Backwards, & Inside Out Mira Martin-Parker We must have been out together that night, but I don’t remember what club we were at or which band was playing. All I know is that she left the show before I did. How to Help A Man in Quicksand Mark Pierro The first thing is to stay calm and not make a fool of yourself by pretending you haven't dealt with this sort of situation before

The Roaring Twenties Dan Schneider Watching Raoul Walsh’s black and white gangster film, The Roaring Twenties, from 1939, is watching the tail end of an era of genre films that had run its course ... P K Pinkerton and The Case of the Pistol-Packing Widows by Caroline Lawrence Sam North review Darn it, Caroline Lawrence has gone and written herself her best P K Pinkerton story yet.

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