The International Writer's Magazine: MAY 2013 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Sintra : Portugal John M Edwards Setting up my tent on a grassy knoll in sight of the splendid Moorish castle Wanderlust Annelise Mecca A defining moment takes you by surprise; most of the time, you don’t even see it coming until you walk in its midst, broke, hungry, and bare-foot in the nighttime streets of Rome. A stumble through fantasyland John Enaeda Picton, in the north-eastern corner of New Zealand’s South Island, used to be a pretty little seaside village with all the potential in the world for being a true tourist Mecca. A Dead Paradise Matthew Bremner in Imsouane In the early morning its bay yawns into gigantic consciousness, swallowing, in dawn's semi-sentinence, a large gulp of the Atlantic ocean. First Impressions of Milano Angelica Paletta Henrietta lived in Milano, tourism didn’t interest her, and it was not her priority for us to appreciate a sight for too long Puerto Rico Discovering a Unique Identity Sonum Bharill I thought of Puerto Rico as a tropical island. I came to realize that it is instead a series of juxtapositions The Temazcal and the Ceiba Tree: A Trip among the Maya Elizabeth Schotten Merklinger I first stumbled into the soaring thatched-roof lobby of the Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, some years ago. Could this really be a hotel? Prince Christian Sound Iceberg Canyon Bonnie Devet Visit the blue-gray Arctic waters amid one billion year-old granite mountains, see cascading waterfalls formed by melting glaciers Austin Café Limits John M. Edwards Kickass Cool Coffee Quest @ Quacks

How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love The Shield Law James Campion Just received notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that I am a criminal. Well, could be a criminal. Aim to be a criminal? Not sure. Spain & The Media James Skinner Here in Spain its business as usual, chaos all round. Spaniards like any other humans are more interested in what happens in their neighborhood than events hundreds of miles away On the topic of Death Mathew Bremner The subject of death isn’t likely to bring joy to people’s hearts. I can imagine the rolling of your eyes as you see the title Potosi Tom Clifford Death still stalks the crumbling mineshafts and the mountain, a grave for millions, looms over the town cursed by silver. The Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain) remains a deadly place for miners Emancipation or entrapment? Umm-e-Aiman Vejlani “You should make quick decisions about marriage because you are a girl and you carry an expiry date on you.” Bacchanal Break James Morford Although slowed by the rise of Christianity, for centuries it remained a part of reality. Modern day resort residents blame or, if they happen to own a restaurant or a hotel, praise, low airline fares and cheap all-inclusive hotel rates for its existence. A Sea of White Katherine Casillo 9,387 white marble gravestones stand erect on a perfectly manicured lawn in Normandy, France. Stretching across 172 acres of land overlooking Omaha Beach Second Term Jinx - Obama Style James Campion 17.05.13 This has been a stellar week for the federal government, and by proxy a bad week for our re-elected president

Take A Walk Rachel Kaye in Jordan When you journey to a new country, people always say to do as the natives do. Catalan Springs Eternal Olivia Montiel “El mue nom és Olivia. Sóc dels Estats Units,” the few words I remembered from my half semester of Catalan seems to have paid off. Everyday Strange Marina Jarrette I anxiously scoured the Valley Metro site for clear and understandable directions to Fiesta Mall. I’ll just go ahead and stop myself right here and say that this was mistake #1 ... How to See Tangier in Twelve Hours Michael Bucaria So you want to go to Tangier? The city consists of many fascinating hybrids: of northern Africa and Southern Spain, of a Mediterranean port city and a desert oasis Grasping Gratitude Alexia Schroeder Not until after I opened my eyes, back stiff from lying on the hard, carpeted floor of a classroom, and faced sixteen children, did I register the sheer abnormality of what had just occurred Grandeur of Washington's National Mall Habeeb Salloum To America's youth, Washington D.C., their country's capital, is an almost mythical city. Radnor students reach beyond borders Michele Gaston Pen Pals Club at Radnor Middle School, PA, raised over $5,000 to fund the building of a bathroom at Bupala Primary School in Uganda Fragrance in Wild Wood Spa Marianne de Nazareth A thousand flowers envelop you as you step into the reception at Wild Wood Spa and resort at Kundapur. Living life by the quarter year Lucy Munday A year ago I left a little five-month ‘nook’ in Melbourne for the sunshine and relaxation Perth had to offer. I set up camp in Perth, sleeping in my friend’s double bed for the first two weeks.

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The Life of a Bohemian Abigale George Pale are the ripples that curl on top of these drinks we are having. Mine tastes like dark chocolate (the expensive kind you can only get at specific shops). We’re sitting outside the benches of a restaurant, not rushing to get anywhere. Potty’s Perfect Pie John Adeane It was close to stumps on a Friday night in the lounge bar of the Criterion. Patrons were draining their glasses and making last-minute comfort stops as their wives gathered up furs, stoles and handbags Coda Oswaldo Jimenez T.C. heard the monologue drifting through the wind. The words had no meaning to him, they failed to alleviate the despair and solitude he felt in his heart. The Boy’s Observations Donia Varghese His heart was pounding like the African drums in the documentary on Nat Geo he’d seen the day before. He’d broken the green vase. It had been his mother’s favourite. The Fortune Teller Sam North 'I’ll tell your fortune,” she said looking directly at me, vanilla and chocolate ice-cream smeared on one cheek. “But you have to promise not to hate me afterwards.”

MORE REVIEWS Do Travel Writers Go To Hell? By Thomas Kohnstamm Three Rivers Press (2008), 272 pps John M. Edwards review Thomas Kohnstamm’s sadly neglected criminally negligent book “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” does not at all answer the medium-rare question it pretends to propose. The Fate in the Box by Michelle Lovric Orion May 2013 A complex delight with vivid writing that brings old Venice to life in a way that only Michelle Lovric can do Alcatraz v. the Knights of Crystallia By Brandon Sanderson Gill Hutchison review “Books are a little like teenage boys. Whenever they start congregating they make trouble…”  ****************************** MORE FICTION Interview with a Devil Martin Green ...why don’t you just say that I come from a distant country and have lived in many lands. The Rescue of Duke Leroy B Vaughn I was trying to make small talk with one of the men that hand washed our pick-up truck, when I looked towards something moving behind the chain link fence. “Is that a rat,” my wife asked

The Hunting by Sam Hawksmoor Evie Seo review '... fast-paced, thrilling, ambitious and thought-provoking, you'll definitely love this' Chilled to the Bone by Quentin Bates This is the third Sergeant Gunnhildur Gisladottir mystery which begins at a cracking pace and never lets up. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch Pub: May 2013 Carey has never known anything other than surviving, starving, hunting squirrels for meat and raising her little sister ‘right’ The Blackboard Jungle Dan Schneider review Any film that stars Sidney Poitier is going to rise and fall on the basis of his presence. He is one of those classic actors, like a Jimmy Cagney, that simply captures the attention of an audience, for good or ill.

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