The International Writer's Magazine: MAY 2014 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Discover Manila - A City full of Suprises - Sean Lee Manila is changing and welcoming hundreds and thousands of visitors from across the globe. Spanking The Children of Paradise Michael Britton I never saw a body washed up on a beach before. From a distance he looked to be enjoying the waves lapping over him as you or I would enjoy laying in the surf on a hot afternoon San Francisco Fred C. Wilson III San Francisco has an exotic quality about it compared to your average American city with its lookalike brownstone dwellings Mermaids, Coffee and Hash Colin Todhunter Never go to Copenhagen! If you hate great architecture, never visit. If you despise lovely canals, don’t bother How to do The Seychelles on a Budget - Danielle Caldron The Seychelles can be an affordable holiday destination for solo travelers with the right planning. Under the Skin of St Petersburg Fi McIntyre I’d been working in St Petersburg as an English teacher for four months when my parents decided it was time for a visit...

VA Scandal:Our Legacy, Our Sin James Campion Over two administrations now, both Republican and Democrat, there have been revelations of egregious treatment of veterans by our system Rob Astorino Takes The Stage James Campion Republican Candidate for Governor of New York On The Road Less Traveled The Constitution and Spain James Skinner The founding members made one mistake. The whole document was buried in solid concrete, bound and gagged never to be altered under any circumstances Moral Necessity of Veganism Rob Marenghi Please join me in imagining a planet where the following happens – billions of cats and dogs are raised in unpleasant conditions, killed and the eaten by humans.

Antiguan Retreat: Moving Past the Honeymoon Phase Amy Siqveland Though I’m not one to usually laze around on the beach, when I was informed that I had a won a “free trip” to a “wellness sanctuary” in Antigua, I was ecstatic to be able to defrost Bar Mitvah Survival Techniques Dean Borok The problems with Bar Mitzvahs is that they are all about kids. I can take the three-hour ceremony in the synagogue... But don’t invite me to the reception, where it’s six hours more of the same. Sooke Harbour House: Dining On Vancouver Island John M. Edwards I felt like a character out of “Finding Nemo” as I immersed myself in the Philip’s octopuses’ garden with no shade The Sanctity of Cool: and the threat of modern hipsterism- R.J. Cowan The fashion of the hipster is paramount Dear AR Julie McSmith I’m writing you a letter that I know you won’t be able to read, because you have dyslexia.  Yet, I feel I must write to you.

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Be Right Back Ian Geronimo I’m sitting across from Jane in the outdoor area of my favorite Indian Food restaurant in Los Angeles. She’s dressed casually. Her hair, longer than the last time I saw her, is falling out of her hood that she has drawn, perhaps because she is cold. Octavia Street Martin Green Lately I’ve been thinking about the time I lived in an apartment on Octavia Street in San Francisco If I had to do it over... Oswaldo Jimenez The car was a white, two-seater, 1965, British made, Triumph Spitfire, convertible. Low to the ground and high on looks.

Munich Sheep in Winter Abigail George 'A family is only perfect in a photograph' ... The Job Interview Philip Perry “Rod MacInerney here to see Mr. Hummer, Mr. Richards and Ms. Toole,” he said politely to the security guard. The guard was dressed like a cop, had a badge, a gun, everything. His security uniform must have been too small. He bulged through it and his sleeves were rolled up to show off his biceps. Zach Runs from a Great Man Michael Chacko Daniels link to The Mendonça Mystery

Ruin & Rising Leigh Bardugo Indigo Books Sam Hawksmoor At last the final book in The Grisha Trilogy is published this June...see Shadow & Bone review The Oddness of Olaf Stapledon John M. Edwards Olaf’s far-sighted polemic philosophical books, not novels, still stay with readers long after digestion Author Inteview Marcel D’Agneau interviews Sam Hawksmoor about The Heaviness Storm Chaser by Sheila Rance Orion Books Pub 8 May 2014 There is a clever rat that weaves its way throughout and an assassin that cannot be trusted by anyone.

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