The International Writer's Magazine: Autumn 2013 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Angola Avante! Fred C. Wilson III Angolans are in the process of rebuilding their country from the ground up Seoul Food Fred C Wilson 111 Seoul, South Korea is one of the most exotic places on the planet Welcome to Sarajevo Diana Predrag This city is nicknamed ‘Jerusalem of Europe’ Lonely Planet named it the 43rd best city in the world Up Close and Personal in Chennai Colin Todhunter It’s a walk through the Triplicane and Royapettah areas of Chennai in July. It’s always hot here... Travails of a Roadside Travelin' Freak Show - Michael Britton Once a reasonably wealthy internet entrepreneur, now reduced to licking the dust at the bottom of the abyss, I have attempted a new paradigm for living; herein follows sage wisdom for a young and despairing generation ... run! Keeping it Clean on Mint Street, Colin Todhunter An old woman in rags, performs the sweeping-street-dust-into-the-air ritual twice daily. At least until the dust settles again

Lou Reed 1942-2013 James Campion 'When you dance hard…slow dancing'. - Lou Reed “Rock Minuet” Hammer Time for Joe Cool For Good or Ill, President Displays Lame Duck Balls - James Campion Joe Cool has simply told everyone to go screw The House Divided Principle James Campion Terrorist Politics 101 The Republicans - defiant, petty and destructive Is The End of the World Really Nigh? - Kate Pond The way we talk about nuclear power is not helpful to anyone. The recent leak at the Fukushima power plant has brought nuclear energy production back to the headlines Meltdown on K Street Dean Borok Obamacare goes online... chaos rules Losing Patience in Spain James Skinner 10.10.13 Spaniards are fed up of political bickering, government statements of ‘the end of recession’, independence pleas by regional nationalists, banking disorders, corruption in practically every sector of the community...

Halloween Candy Lust John M Edwards “If you don’t give me your candy, I’m going to bloody your nose!” menaced the big kid MO James Campion Straight as an arrow; stoic with a slightly visible breath – a fierce figure of calm in a gathering storm standing upon a raised patch of dirt 18 feet in diameter Gobular Theory: Refuted John Vaughn There are certain pundits in our midst who are engaged in brazenly poisoning the minds of our youth A Guide to the Lonely Planet Jonathon Engels It takes little more than a couple of conversations about a place, the possible next destination, and my wife or I will buy the Lonely Planet... Favorite Craft Beers from across Canada- Jeffrey Straker I love micro-brewed beers & craft beers with intense full flavour. I am lucky enough to have had the luxury of sampling them in almost all the provinces across Canada via touring in support of my music. US Supreme Court: Dialogue Deborah Levine & Roy Valenzuela We invite you to join our irreverent, comic, and cosmic conversation about the Supreme Court and its context in The Grand Scheme of Humanity.

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Pursuit Abigail George I have to fall in love with someone else, marry someone else, perhaps he will have children, grown up children, so that me not having to have children won’t be such a tragedy and I won’t be in love with a ghost like I have been for the past twelve years. New Year's Eve - A Little Past Midnight Martin Green People were shouting Happy New Year and yes, there was Nora, kissing him... From the Dreamscapes Archives The Vampire's Garden Natalie Tehrani The garden was silent and still. Moonlight seeped across the grass, a dark velvet sea, soft and seductive to my bare touch. Each blade of grass caressing my skin gently as I walked. Chinese Syndrome Joseph Guderian is drilling for oil Hank Croix walked out of the pharmacy mumbling to himself when he couldn’t get a refill on his prescription for sleeping pills. He was told he’d have to wait until the doctor returned to the drilling camp next week.

Valediction Oswaldo Jimenez Mura Kami was her given name. Mura: to reflect the practicality of her spirit. Kami: to deliver the spirit of her ancestors. She saw herself as a human being first, then as a woman Al Norte Susan Arthur The same scene was being played out in at least four other homes, he thought. Perhaps it was the same in all of the other 28 homes but he didn't know those people nor their families When Carol Came to Call Sam Hawksmoor I came for the skies... My First Heartbreak Imraan Khan My grandmother was a beautiful, goddess like figure: she had fair, glowing skin, large brown eyes, thick black hair that flow down to her lower back and a heart made from gold.

Shadows & Haze Books 1 & 2 by Paula Weston Sam Hawksmoor review Angels seem to get themselves into a lot of trouble when they walk the earth. The Station: Athos: Treasure and Men John M. Edwards Robert Byron’s “The Road to Oxiana” was a smashing success, but was his other great book on The Great Game, the severely neglected “lost” classic “The Station,” in some ways even better? Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse Edited by John Joseph Adams Welcome to the Apocalypse - Roll up to all the doom and gloom you could possibly want

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