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That One Time Ann-Margret Saved Our Lives
By Tim Parks That One Time That Ann-Margaret Saved Our Lives By Tim Parks Mom wasn’t anywhere. We couldn’t see her, she didn’t answer our...
Tim Parks
Aug 1, 20255 min read


Winner of the Month: Mommy's Little Secret
By Jeffrey Parish "Mommy?" "Yes sweetheart..." "Why is Daddy in the trunk?" "He's napping" "Oh, okay." "Would you kids like some ice...
Tim Parks
Aug 1, 20251 min read


Broken Down: A Haiku
By Grace A. Hendricks Cars like people need repairs The trick is to find the tools To practice maintenance each day
Tim Parks
Aug 1, 20251 min read


Winner of the Month: The Photo at Edgar's
By Alessandra Konzen Title: The Photo at Edgar’s Fan Fiction: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult Summary: In the midst of a murder trial with her...
Tim Parks
Jul 1, 20253 min read


Creatives of the Month: June 2025
Camacho and Jo Gonzale s Alex Camacho and Jo Gonzales Acid Queen Jewelry Idyllwild, CA. -How did you become interested in becoming a...
Tim Parks
Jul 1, 20254 min read


Winner of the Month: Big Smile
By Nora Coombs I have a big smile. That I do. I have a big smile that masks pain behind the truth. I have a big smile so that I can go...
Tim Parks
Jun 1, 20251 min read


Creative of the Month: May 2025
Jeffrey Parish Artifacts Forest Haven 54425 N Circle Drive #4 Idyllwild, CA 92549 -How did you become interested in becoming a creative...
Tim Parks
Jun 1, 20253 min read


Winner of the Month: The Sidewalk Said So
By Alessandra Konzen I’ve been trying to take walks without distractions lately—no music, no podcasts, no scrolling, no emails. Just me,...
Tim Parks
May 1, 20252 min read


Mating Season
By Tim Parks For about a week this past winter, I started hearing a constant noise only at night. I described it as a rusty hamster wheel...
Tim Parks
May 1, 20252 min read


"Love over fate!"
By Sammy B. Tyrrell In the kingdom of Eldwyne, nestled between forest and fog, there lived a reclusive magician named Caelum. He wasn’t...
Tim Parks
May 1, 20252 min read


Bird Lives: A Haiku
By Grace A. Hendricks Wings aflutter, soaring sky high Falling from an azure sky to die Bird soars, dies, flies, lives
Tim Parks
May 1, 20251 min read


Creative of the Month: April 2025
Creative of the Month: Jennafer Grace -How did you become interested in becoming a creative person? I'm honestly not sure that I had...
Tim Parks
May 1, 20252 min read


Winner of the Month: “The Gangs all here!”
By Sammy B. Tyrrell Aren’t they gorgeous?! Picture perfect even. Haven’t you heard…? Well, you’re looking at the Verdugo Hills ladies....
Tim Parks
Apr 1, 20254 min read


The Lucky Strikes
By Brad Shaw The way that I found out my father wasn’t my father happened at the most unlikely of places, a bowling alley. In the decades...
Tim Parks
Apr 1, 20254 min read


Creative of the Month: March 2025
Jon Gaw/Idy Stained Glass 54200 N. Circle Dr. Unit D (all the way in the back of the lane) Idyllwild-Pine Cone, CA 92549 -How did you...
Tim Parks
Apr 1, 20252 min read


“Perform for me…”
By: Sammy B. Tyrrell I stand here… guitar at the ready… microphone pressed against my lips, and for just a moment the light disappears...
Tim Parks
Mar 3, 20253 min read


Winner of the Month: WOP BOP-A-LOO BOP
By Art Gomez ACT II SCENE B-1 FADE IN: INT. 3RD STORY APARTMENT KITCHEN. MORNING. Seated at a small table, by a curtain-less window,...
Tim Parks
Mar 1, 20253 min read


Wisdom of the Father
By John Edward Marin When I was a young boy the world seemed so big, so insurmountable. How come we are placed on a rock that is so large...
Tim Parks
Mar 1, 20253 min read


'Kelly Brianne' A Song (sung in Honky Tonk Style)
By Michael Brown
Tim Parks
Mar 1, 20251 min read
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