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January 2026
Well done to you for surviving Christmas, Hannukkah, the
Festival of Light, the Winter Solstice, New Year and whatever other excuse for
over-indulgence you took part in. It was hard work but we got through!
It seems that our contributors made the most of their
holidays too and have supplied me with a bulging folder of material for this
first edition of 2026.
Oh, and there's s new News
item.
So let's get going.
Andrew
Lee-Hart. It's great to be able to kick the New Year off with one of
Andrew's well-crafted stories. When a family member dies and you have to sort
out all their stuff, it's a troubling time. The story is called: Trolleys
& Tape..
Terry
Brinkman. I always enjoy Terry's short scenes from his life, usually
it's a memory from years gone by, but this one is of the here and now - and
he's feeling a little side-lined. The title is Sand Sifter.
Simon
King drops into the lives of Goethe and Napoleon back
in the early 19th century. To add some background: Goethe is regarded as the
most influential German writer and Napoleon.. well, he was an Emperor!
Tony
Dawson has a couple of short fiction pieces for us this time. One is
called Buttons which features a father giving his son some
"advice" and the other is called A Garden Fate... pun
intended!
KJ Hannah
Greenberg has one of her tiny-teeny stories for us this time. (Call
it "Flash" if you must..) We see how a little moment of joy can punctuate a
dire day. The story is called Bubbles.
Martin
Green has been busy over the holidays and has intercepted this memo
from the "Customer Services" Department of any well-known company. It's A
Memo on Customer Service.
Frucht-Schleifen has two
instrumental pieces for us this time. They are quite different in style. First
is Get Up, Get Up and then Summer Shade. Both are from
his album "drei".
Terry Brinkman has a great new
piece of art called Oh Nuts!. It's on his art page along with all
his other pictures too.
KJ Hannah Greenberg brings us some
photographs of ponds, lakes and watery views from around the world.
Richard
LeDue is off to a flying start this New Year with three more fine
poems for you. They are: My First Poem of 2026 - A Large Empty Sky
and Word Vomit... it's better than it sounds!
John
Grey. It's good to be able to welcome John back for the New Year,
especially when he brings such great poems: Paper Cut - Pagoda - The Grin
- The Life and A Poet. Nice!
Pawel
Markiewicz brings two poems this time. The first is: The
contemplative flower of violet and the second, beautifully illustrated
one, is The 11 dazzling verses.
Gary
Beck joins us for our first edition of 2026 with these excellent
poems: Stay Awake - Ode to Mike Pence - The Hospital - Upreach
and An Odyssey.
Terry
Brinkman is always writing, and long may that continue! Here we
have: Sleepy Whale 234 - Sleepy Whale 299 - Sonnet CCXIV - Sleepy Whale #
46 - Sonnet CLXXIII - VISIT and Sonnet CCXXXVII.
KJ Hannah
Greenberg has some thoughts on today's students, wardrobes and
undesirable creatures of various kinds! The titles are: Schoolbook Rules
- Wins by A Lot and Tongueless Critters.
There we are then, the first edition of a shiny New Year.
Let's hope for good news all around the world in 2026.. (doubtful but we can
hope can't we?)
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I'm off to set fire to the Christmas tree.
Cheerio!
Ed.
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