The International Writer's Magazine: DECEMBER Welcome 2014

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

A Loose Guide to Conventions Patrick J. Ferri Jr. Conventions have risen to geeky prominence the same way that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have. Everyone has heard the names like ComiCon, E3, PAX, A-Kon and DragonCon, no one has any idea what the appeal is. Namibia: Wild and Pristine Sean Lee Infallibly associated with the quintessential idea of African safari, Namibia presents you the brilliant convergence of the undulating deserts with the perpetually turbulent coastline. Cheers? Samantha Piergross in Paris Backpack strapped on and duffle bag slung across my body, I trekked from my gate inside of Orly to the shuttle bus.

I CAN’T BREATHE! James Campion Daniel Pantaleo killed Eric Garner. He choked him to death while four other men held him down and pulled his hands behind his back and proceeded to cuff him, leaning all of his weight on the man’s head as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” Podemos - Yes 'We Can' Spain's Coming Revolution James Skinner Spain would be led towards the Third Republic, imposing a totalitarian and communist regime that could isolate the country from Europe and the rest of the world. Turning Back the Clock Tom Kilcourse Critics of the present state of Britain’s economy and society are frequently advised that ‘we cannot turn the clock back’, or told that what is happening is somehow ‘natural’.

Does Size Matter? Tom Kilcourse There is much being said presently about the British government’s deficit, with excuses flying between political parties, and everyone promising to reduce it. Asian-American Marriages Fred C. Wilson III Romanticism is the biggest blight to the concept of life-long marriage Discoveries Walli F. Leff out West The trail along the Deschutes River in beautiful Tumwater Falls Park, just outside of Olympia, Washington, passes by the waterfalls... The Devil Made Me Do It Dean Borok Cosby was a master at marketing himself... Mike Nichols 1931–2014 James Campion

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When My Brother Was Moses Abigail George I fall in love like stars assemble themselves, arrange themselves in a constellation Pileated Woodpecker & Sword Fern Kirie C. Pedersen “Even if I met someone, second marriages have a sixty percent failure rate.” Padomania Martin Green Max Birnbaum had come over for one of our occasional games of chess, more of an excuse to discuss the sad state of the world and to reminisce about our early days in New York. The Secret Brotherhood of Sairam Namitha Varma The party was heating up. Akhil wanted a cigarette. Now. No one had any left. But where would he get one at this god-forsaken two am? Trench Mouth James Leonard "Hi sweetie,what's in the bag? A present for me?"

Another Place To Die: The Endtime Chronicles Hawksmoor & North Chapter One: Warning Signals 'This is how the world ends. Fighting over spaghetti sauce in the supermaket car park!' MoJo Jack Coey McGee was number eighty-four. He went back out into the hallway where actors and actresses were sitting and standing. He walked the hallway and saw her. “Hey!” he said.

Why We Took The Car By Wolfgang Herrndorf Sam Hawksmoor review Take one boring kid with no friends. Add a 14-year-old Russian called Tschick and a stolen Lada, you have the makings of a great summer road trip... Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki by Haruki Murakami Murakami has written an uncomfortable book about a simple man trying to make sense of his life Sam North review Pulp (1972) Dan Schneider DVD review Actors: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Directed by Mike Hodges Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo - The Grisha Trilogy our book of the year The Quest - Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin Steve Wheeler review A Little Light at the End of the Tunnel The Brother From Another Planet Director John Sayles (1984) Alex Sheremet review

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