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Dreamscapes Two •
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The
International Writer's Magazine - January 2008
- Welcome
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Destinations:
Travel stories & guides
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Opinion:
Politics & Issues
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Lifestyles:
Ways of living
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Everything's
coming up crazy
Caitlin McCallum
Arriving in LA I had one pressing issue that needed to be addressed:
finding a place to live.
Chandlerville
Sam North
You can't get there from here without opening a book
Casablanca in Winter
Joe Gill
My senses were overwhelmed with fantastic blasts of Maroc music
of one kind or another, each merging into the next as I passed one
stall after another
Tales From Zirzameen
Brian H Appleton in Iran
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Heart
& Soul of Politics - Part
II
Democrats At The Crossroads 2008
James Campion
Standing at the crossroads of revisionist hard-sell,
old-fashioned populism, and disenfranchised symbolism are threee
wild-card presidential candidates
A
Teacher's Lot
Trudie Hannah
There
has been discussion about a return to the grammar school system.
This seems to me to be about as relevant as a debate about what
colour to paint the Titanic.
Obama
in SC
Dean
Borok
It’s obvious after
the South Carolina primary that Barack Obama has the lock on the
African-American vote.
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Mother
Earth - A Letter
Caitlin McCallum
9 Billion Souls by 2050
Howard
Loves Vince; The Queer subtext
of The Mighty Boosh - Jodie
Corney
'That’s what this is all about
– me and you – the arguing, the bitching...'
Under
Fire
Marwan Asmar
‘For every reporter killed,
there is a lost report, a lost dispatch and a lost message
Soc
Gen Scandal
D. Borok
Far be it from me to impugn the
integrity of the French banking establishment, but something about
the story of one trader single-handedly causing €5billion inlosses
to Société Générale stinks
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Puerto
Plata more than beaches
Habeeb Salloum
Sosúa,on down the coast is somewhat different. The town
and its beach have developed into a resort that is ideal for self-sufficient
travellers.
Small
Town Crap
Rosalea Hostetler
A
Beginner’s Guide to the Idylic Life in Small Towns of the
Prairies
So
you dream of living in a small town because you are tired of the
stresses of big city life? Dream on, dream on.
Moshing
in the Philippines
One week with the Pinoy 'red
punks'
Andrew 0'Brien
It’s my fifth day in Manila
and the pounding monsoon rains have not let up for a minute.
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A
Paler Shade of White
Anita Sheard
Labels reflect only the extent of our ability to describe
a disparate group, changing them reflects our discomfort
After
Fidel
James Skinner
‘Jim,
there’s a bullet riddled trawler being towed into Georgetown!
Cubans, Gov! There must be about 40 of them.’
The
Heart & Soul of Party politics
James Campion
Republican
Internal Battle 2008
It's
a Mad World
James
Skinner
What
will 2008 throw up?
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My
Year of Living Dangerously
Caitlin McCallum
New
Year's Resolution: three words that simultaneously inspire and terrify
me, like Hilary Rodham Clinton or competitive eating contest.
Sudden
Death in Pakistan
Dean
Borok
The
assassination of Benazir Bhutto throws US diplomacy into a tailspin.
Queen
of Vernon 1993-2007
James Campion
She was regal. Not in any preordained, systemic, lordly manner,
but there was a distinct nobility to her that was able to transform
you.
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REVIEWS
Books
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DREAMSCAPES
FICTION
Original Shorts
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REVIEWS
Film
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John
Dies At The End by David Wong
Jack Clarkson
If Douglas
Adams had written Horror instead of Science Fiction he might have
written this
Heaven's
Eyes by David Almond
Holly Bates Review
This mysterious and intriguing tale of "damaged child"
Erin Law’s adventures with her friends is haunting
A
Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Jenny Adamthwaite review
A
Thousand Splendid Suns follows the lives of two women born nearly
twenty years apart
The
Way I See It by Nicole Dryburgh
Holly
Bates
The autobiography of a truly amazing woman, "The
Way I See It" is Nicole Dryburgh’s account of the emotional
and challenging years of her life from the age of eleven when she
was diagnosed with a malignant tumour on her spine.
Borderlines
2008
A Literary Spark
Submit for our anthology
Last
Call Feb 5th
More
Life Stories in Dreamscapes
Life
After Death
Emma Callan
I
was thirty four years old when I died. I’d never thought about
dying before.
Red
Like Me
Lisa
Timmerman
Zittau, Germany, 1933
I have never waited this long. My situation is my secret. Until
they return
Johhny Foreigner
It's Widdecome Day - stay off the streets if you know what's good
for you |
Havelock
Gets His Fortune Told
Dean Borok
Still holding the dregs of his drink in his hand, Havelock Jones
waded through the Halloween party in the direction of
the fortune teller.
Sundays
in Vancouver
Sam North
'Won't you look after my dog, Jonah? It's just for the weekend,
promise.'
Simon Says
Mark Cunliffe
Its half past twelve at night, exactly thirty minutes
into 2008 and I am stood in my small back yard, looking up into
the cold fresh New Year rain, completely naked
Up On The Shelf
Gordon
Ray Bourgon
My path to recovery has taken a detour, and I don’t
know if I’ll ever find my way
Office Tyrant
Martin Green
“Didn’t I say I wanted that report
today,” asked Blair, his deep voice soft but menacing
Stiff
upper Lip
Albert
Rouzie
hitches a ride
I’m
gonna die. Jesus. Gonna die. Oh, lord
The
Forbidden Town
Natasha
Reid
I
can no longer go it, through it, or even near it
Stop
R.
Sirmons
I
am IN life. I am in the stream of it, in the middle of it, I swallow
it and eat it
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Richard Radford
Sunset
hit the parking lot outside Globe-Mart, splashing neon light across
the acres of SUVs and minivans packed into tight rows.
The
Lady’s Curse
Natalie Tehrani
Adaira
felt the tower walls edge closer, imagined the spiders creeping
from their damp beds to crawl over her skin. Outside the fields
stretched for miles, laughing with silent scorn at her weakness.
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More
Dreamscapes Fiction
The
Councillor
Mark
Robinson
‘I
need your help. My wife; she’s cheating on me.’ There,
it was out. Open.
Fat
Nasty Bitch
Jessica
Schneider
Noelle Gomez was not the kind of woman anyone noticed.
She was someone who, had you seen her in a bookstore, or supermarket,
you would just look on and past her,
Banana
Falls on Ant
Jerry Billstrom
Fishing for time in Cuba
Richard's
Story
Claire Holland
I am suddenly reluctant to pick up the phone because
I know that I'm not going to like what I hear.
Starbuck
James C Clar
It was one of those nights that the word ‘balmy’
was simply born to describe. The palm trees shrugged their shoulders
and rustled overhead
The
Fall of Me
Tessa
Foley
I
did care for them. You learn to care for anyone you work with
every sunlit hour God sends. I watched the children grow like
weeds in Spring. I would be lying if I said it didn't touch my
icy, red heart when they smiled or cried
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Great
fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em and
little fleas have lesser fleas ...ad infinitum - Augustus de Morgan
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