The International Writer's Magazine: JUNE 2013 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Tranquilo Paul Michelson “We’ll be in Montezuma by tomorrow afternoon,” I told my son. “Our reservation’s tomorrow night through Thursday.” Boracay Island Daniel Escurel Occeno Before going I was told many times; Boracay Island was 'the' destination spot of the Philippines A Westerner in Iran James Hope Wilson Departure lounges are rarely gratifying places to find yourself in; you haven’t even made it yet. Time in airports always seems to possess a subdued quality of having already been beaten Pulp Friction: Travel Book Exchanges Abroad - John M. Edwards JME spends as much time reading on the beach as sightseeing restaurant menus and ogling swimsuit models, so he seeks ubiquitous “Book Exchanges” throughout the world. . . . Turbulent Afghanistan Fred C. Wilson III The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is landlocked, mountainous. It connects Asia at all four corners of the compass.

Everything is Disease James Campion First things first; it is official that everything is now a disease and therefore must be treated as so. Edward Snowden:Hacking into Hyprocrisy - James Campion If there is one thing that this space has tried to illustrate for the past 16 years is that hypocrites are not the exclusive property of ideological or political affiliation The Self-Perpetuating Gorge of Power or How The IRS Becomes HAL 9000 - James Campion Education is Paramount in Spain James Skinner Details from the 2012 UNESCO study on world education have revealed that 1 in 4 youngsters in Spain between the ages of 18 and 24 had no studies at all. Empire of Fascination Dean Borok I can’t help being transfixed by the politics of North and South America The World's Outsiders James Morford Has there ever been an ethnicity so little understood? In Europe they are called Roma (Romanies), Americans call them Gypsies. Addressing all comfy politicians Umm-e-Aiman Vejlani The other day I chose to splash in splendor and took a taxi instead of the local bus or rickshaw to get to a meeting with somebody socially important. I wasn’t alone

Here’s My Takeaway Tyrel Nelson This hole in my soul has taken a mighty toll. Nothing, certainly not this tall one I’m nursing, remotely fills the overwhelming void of losing my hero... my dad. Sweden Bound Bradley J Thornton Living in Southern California I had a difficult time finding cold weather clothes, the ski slopes are a few hours away and not many stores stock thermal underwear Dynarama:RIP Ray Harryhausen John M. Edwards Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest movie ever made! Discover Milan for the First Time Angelica Paletta Fiera di Sinigaglia, and located in Porta Genova along the wharf, began as early as 1800, and occurs every Saturday morning Let's Be Ants Roy Valenzuela In today’s global environment, technological advances go unchecked, are ferocious, indifferent, and redefine societal parameters almost instantly Street Actors in Lima Joey Carney I haven't every really seen another city in the world where people are as resourceful as in Lima, whether the con-artists, the beggars, the businessmen, or real artists.

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REVIEWS Film & Books

Up On The Roof Daly I was taking mid-morning tea on the Terrace of the London Club in Barcelona when I met George and Clementia Courland.  I had taken a copy of The Times from the newspaper racks in the lounge outside to read in the spring sunshine. Chris Mills Poetry Month + (Blog) Plus buried in here an interview with Sam Hawksmoor The Horrible Boss I: Saving Sara Martin Green “That woman is evil,” said Sara. Baba Yaga Norman A Rubin Once upon a time there was a Maiden named Vasilissa the Beautiful. She is sent by her step-mother to retrieve a flame for the fire from Baba Yaga. But Baba Yaga catches her and forces her to cook meals, scrub the floors, and weave at the loom.

Flamingo Oswaldo Jimenez The old man lived in a house by the water near the Sound on a property adjacent to my middle school. His neighbors called him a recluse.  Some said he was mad, others said he was disfigured. The kids at my school said he was a vampire The Devil's Footprints Norman A. Rubin It was strange but true! That on one dark frosty night in the month of February during the reign of the Good Queen Victoria when Master James Brent, the right honourable mayor of the town of Dawlish, had a terrible vision that changed his life forever Caught George Sparling I’m under surveillance. Nobody believes me. I’m in a gigantic store, its hundreds of aisles: one could get lost here.

Toyko Vice by Jake Adelstein Leroy B Vaughn Review Eighty hours a week - there is no such thing as a vacation for reporters and no private life, while working the crime desk. Don't Lose the Plot Sam Hawksmoor on writing for teens If you want to interest an editor or agent you need a plot Being There Directed by Hal Ashby Dan Schneider review Hal Ashby made a series of quirky films in the 1970s that were highly regarded, then succumbed to a drug addiction and died before the 1980s were through. The most famous of these were Harold And Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home, and Being There Longtitude by Dava Sobel John M. Edwards review Throughout the ages, explorers from Vasco de Gama to Balboa struggled with the “longitude problem.” Without an accurate method of calculating the longitude, navigators were literally lost at sea.

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