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Announcing MindFlights Poetry Contest 2008
DEP Staff

New Speculative Titles From DEP
DEP Staff


Opinions and Views

Haruah Editor's Round Table Audio Discussion
Haruah Editorial Team

Passing the Torch - A note to the readers
Rachel A. Marks


Poetry Corner

A Pilgrim's Song
Joshua Gage

What's in a name
Keith Wallis

Eulogy
Catherine R. Fiorello

5 Cents for 10 Cents Worth
R. J. Walker Miller

My Father's Poems
Robin Offerdahl


Fiction Addiction

Before the Dawn
Anna Somers

Letting Go
Matthew Peterson

Pupule
Mary Deal

23rd Psalm
M. Keaton

The Sturdy Chair
Jennifer Spinelli


Romance

Serviettes
Mary Ann Noe

Passengers
J.C. Towler


Splash of Flash

My Name
Skye Kinkade

Serviettes
Mary Ann Noe

Passengers
J.C. Towler

Hurricane Elliot
Joanne Sher

Cricket Nights
Alice M. Roelke


Historically Speaking

Passing Penuel
Joshua Gage

Silent Night
Michael Merriam


 

Current Features

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"Side Notes" columns updated throughout the week.

A Pilgrim's Song by Joshua Gage
Poetry - Literary

The fog gathers its robe at my knees. - Discuss in Forums


My Name by Skye Kinkade
Flash Fiction - Literary

Growing up with a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's Disease was difficult.  My grandma didn't always call me by my name, but when she did, it was startling---a crystal-clear memory seared into my soul with love. - Discuss in Forums


What's in a name by Keith Wallis
Poetry

a nose by any other name
would surely sound so sweet...... - Discuss in Forums


Before the Dawn by Anna Somers
Fiction - Contemporary

I had only been asleep for ten minutes. But there it was–my son’s angry protests that would soon turn into a blood-curdling scream. - Discuss in Forums


Eulogy by Catherine R. Fiorello
Poetry - Literary

Words have a life of their own. - Discuss in Forums


5 Cents for 10 Cents Worth by R. J. Walker Miller
Poetry - Contemporary

Five cents for ten cents worth!
It’s a sale.  Buy before the time runs out!
- Discuss in Forums


Serviettes by Mary Ann Noe
Flash Fiction - Romance

Sometimes fan letters appear in the strangest forms, and they intrigue even the crustiest celebrities. - Discuss in Forums


My Father's Poems by Robin Offerdahl
Poetry - Literary

- Discuss in Forums


Letting Go by Matthew Peterson
Fiction - Literary

As their prized tree grows, so does a couple’s unwavering love. But what happens when their beautiful tree dies? - Discuss in Forums


Dancing All the While by Tiffany K. Chartier
Poetry - Contemporary

Living comes from the inside out - Discuss in Forums


After 39 days by R. F. Long
Poetry - Literary

Magic in the aftermath of the storm - Discuss in Forums


Announcing MindFlights Poetry Contest 2008 by DEP Staff
News - Writing

MindFlights announces its first poetry contest. - Discuss in Forums


Pupule by Mary Deal
Fiction - Contemporary

The world needs a lot more patience and tolerance, and one Hawaiian couple was going to make sure it started right in their neighborhood. - Discuss in Forums


His-story by Stephanie Green
Poetry - Contemporary

The story I wrote,
Lies
half-finished in a pile
at the bottom of my drawer
Am I there as well?
hiding somewhere amongst the hieroglyphs - Discuss in Forums


Passengers by J.C. Towler
Flash Fiction - Romance

It's amazing how easily memories buried by the years can be resurrected through a stranger's actions. - Discuss in Forums


On this hill by Keith Wallis
Poetry - Literary

An Easter encounter to touch heart and soul.
'This unquiet beauty of wracked passion
steals the splendour of simpler creations
and scourges art and word and song.'
- Discuss in Forums


Lenten Service with Parrots by Jennifer Swanson
Poetry - Literary

- Discuss in Forums


Passing Penuel by Joshua Gage
Poetry - Historical

...Bound arm
against arm, do you sense
ambrosia'd sweat or the weight of wings
pounding off the air? - Discuss in Forums


From Easter To Christmas 1998 by Robin Offerdahl
True-to-life Story - Contemporary

     On Maundy Thursday morning at 4:00 a.m., the alarm clock sounded, and I dragged myself out of bed to get ready for work.  There would be no need to eat breakfast.  My fellow officers and I would be doing that shortly after breaking from morning line up.  Just a shower and a shave, followed by a quiet and relaxing cup of coffee.  No point in turning on the news either.  I would know soon enough what had occurred overnight in this nation’s seventh-largest city. - Discuss in Forums


But With Time by Robin Offerdahl
Poetry - Literary

Emptiness serves its own purpose. - Discuss in Forums


23rd Psalm by M. Keaton
Fiction - Literary

One psalm.  One life. - Discuss in Forums


Running Signals by Ray Succre
Poetry - Literary

Life's signals, do we obey? - Discuss in Forums


New Speculative Titles From DEP by DEP Staff
News - Speculative

Double-Edged Publishing releases its winter 2008 fiction catalog with three great speculative titles! - Discuss in Forums


The Sturdy Chair by Jennifer Spinelli
Fiction - Literary

Twelve-year-old Seth just lost his mother. A conversation with his best friend the day of the funeral reveals that isn't all he's lost. - Discuss in Forums


Waters That Bind by R. L. Copple
Poetry - Literary

We are mostly water, and so are our relationships. - Discuss in Forums


Fixed and Wandering Stars by Karen Bernardo
Fiction - Contemporary

Donna is on her way—her first city job, a bank account, total independence. She's sure this is what she wants—until a boy on the bus shows her a different side of life. - Discuss in Forums


Coveted by Kylan Rice (Student)
Poetry

Being rich is a great gain, depending on what you're rich in. - Discuss in Forums


Everybody Dies by Resha Caner
Fiction - Literary

Dan never met Mala, yet no one else would ever have a bigger impact on his life. - Discuss in Forums


On the Shores of Gitcheegumee by Helen R. Peterson
Poetry - Literary

The death of a loved one is never easy, especially 500 or so miles away. - Discuss in Forums


Caroline and Da Bos by Sangay Glass
True-to-life Story - Contemporary

Empathy is the conscious act of placing yourself in another person’s shoes regardless of the shoe’s size. - Discuss in Forums


Evanescent by Veronica Anne Engler (Student)
Poetry - Literary

- Discuss in Forums


Goodbye and Hello by DEP Staff
News - Speculative

DKA and SR become MindFlights. - Discuss in Forums


Wonder by Jane E. Hoppe
Fiction - Literary

Epiphanies are not always crashing waves. Quietly lapping waters also recast coastlines and discontent, as Deanna discovers on a Pacific pier. - Discuss in Forums


In The Womb by Kyla Steinkraus
Poetry - Contemporary

The mystery of infinity intersecting with finitude never ceases to amaze all who consider it. - Discuss in Forums


The Station by Wade Ogletree
Fiction - Literary

They waited until they were no longer waiting on Tanner but waiting as a tacit admission that they belonged to him and not each other.  Whatever might have been, it had both begun and ended on a train out of Chicago, now left behind on the other end of the station.  There was no going back. - Discuss in Forums


lady bug by Elizabeth Morey
Poetry - Literary

Distracted by a tiny beauty. - Discuss in Forums


At the Junction of Now and Then by Anne Marie Gomez
Fiction - Contemporary

Olivia's memories flow with the ink of a fountain pen, butting heads with the stark reality of her husband and son.
- Discuss in Forums


In Sugar-Bag Canyon by Ray Succre
Poetry - Literary

"Yeah, only kind of animal that gets bigger the less you feed it." - Discuss in Forums


Guard Duty by Josef J. Hoskins
Fiction - Contemporary

What appears to be a routine drive to work for two commuters. - Discuss in Forums


Diamonds - A haiku by R V Saunders
Poetry - Romance

- Discuss in Forums


Haruah Bounces Back - DEP Magazines Down Over Weekend by R. L. Copple
News

Thousands of sites affected by massive move and goof-up. - Discuss in Forums


Underneath a Tangerine Sky by Susan Lohrer
Fiction - Romance

When Evelyn told John she wanted water, sand, and sunrises for their anniversary getaway, she didn't realize he heard, "Honey, let's go fishing." - Discuss in Forums


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Side Notes...

Speculations:
That Venus/Mars Thing

by Bill Snodgrass

It is no breaking news that men and women were created different.  In my family, at least one of the differences is pretty distinct.


Now, before I get accused of...  well, of anything... let me say I believe in the rights of all humanity.  I am a poster boy for social justice and human rights of all kinds.

Also, let me assert that, for most characteristics, the within group differences are greater than the between group difference for men and women.  I know this.  For most any metric, the differences between men vary more than the mean for men varies with the mean for women.  Got it.  I know it is true for most characteristics.

Most characteristics.  But clothes-sense is not one of them.

Now, my wife is very, very far from being one of those people really into clothes.  Still, she has so much more clothes sense than me, it is scary.

A comedian has a bit:

My wife and I are getting ready for a party and she says to me, "Your not wearing that are you?"  No, I was just covering myself with it until you told me what to put on.

That isn't too far from how it is in my house.  Case in point...

Back a few months ago, right before our 8 o'clock service, our senior pastor asked me if I could preach the 10:30 service.  Since I had been setting up the audiovisual gear, I was not really dressed to appear before any group.  I called my wife to save the day.

"Can you bring me a shirt to change into?"

"Which one?"

"How about that blue one your mom gave me?"

"You can't wear that!  You wore that last time you preached.  Everyone will remember!"

It had been a couple of haircuts since I had previously spoken.  I didn't remember what I wore.  How in the world did she?

"Um, just bring something to make me look smarter than I am..."

Same story, second verse.  We were about to go out to meet som... continued.

Copyright 2008, Bill Snodgrass. All rights reserved.

Harûah: Breath of Heaven - A Magazine of Inspiration is an inspirational web and print magazine, featuring fiction of all kinds, poetry, and non-fiction. Harûah is Hebrew for "The Spirit" and within our pages we hope to draw you closer to the Creator who breathed life into us all.

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