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Thomas Riesner - Art

Quite spontaneously and suddenly, it literally bubbles out of him-his expressive, intuitive painting style is reflected in his archaic-seeming figures and image elements. His pictures exude an atmosphere of originality and spontaneity, although most of the motifs are rather dark.

Art, The Current Parliament
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Debbie Graber - Fiction

Rich and I hit a few balls, when he pulled me off the court, his finger up to his lips. He led me down a hallway to an alcove. The sun streamed in through a skylight, illuminating a balcony above. Everything was silent except for the echo of my Adidas’ rubber soles scraping against the floor.

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Mark Belair - 5 Poems

A playground/in hard rain stands/deserted, swings still, slides/beaded and puddled, heavy drops/jeweling the jungle gym/while trembling

Poetry, The Current Parliament

Kevin Finnerty - Fiction

A year later, we married.  A couple more passed before we decided we wanted to have a child.  Because we were unable to have one, she came to hate me.  Maybe it was more than that.  What she said was, “I hate you..."

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