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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 14, 202319 min read
THE LONELIEST MAN IN HICKSVILLE, CALIFORNIA - JOHN C. KRIEG
He wasn’t called “Old Woody” for nothing. He was old. Really old. Legend had it that he was the oldest man in Hicksville, and even more...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 13, 20238 min read
OF MEN AND HARES - SARAH DAS GUPTA
The hiring fair in Ballymena was busy that May morning as dairy farmer, Sean O’ Hara looked for a young herdsman to work with his...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 12, 20235 min read
THE TIMEPIECE - ANTHONY SAMUELS
Karl studied the address on the business card, 2775 Cardinal Street. He kept looking for the establishment his wife had told him about....
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 12, 20236 min read
WATER SPRITES AND THE BLUEBELL GIRLS - HEDLEY GRIFFIN
It seemed strange, but since I had been born at an early age, it was miraculous that I was already more than six years old, although...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 11, 20235 min read
THE STEADFAST CADET - LUISA KAY REYES
Once upon a time in an old southern college town, there was a strapping young man who attended the local military institute. Tall,...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 10, 20232 min read
RED RIDING HOOD REMINISCES - SYLVIA CLARE
Mother always fussed over Granny, living alone in the woods. Still, the old superstitions about wildlife being ‘something we need to keep...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 9, 20233 min read
LITTLE FRANZI KERN - LAURA GREVEL
‘Franzi Kern was small. In fact, he was the smallest of four small brothers, and the third born, so he shouldn’t have inherited the farm...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 8, 20239 min read
THE HEALER OF HAMELIN - GABBY GILLIAM
‘If this was a fairytale, it would begin with once upon a time or in a kingdom long ago, but this story begins and ends with Enede. There...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 7, 20236 min read
THE RAVEN MAIDEN - THETA VANZANDT
‘There once lived a tech witch deep in the wood, dark clever gothic she. She sat near her hearth and composed sonnets to her fae...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Nov 6, 20231 min read
AUTUMN ISSUE!
Welcome to our AUTUMN ISSUE! Folklore & Fairytales have perpetually captivated writes and artists across generations. These are tales...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Oct 24, 20231 min read
OUR WINTER THEME ANNOUNCEMENT!
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINTER 2023 THEME: FROST & FIRELIGHT WINTER ISSUE 2023 - SUBMISSIONS DUE 11/15 Acceptance Letters Sent...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 17, 20233 min read
SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR
Scott Thomas Outlar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives and writes in Frederick, Maryland. His work has been nominated...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 16, 20232 min read
CATHY HOLLISTER
Cathy Hollister is a champion of ageist poetry. A retired public health professional, she fills her time with grandchildren, reading,...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 15, 202315 min read
ONE HAND CLAPPING - DONALD R. VOGEL
How is a kayak trip a metaphor for a socially awkward person making his way in a life marred by sloth and envy? The trite answer is it’s...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 14, 20234 min read
SLUG - GENE GOLDFARB
In the summer you went slumming when all your friends were in day camp and you weren’t. Without it, you’d be moping around, or doing...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 13, 20235 min read
PERSPEX MAN - ROLY ANDREWS
It took years for Professor Oraina to learn the best technique to graft skin onto perspex. There were hundreds of false starts and...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 12, 202317 min read
STONE COLD SOUP - DOUGLAS HOSDALE
Jessie dipped her hand inside her black leather bag, the big one that contained her secret ten thousand Euro stash of cash, and felt...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 11, 20232 min read
TOO SOON TO LET GO - TALLY R. REYNOLDS
The quiet is brutal without Jack. The sounds of the house are all mine and the dog’s for what has been a long thirty days into my new...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 10, 202311 min read
GRANDDAUGHTER - DON NOEL
Harry Wilson had the attention of most women at Harmony Acres within days of his arrival. He admitted to 74 years, but his unruly thatch...
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OpenDoor Magazine
Jul 9, 202312 min read
KARMA 101 - MARK CROCE
Finally leaving his parents’ suburban Philadelphia house at age thirty-four, Jerry wasn’t about to choose just any apartment. He wanted...
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