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August 2026
As you can see from the extensive list of items below it's
a big bountiful issue this time!
We have several new contributors in addition to our
regulars in this one, so thanks to all of you!
Joyce
Walker has a story for us this time. It concerns a woman persuaded
to baby-sit for friends. That could be a boring evening couldn't it?.. It's
called The Babysitter.
Simon
Collinson is new to Winamop and introduces himself with the story of
The last person in the world without a mobile phone. It's an
appealing choice.
Russell
Fee is another new writer to the site and, in addition to the poetry
below, he brings us this story about A Sasquatch Sighting.
Andrew
Lee-Hart's protagonist has been on a walk where he came across a
mysterious gate leading to an unusual structure. What could it all mean? The
story is called Gate.
Michael
Smith. You know how we use colloquial phrases and idioms willy
nilly? Maybe we do it without even noticing? The story is called
Unseen.
Terry
Brinkman has been having flashbacks to a terrible time in Vietnam.
It's good to remember the past but sometimes it's painful. Tracers In The
Sky is the title of the story.
KJ Hannah
Greenberg. Join Dorothy, Chet, Addison and their menagerie for
another eventful episode. We start with some sad news in Peanut
Butter-Covered Outlets.
Tony
Dawson shares this story about a young teacher from the city who was
posted to a rural school. Not much of a challenge surely? It's called
Sheepish.
ADV05 again brings his musical art
to Winamop. This is his beat tape Dharma-fi which has 14 tracks
and every song is titled after a concept in Buddhism.
Terry Brinkman has a great new
piece of art called Oranges. It's on his art page along with all
his other pictures too.
KJ Hannah Greenberg presents some
more of her photographs. This time they are all tree-related.
Russell
Fee isn't keen on toast, well maybe he is, as long as it's French
toast! These two lighthearted poems are: Toast and French
Toast.
Richard
LeDue is back with some nice imagery in these new poems. They are:
Shards of a Thought - Cosmic Streetlights and Just Slow
Enough.
Bob
McAfee is new to Winamop and he starts with some fine poems. They
are: Aftermath - Into the Forest and Jamie. Welcome
Bob!
KJ Hannah
Greenberg uses words like nobody else, she uses words nobody else
uses. You could say it's The Synergistic Play of Words then
there's Che! and Anhedonia.
Simon
Collinson. In addition to the story above, Simon has submitted this
poem. It's called Ssshhhhh!. (Caution, may contain snakes)
Tony
Dawson brings us five poems this time. The titles are: Pale
Horse, Pale Rider - Oops! - The Point of Poetry - It’s been raining
Russian oligarchs and Snapshot of My Mother, Susan.
That's all folks! I hope you found something to amuse you
in this month's edition?
If you feel you have something to contribute to the site -
stories, poems art or music - please do so and together we'll keep Winamop
going. The email button is at the bottom of this page.
I think I need a rest now. See you next month.
Ed.
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continued unabashed since 2003.
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