This is our eighteenth issue since we launched in January 2016. It's been a good eight years for us, with more than 140,000 visitors to the site. Each of the more than 90 published stories has had, on average, several hundred readers, some more than three thousand. Such is the curiosity of readers worldwide and the power of the internet, our readers come from 25 countries, a new audience for the 26 authors so far represented.

Please keep it all happening, keep reading, sharing and writing for this site. Life and the imagination are rich in scope, so we welcome, as always, stories which reflect that range, that depth. There are many, many more stories, lives and experiences to be written, imagined, enjoyed and shared...

As for our current reading, have a look out for

Anna Gavralda   I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Ivan Bunin  The Gentleman from San Francisco

Katharine Anne Porter   Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Dal Stivens    The Scholarly Mouse and Other Tales

You won't be disappointed.