Articles by Jim Bates
Short
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Selenium
() cover story fiction social issues
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.
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Germanium
() cover story fiction life
Move slowly and quietly, and you may see something wonderful...
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Aliens
() speculative fiction humor
Land in NYC and almost anything could happen...
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Chlorine
() fiction life
Not every step has to shake the world...
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Scandium
() short fiction life
Hardship and pain affect us strongly, but the greatest difference in a life is made by love, and kindness...
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Face Lift
() fiction life love
Don't judge by the skin -- look at the heart instead...
- The Standoff () cover story fiction life
- To Climb a Rock () cover story fiction life
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Super Sensitive to Sound
() cover story fiction life love
Real love never ends...
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Rubidium
() cover story fiction life
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.
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Rattlesnake Canyon
() fiction life
A summer under the great Montana sky...
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Mercury
() cover story fiction life
If we don't handle it carefully and with respect, love can just slip through our hands...
- Face Off () cover story fiction life
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Face Mask
() fiction life
Just show your heart...
- The Painting () cover story fiction horror
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Brotherly Love
() fiction
A way that brothers should be...
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Neighbors
() flash fiction
Is another kristallnacht coming?
Poem
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In Her Dreams
() poem unrhymed
"...She walks a shaded woodland path..."
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Drawing
() poem unrhymed
"...He still made it look so darned easy..."
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Pacific Ocean
() poem unrhymed
"...Listening to gulls calling Watching sandpipers running..."
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Snowflake
() poem unrhymed
"...More than a Christmas gift..."
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Burnt Sienna
() poem unrhymed
"Fall was her favorite season..."
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Artificial Limb
() poem unrhymed
"...After all these years he still remembers her..."
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Fur Jacket
() poem unrhymed
"...Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie and Uncle gathered around..."
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Acolyte
() poem unrhymed
"...the service challenged his stamina..."
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Ants
() poem unrhymed
"...how they run with incredible intent..."
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Blueberries
() poem unrhymed
"...Holding the juicy goodness in his hand made him feel better..."
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Botanizing
() poem unrhymed
"...United in their love of the natural world..."
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Oreo Cookies
() poem unrhymed
"...Driving the twisting roads of the Cascades..."
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High Dive
() poem unrhymed
"...A three-meter board. nearly ten feet off the water..."
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Wright County
() poem unrhymed
"...The old farmhouse a dream come true..."
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Milk Box
() poem unrhymed
"...Sometimes the kids would beg 'Can we get chocolate, Mom?'..."
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Birdwatching
() poem unrhymed
"... trilling song of wonder filling the air..."
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Colorado Mountains
() poem unrhymed
"...A glimpse into the depths of forever..."
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Mile High Stadium
() poem unrhymed
"...Long-haired hippy guys playing Frisbee..."
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The Flu-Flu
() poem unrhymed
"...a flu-flu is made not to go far..."
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Sage
() poem unrhymed
"...Sun beating down releasing scents..."
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Gold
() poem unrhymed
There isn't only one way to win...
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Hitchhiking
() poem unrhymed
"...A summer of blacktop memories..."
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Clothes Pole
() poem unrhymed
"...It had its own spot in the backyard..."
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Mini-Bike
() poem unrhymed
"...Engines roaring as those few years raced by..."
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Goal Posts
() poem unrhymed
"...Picturing the ball spinning through the uprights..."
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Fish Guts
() poem unrhymed
"The perch squirmed in his hand..."
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Shoveling Snow
() poem unrhymed
"... the brutal cold takes his breath away..."
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Number Twenty-Two
() poem unrhymed
"...He was many things..."