Articles by Jim Bates
Short
Selenium
(2021-06-07) 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.
Germanium
(2021-10-25) cover story fiction life
Move slowly and quietly, and you may see something wonderful...
Aliens
(2021-12-20) speculative fiction humor
Land in NYC and almost anything could happen...
Chlorine
(2022-02-28) fiction life
Not every step has to shake the world...
Scandium
(2022-05-02) short fiction life
Hardship and pain affect us strongly, but the greatest difference in a life is made by love, and kindness...
Face Lift
(2022-08-15) fiction life love
Don't judge by the skin -- look at the heart instead...
The Standoff
(2022-10-03) cover story fiction life
To Climb a Rock
(2022-12-12) cover story fiction life
Super Sensitive to Sound
(2023-02-13) cover story fiction life love
Real love never ends...
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In Her Dreams
(2022-07-18) poem unrhymed
"...She walks a shaded woodland path..."
Drawing
(2023-03-13) poem unrhymed
"...He still made it look so darned easy..."
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