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Taking back the arts!
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Jellyfish and Microbeads
By Maureen C. Berry
Mixed‑media watercolor pairing the natural with the unnatural to confront plastic pollution.
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Jellyfish and Microbeads - Literary Heist
By pairing the natural with the unnatural, I create a subtle awareness of the plastic pollution crisis. Mixed media watercolor on paper.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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in cemento veritas
By Mario Loprete
Concrete sculptures born from personal history — pandemic‑era memory preserved in cement.
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in cemento veritas - Literary Heist
Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Summer Study
By Anna Sui
Acrylic on canvas inspired by Ontario’s blooms and foliage — summer’s greens in full voice.
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Summer Study - Literary Heist
Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario's national and provincial parks.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Detached From Color
By Carl Scharwath
Photography stripped to essential feeling — images meant to provoke an emotional response.
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Detached From Color - Literary Heist
Photography as a means of self-expression. The most important quality of a photograph, as in all art, is to evoke an emotional response.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Lost Heartbeats
By Edward Michael Supranowicz
Bold, high‑contrast colour studies that echo a heartbeat — and its absence.
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Lost Heartbeats - Literary Heist
Bold and high contrast colors intended to be the visual equivalent of a heartbeat, one that is lost because it was not taken.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Old Cock Road
By Michael Noonan
A quiet Halifax passage rendered with vivid realism and memory.
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Old Cock Road - Literary Heist
Depicts a small pedestrianized street in Halifax, which links Commercial Road to Market Street. The building in the background of the...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Evening Shores
By Don Hoeppner
Watercolour serenity — light, reflection, and calm distilled on canvas.
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Evening Shores - Literary Heist
Original Watercolours Watercolour prints on Canvas
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November 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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The Empty Mirror
By Jaina Cipriano
Hand‑built photographic worlds that explore how spaces shape inner life.
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The Empty Mirror - Literary Heist
These photographs are of worlds built with my own hands. The concept of how space affects internal life is central to my process.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Painting 3159
By Claudio Parentela
A tarot‑tinged meditation on solitude and insight — a hermit’s lantern turned inward and outward.
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Painting 3159 - Literary Heist
The hermit in the tarot sees what others see and do not see, he looks at himself, he looks forward and behind...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Comets
By Thomas Riesner
Dark, spontaneous, and magnetic — a series that pulls you into a mysterious orbit of imagination.

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Comets - Literary Heist
Exudes an atmosphere of originality and spontaneity, with a motif that is rather dark. Quite spontaneously and suddenly...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Literary Heist is looking for Art submissions for the next edition - see www.literaryheist.com/guidelines/
Guidelines - Literary Heist
Please see Literary Heist's guidelines to submit poetry, short stories, articles, book reviews, interviews, and art, published quarterly.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Flash Fiction - What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends. www.literaryheist.com/articles/fla...
by Robert Boucheron
Flash Fiction - Literary Heist
What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends. Definitions of flash fiction vary, but here are some common ones.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Just published the Spring edition - some great work from 19 different poets and writers.

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Literary Heist wants to democratize the literary and art world. We are an online magazine that also publishes a yearly compilation into an electronic book.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Peter J. Dellolio, a contributor to Literary Heist has recently published “The Vigil,” a novella about a man (Ralph Unda) who is the lighthouse keeper on Little Brewster Island in Massachusetts...
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The Vigil - a novella by Peter J. Dellolio - Literary Heist
Peter J. Dellolio, a contributor to Literary Heist has recently published “The Vigil,” a novella about a man (Ralph […]
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March 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Check out the first poem ever published on Literary Heist - www.literaryheist.com/poetry/wife-... #writingcommunity
To My Wife (On The Occasion of Our 25th Wedding Anniversary) - Literary Heist
This poem reflects social injustice, broken hearts, and lifelong love, that which is always with us.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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My most recent poem, "If Humans Grew Wings," was published in @literaryheist.bsky.social
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If Humans Grew Wings - Literary Heist
Imagines a hypothetical future where we have grown wings and explores whether that world would be different from our society today.
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December 22, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Dennis Rader had a family, a job, worked with a church, and helped out with Scouts, all while actively maintaining his hobby! What's your excuse for not writing today? #WritingCommunity #BTK #SerialKiller
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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Adam Shatz is the United States editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, New York Review of Books, New Yorker, and other publications. He was a child prodigy chef, then studied history at...
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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The latest edition is now out!
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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There is a great New Zealand author whose book I reviewed back in 2019. You can hear a podcast interview with Heather McQuillan here
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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I just read a short story and audibly said: "f**K yeah" at the end.
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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Literary Heist is still considering Banned Book reviews for the next edition. Would you like to review a book that has been banned? Send in your review, and don't forget to mention where the book has been banned, so we can verify.
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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After a brief hiatus, Lilies on the deathbed is now rereleased. You can see the review here with links to this amazing book!
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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Reflections at Age Ninety-nine is a poem by Bunny Moon, a poet who is nearly 100.

In this, the twilight of my years,
I recollect past hopes and fears;
sorrows and exhilarations;
my missteps and aspirations.

Too soon widowed, how could I cope
to raise...
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM