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The Thin White Line : Culture War - with Deadly Consequences by Rod Raglin
Rod Raglin

Rod Raglin

Rod Raglin is a journalist, photographer, editor of an online community newspaper and author of fourteen self-published novels, a collection of short stories and two plays. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.
To read excerpts of his work visit his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU 
The links below are to short stories, articles and poems accepted and published individually or in anthologies. Most are free to read. 

Published in 2023

Constant Stalker (flash fiction) Ariel Chart International 

Constant Stalker (flash fiction) Zero Readers Issue 6 

Cake Night (Long Poem) Down in the Dirt Magazine 

The Beginning of a Long Relationship (Flash Fiction) Wicked Shadow Press anthology 

Death of a Mountaineer  (Flash Fiction) Academy of Heart and Mind 

Cryptic Messages (Short Story) Bewildering Stories Edition 986 

Cryptic Messages (Short Story) Tales of the Strange Annual Anthology 2023 

Forest – Love, Loss, Legend  (Excerpt from my novel) Bewildering Stories

Mad Maggie - An Approach to Writing Environmental Fiction That’s Neither Hopeless or Unrealistic (Non-fiction) ClimateCultures 

A Drop in the Pond (Non-fiction article) ClimateCultures   

Power, Love, Religion & Climate Fiction: Life Imitating Art (Non-fiction) ClimateCultures

Summer Solstice (Poem) Waywords Issue 11: Seasons 

Things we abandon (Poem) Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #13

Worse Than Death (Short Story) The Stygian Lepus Literary Magazine Edition Nine

Published in 2024

The Least of Light  (Short Story) Last Word Magazine - Frost & Firelight Anthology

My Blue Housecoat (Poem) Discretionary Love 

Forest – Love, Loss, Legend (Excerpt from my novel) Bigfoot Country Anthology

Anatomy of a Wildfire  (Poem) Red Eyes and Tired Lungs Anthology 

August 17, 2023 (Poem) Red Eyes and Tired Lungs Anthology 

Death by Enabler  (Creative Non-fiction) THE Perch, Vol. 7 ∙ Spring 2024 

Bait and Switch (Short Story) Unlikely Stories Mark   

A New Perspective on Passion (Flash Fiction) Short Beasts   

Indian Summer (Poem) Highland Park Poetry   

Meniere’s – A Love Story (Creative non-fiction) Storytellers’ True Stories About Family

On Days Like This - (Poem) Highland Park Poetry 

Winter Solstice - (Poem) Highland Park Winter Musings Gallery 

Published in 2025

Winter Solstice – (Poem)  Coin-Operated Press Seasonal Poetry Edition (Previously published in Highland Park Winter Musings Gallery)

Bait and Switch - (Short Story) Ink Nest Poetry - Literary Magazine (Previously published in Unlikely Stories Mark V) 

Small Acts of Defiance - (Poem) Powerless, an Anthology of Thematic Poetry 

4 Photographs of winter scenes - (Photography) Flora Fiction Literary Magazine 

A Battle Worth Choosing - (Short Story) Green Magic: Stories of Hope and Power Anthology

They - (Short Story) Heuristic Halo Press

Small Acts of Defiance - (Poem) Heuristic Halo Press (Previously published in Powerless, an Anthology of Thematic Poetry)

They – (Short story) The Miserere Review (Previously published in Heuristic Halo Press)

Gallery of Vancouver Wildflowers – (Photography) Open Arts Forum 

Brothers - (Short Story) Steel Jackdaw Magazine

Portal(Photography) Italiks Literary Magazine 

Wildflowers – (Poetry and Photography) The Zest of the Lemon Literary Magazine 

Stranger at the Bus Stop – (Photography) New Feathers Anthology  

Thrutopian Fictions: Ways to a Better Future? – (Non-fiction and Photography) ClimateCultures 

Phallic Skylines – (Photography) Lumen Art Gallery

Awesome Autumn: Gallery of Ten Photographs of Vancouver's Street Trees – (Photography) Open Arts Forum

Great Blue Heron – (Photography) Open Arts Forum

Phases of the Moon, Summer 2025: A Gallery of Twelve Photographs - (Photography) Open Arts Forum

Transitioning – (Photography) Lumen Art Gallery’s, International Art Competition, “Strange Figures.”

Cryptic Messages – (Short Story) Metastellar Magazine (Previously published in Tales of the Strange Annual Anthology 2023, and Bewildering Stories Edition 986 )  



Books

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The Thin White Line : Culture War - with Deadly Consequences

Matthew Bennett, a freelance investigative reporter, is caught in the middle of the growing political and cultural polarity of our society with deadly consequences.
His criticism of the liberal establishment is threatening his relationships, career, freedom - even his life. When charged with the murder of a BIPOC influencer he turns to the only...

East Van Saturday Night - 4 short stories and a novella

East Vancouver in the ’50s and ’60s was a low income, blue-collar neighbourhood. Kids grew up with minimum supervision. They left home in the morning, showed up for dinner, and were gone again until “the gun” sounded at 9 p.m.

During the time away adventures were undertaken, friendships were forged, and character was created. East Van Rules - was...

The Triumvirate: Love for power. Love of power. The power of love.

When terrorists kill Shyloh’s mother, he dedicates his life to making a better world. He recruits his childhood friends Judith and Aiya and with their intimate bond, exceptional talents, and singular determination they become a formidable team. The unraveling civilization caused by climate change brings unique challenges and for each of them the...

Series

The Bird Whisperer (Mattie Saunders Series, #3)
The Rocker and the Bird Girl (Mattie Saunders Series, #1)
Cold-Blooded (Mattie Saunders Series, #2)

Mattie Saunders Series

Quick-tempered, intolerant, and defensive, Mattie Saunders loves birds, but has little time for people. A childhood spent in one foster home after another has made her wary of commitment as evidenced by an absence of close friends and difficulty with intimate...

Saving Spirit Bear (Eco-Warriors, #1)
Loving the Terrorist (Eco-Warriors, #2)
Mad Maggie and the WIsdom of the Ancients (Eco-Warriors Book 3)

Eco-Warriors

Romance and action combine with important environmental issues in the ECO-WARRIOR SERIES for an exciting, entertaining and informative exploration of contemporary issues and culture. The series introduces dynamic characters including strong female protagonists and...

Blog

Exposing book review scammers An invitation from Elevate London Book Club

An invitation from Elevate London Book Club to the spotlight my novel, The Thin White Line

In the previous blog post, I engaged Book Market Architect Sophie, who promised to “step in to redirect the light” by providing “recalibrated positioning” that would result in “measurable traction, stronger reviews, organic engagement, and renewed sales cycles”.

Here’s another approach from Cristina Joy, who invited me share my novel, The Thin White Line – Culture War with Deadly Consequences, with...

Exposing book marketing scammers.  Book Marketing scammers use

Book Marketing scammers use Artificial Intelligence to appeal to authors’ egos.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a huge impact on books and writing. From suggesting edits to improve an author’s writing to doing the actual writing it’s opening new opportunities while challenging old conventions.

This includes the information about books and authors that appears in internet searches. You’re no longer presented with just a long list of links, but rather rich data including quite detailed...

Cold-Blooded examines the illegal and immoral exotic pet trade in the

Did you know the exotic pet trade is second only to the drug trade in terms of illegal activity and dollars generated?

Illegal poaching and poorly regulated legal trade has led to declining wild populations and ecosystem disruption. High mortality rates occur during capture and transport, and even for survivors, captivity often involves inadequate diets and housing, resulting in poor health, stress, and a shortened lifespan.

More than half of animals do not survive capture and transport. They...

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