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In the summer of 1940, three young boys begin a summer vacation that will forever mark their lives. Life in the small West Virginia coal-mining town is remembered in hindsight by the unnamed teller of the story. The magic of youth--it is often overlooked until it is remembered from afar… Read More

Tags: school, youth, summer, coal, appalachia

Article / Travel

May 24, 2020

Reads: 91

Comments: 1

The IndoChina House

Been a while since I posted. Until recently I was working on a series of articles and opinion pieces describing my travels around Vietnam, hoping ultimately to string them together for a ebook. Then Covid-19 put a dampener on all travel, most likely for some time yet. Which caused me… Read More

Tags: vietnam, pollution, coal, tourism, halong

A flash fiction short story about coal mining in Appalachia many years ago. Read More

Tags: despair, work, harsh, poor, coal

Featured Review by hullabaloo22

"This is so well written. You paint a very vivid picture with your descriptions." Read More

Poem / Non-Fiction

August 05, 2019

Reads: 161

Comments: 3

The Poems House

Just a little poem for history. Read More

Tags: train, town, station, coal

One women's life, start to finish. Read More

Tags: dark, life, woman, friends, coal

A not-so-happy story of one of my earliest memories. Names changed to protect the not-so-innocent. Read More

Tags: childhood, abuse, sad, memoir, memory, survival, past, beating, coal, midwest

This is an in your face, no holdback rant about today's world and the people in it. How we treat each other, the planet and our purpose if any. This is what we have created for ourselves and now we must lie in our filth. Maybe someday, this will… Read More

Tags: death, dying, environment, food, military, society, man, hate, liar, earth, living, angry, abortion, independence, black

A brief story of mankind as a destructive species. I discuss how man is destroying the planet and ultimately the extinction of the human race due to man's destructive nature. Read More

Tags: horror, death, children, trees, god, air, destruction, pain, faith, virus, ice, space, moon, bacteria, sun

Poem / Poetry

January 11, 2014

A BOY AND GIRL IN 1950S LONDON. Read More

Tags: girl, boy, london, coal

In the future, we've burned so much trash and thrown so much junk away that the atmosphere has reached toxic medium. all animals and plants were killed except for the insects and bacteria, who instead mutated and overtook the rotten wasteland by devouring human flesh and feeding off the garbage… Read More

Tags: death, children, fiction, romance, hope, adventure, violence, sci-fi, science, action, teenagers, insects, battles, silver, fights

A special love song made for a special redheaded girl,oh God how i love redheads! Read More

Tags: love, green, eyes, beauty, lust, brown, ginger, coal, redhead, gipsy, weki, veki, veljko

Poem / Poetry

September 05, 2013

Reads: 272

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A GIRL AND BOY BUM A LIFT ON THE BACK OF A COAL TRUCK IN 1950S LONDON. Read More

Tags: girl, boy, london, truck, coal

The air pollution was so bad around a Hindu temple, God has to incarnate to protect himself from the pollution. Read More

Tags: god, air, temple, pollution, coal, hindu, bauxite, emissions

Short Story / Other

April 30, 2013

Reads: 6356

Comments: 33

The Booksie Classic House

Children never see the harsh reality that we call Life until they grow up... Read More

Tags: childhood, life, acceptance, friends, regret, poor, coal

coal is supposed to be able to turn into diamonds...but people can go from diamonds to coal... Read More

Tags: death, evil, angel, torture, innocence, diamonds, coal

Poem / Poetry

August 14, 2012

Reads: 304

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A BOY AND GIRL SCAVENGE FOR COAL IN 195OS LONDON Read More

Tags: girl, london, coal, bpy

House - Chapter 1 - the first instalment of my Life Memoir Read More

Tags: love, war, memoir, house, kindness, coal, valley, wales, evacuation

Poem / Poetry

January 25, 2012

The fears of a young lad in a mine. Read More

Tags: blackness, coal, rats

Poem / Poetry

January 24, 2012

TWO BOYS IN THE BACK OF A COAL TRUCK IN THE 1950S Read More

Tags: boys, road, truck, coal

Poem / Poetry

December 20, 2011

Reads: 1747

Comments: 7

The Booksie Classic House

A diamante poem about diamonds and their opposite, coal. Please commment, Thank you =] Read More

Tags: opposites, diamonds, coal, diamante

When Matilynn Rose becomes a wolf, she thinks her pack will help her out. Turns out, they are just like her father, and she is the only girl too! Matilynn moves to her best friend's pack. Sam, the alpha, keeps looking at her curiously. Can she find out why? Then,… Read More

Tags: science_fiction, fear, wolves, coal, sam, amy, matilynn

Coal face blues a dialect poem by Irwin Read More

Tags: coal, miners, dialect

I love him... A quick poem about it. Read More

Tags: love, diamond, coal

Poem / Poetry

May 28, 2010

Reads: 421

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

life sucks...my once shining star has vanised, and my sturdy pillar is crumbling...im miserable Read More

Tags: love, death, misery, pain, rain, heart, hate, silent, broken, spoken, coal, drought, jem

Book / Romance

June 21, 2010

Reads: 7859

Comments: 7

The Booksie Classic House

In the rugged Appalachian mountains in Southern West Virginia an ancient river twist and cuts its way thru the landscape. In the Early 1900's numerous "Coal" Towns pop up along its waters. The small town of Thurmond is born and the infamous hotel the "Dun Glenn" earns the reputation as… Read More

Tags: love, romance, guns, history, moon, water, church, poker, whiskey, trains, west, flood, bar, river, saloon

Book / Fantasy

March 24, 2010

Reads: 930

Comments: 12

The Booksie Classic House

SEQUEL TO AMBER WOLF Jake Is Just Like Any Other Teenage Boy, Just With A Few Problems… Did I Mention They Were BIG PROBLEMS? His Father Just Died, His Mother Is Already Moving On And He Has Struck Up A Friendship With One Of THE Most Popular Girls In The… Read More

Tags: love, dark, vampire, loss, death, friendship, family, fall, school, high, god, teachers, food, war, thoughts

Poem / Other

September 25, 2009

Reads: 352

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

A girl is confused about who she is and where she belongs, she doesnt know where she stands in the world.... Dont forget who is out there and needs a shoulder to cry on. Read More

Tags: world, snow, confused, odd, coal

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