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There is a crisis in our land. It is like the tentacles of evil, reaching out and grasping at the heaving breasts of human souls, entwining and twisting its slippery arms around their minds and their thoughts. It is a crisis of the spirit of a nation, and the collapsing… Read More

Tags: nation, souls, evil, crisis, oath

Essay / Non-Fiction

March 15, 2021

Reads: 123

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

As the genre says, this is non-fiction. This essay is sadly an account of my and many Lebanese peoples' life. Read More

Tags: life, struggles, economy, crisis, lebanon

The empath in the story can feel people's emotions so he often appears to be unbalanced. However, this ability allows him to help others, and he rises to the level of a hero because of his patience, courage and perseverance. When he is banished from his own society he manages… Read More

Tags: crisis, anti-establishment-spiritual-hero

Tags: death, fear, torture, chill, crisis

Goal is blurred, path unclear Engulfed by a dark, black hue Know not how to swim, how to steer Can’t cope alone, Mom, where are you? Read More

Tags: love, mother, mom, crisis

These are excerpts from an article originally published on The Telegraph. Here is the link for the full thing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/people-will-die-within-months-lebanon-heads-famine-pandemic/ Read More

Tags: poverty, pandemic, famine, economy, crisis

Crisis is the mother of creativity Read More

Tags: imagination, creativity, solutions, crisis

I have tried to list out the problems unemployment can pose to a developing economy with a large population. Read More

Tags: crisis, unemployment

Poem / Poetry

April 16, 2020

Reads: 188

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Why the fuck should I care? Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, illness, pandemic, crisis

One thing promised to all life forms is sudden change, death, crisis, catastrophe, and disaster. Know matter how we prepare we are never ready. Read More

Tags: death, crisis, catastrophe-disaster

Essay / True Confessions

February 09, 2020

Reads: 352

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: life, struggles, economy, crisis

Short Story / Horror

December 08, 2019

Reads: 247

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

In a world where science is outlawed and technology from the past sold on the black market, two fortune hunters seek strange treasure. Read More

Tags: crisis, cataclysmic, end-of-the-world

Poem / Poetry

November 03, 2019

Reads: 217

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a poem inspired by a line written by Booksie member, Melancholic Wisdom in his poem 'Digitize The World' https://www.booksie.com/608072-digitize-the-world used with permission. Thanks, MW. Cover image: Andrii Podilnyk on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: reason, identity, crisis, melancholic-wisdom, poem-inspired

Poem / Non-Fiction

August 14, 2019

Reads: 266

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Jeg håber mine følelser kommer igennem, jeg har været lun på dig i noget tid, og det var forfærdeligt ikke at sige noget, men kunne ikke andre måder end det her, sorry hvis det lidt cheesy.. Read More

Tags: love, me, decision, myself, crisis

A short story of 350 words. It is picture-prompted so if you don't like such work, please DO NOT read. Cover image: perchek-industrie-GVum6tDs554-unsplash Read More

Tags: relationship, crisis, distraught, 350-words, picture-prompted

Featured Review by AdamCarlton

"That's a rich and complex emotional arc you've got there from 350 words! " Read More

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 01, 2019

Reads: 340

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Although fiction, there are many families in this exact position. Read More

Tags: bleak, pretence, crisis, housing

Featured Review by Sue Harris

"This is a heart rending read, Hully, and yes, although we've now entered 2020, the continued plight of families such as this one is undiminished..." Read More

Poem / Non-Fiction

August 12, 2018

Reads: 301

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

What if there's no one for you there, you stopped combing your hair and nothing is happening in time, nor someone looking after you ever. yes, dear. you are depressed now and you know about it. oh, dear. get up. do this, do that. You are tired of being… Read More

Tags: crisis

Essay / Romance

March 15, 2018

Reads: 520

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Thought epidemic Read More

Tags: crisis, epidemic

You know the language of love from a stranger always starts with a smile. What is the true story always depict in few words here ? Let us listen now. :) Read More

Tags: gift, welcome, crisis, migrant

Peter a security officer at Dwarfforce prepares for a military operation which will change his view of the world forever. Read More

Tags: sad, deep, mature, crisis, climate-change

This is a story about a crisis that I experienced in my life. Read More

Tags: scared, behind, crisis, left, left-behind

David sat in his car waiting for the driving test examiner to arrive. His anxiety levels were approaching critical; the pressure was on, he could not afford to fail for the fourth time. Read More

Tags: humor, humour, sex, career, crisis

Short Story / Humor

April 19, 2017

Reads: 603

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Glen would have to go to his dealer and explain the situation and ask for more time. Getting his dealer to believe that his wife had accidentally put his jacket with £10,000 worth of cocaine in the washing machine would not be easy. His dealer was not a man to… Read More

Tags: humor, drugs, relationships, cocaine, crisis

The problems began two weeks before after his company’s annual conference when his boss came ‘on to’ him and made it very clear what she wanted, and she was not drunk or even tipsy. This came out of the blue; she had always been so formal and correct. Read More

Tags: sex, boss, arsenal, crisis, orgasm

Book / Humor

February 02, 2017

Reads: 760

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Adrian was short and fat, and to make matters worse he had a squint. His black curly hair was receding and at thirty two he looked more like fifty. He was an only child and still lived with his doting mother. But now things were changing, he had a woman. Read More

Tags: humor, humour, mother, girlfriend, crisis

I am an international student in UK. I woke up one morning after a dream about my home country and was very worried in that dream about packing up (I was soon about to pack up in two months and leave for my home country). I had a sense of… Read More

Tags: student, researcher, crisis, traveller

Short Story / Literary Fiction

April 29, 2016

Reads: 1798

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A family/love story set in Turkey, with reference to the Syrian Refugee Crisis Read More

Tags: love, family, turkey, crisis

Poem / Fantasy

February 10, 2016

Reads: 463

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The 'The Odd Ones' House

A poem in honour of the video game, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Read More

Tags: time, peace, rest, crisis, zelda

Book / Romance

December 31, 2015

Reads: 352

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

" Sometimes we don't know the preciousv value of the things we have until we lose them, sometimes we feel like the only way out is giving up, sometimes when we're at our worst, something happens...a glince of hope shines in the darkness to show that we have so much… Read More

Tags: love, religion, crisis

Article / Other

September 06, 2015

Criticizing the situation in Lebanon. Read More

Tags: world, politics, east, speech, analysis, arab, crisis, lebanon

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