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Rose and Ben face life on the edge Read More

Tags: reality, fear, doubt

Poem / Romance

May 25, 2023

Reads: 32

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes our biggest enemy is our own mind. But the relief you get when it gets something wrong is beyond any feeling you ever felt. Read More
Whether you are an artist, a scientists, an academic, a skilled worker, or a white collared professional you need to Deconstruct to Differentiate, Disengage to Discourse, and Deliberate to Disenchant if you want to be an impactful creative mind that works towards true progress. This is how D3 works to… Read More

Tags: fear, bias

The commonality of despots, tyrants and autocrats – unfortunately us . . Read More

Tags: anger, hate, fear, power, coat

Poem / Poetry

May 18, 2023

Reads: 49

Comments: 1

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a poem about human interaction Read More

Tags: fear, pride, humanity

Poem / Poetry

May 04, 2023

Reads: 86

Comments: 5

Shelves: 2

The The House of Poetry House

Tags: fear

a recovering alcoholic confronts his demons and finds redemption via an act of bravery. Read More
Agnis just wanted a quiet life. She just wanted to read her books. She didn't ask for the alien guy to fall in love with her. Balwan couldn't possibly take this human girl to his parents. They would kill him. All he wanted to do was go home. could these… Read More

Tags: love, aliens, fear, courage

Conquering your fears leads to a renewal of life free of the bondage of anxiety. Read More

Poem / Poetry

April 10, 2023

Reads: 60

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I read this novel which was brutal on an emotional level. it was about this girl who got kidnapped at an early age for a crime she may or may not be committed. so naturally I got my might all twisted, so I wrote "Colours in the Dark" as what… Read More

Tags: life, alone, fear, past

Short story about fear Read More

Tags: fear, perfection

Poem / Poetry

April 01, 2023

Reads: 22

Comments: 1

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A piece for today and always. Read More

Tags: life, fear

This poem was written my Mary my friend. I helped putting it together. Read More
We all wear masks. Read More

Tags: anger, fear, masks

Samantha Turner's hugely personal and beautifully observational collection of poetry. 22 poems paint verbal pictures of human emotions from love and fear, faith and longing to nostalgia for her native North England and her love of nature and the changing world around her. Written with the sensitive word brush of… Read More

Short Story / Romance

March 11, 2023

Reads: 102

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Sam Garrett, lonely and exhausted, just wants to get home when he is rocked by a chance encounter and is soon torn between disbelief, guilt, and ecstasy. Read More

Tags: love, death, longing, fear

Reads: 57

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Spiders are not friendly. Read More

Poem / Poetry

February 18, 2023

Reads: 67

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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photo (c) pexels Read More
Watching the effects of heels in a pine barren path, losing the little miracles in love, fear to say "I love you". One of the John Cage and the Postcard Series. Read More

Featured Review by Bert Broomberg

"Great poem. I enjoyed reading it." Read More

Short Story / Horror

February 07, 2023

Reads: 104

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is the way it has been for my people, for as long as anyone could remember. Each new life brought with it the threat that the creature posed. Each new life could be snatched away from us too early, too harshly, and far too cruelly, Read More

Short Story / Flash Fiction

February 07, 2023

Reads: 193

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I don’t go out, anymore. Never go out. Image of fear by Anja at Pixabay. Read More

Tags: fear, fright, fear-of

Featured Review by AdamCarlton

"Really liked this. Urgent, direct and from the heart. Good descriptive prose, great focus." Read More

Short Story / Westerns

January 20, 2023

Reads: 148

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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rattlesnakes, fear, impending death Read More
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