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An insecure teenager invites a girl out fishing on his father's boat, and makes some costly mistakes along the way. Read More

Tags: horror, teen, literary, miami, young-adult

A story about a girl who struggles to find love and happiness in her world filled with cruelty and hate. Will she be able to find the happiness she thirsts for? Or will she forever live her life in misery? Read More

Tags: sad, literary

Nia, a video-game addict, is forced out of isolation when she discovers her telepathic abilities. Welcome to the psion society, where you never know who's spying on your thoughts, which memories are yours, and where shadows lurk. Least of all, Nia knows about the bizarre realm found inside her… Read More

Tags: paranormal, literary, telepathy, telepaths, urbanfantasy

This is the story of an unknown factory worker. Read More

Tags: death, unknown, literary, factory, capitalism

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

January 22, 2018

Reads: 31

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Sometimes the best advice isn't always the most helpful advice. Read More

Tags: literary, exciting, unusual, fresh, gripping

Jacque, a medic in the trenches of WWI, deserts his platoon and joins a Christian monastery to flee the violence he can no longer endure. There, he deals with problems of good and evil, faith, God, cowardice and heroism. Only by telling his story and coming to terms with… Read More

Tags: literary, historical, wwi

Poem / Horror

December 16, 2017

Reads: 40

Shelves: 1

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Tags: horror, poetry, poems, literary, literature

Miscellaneous / Poetry

November 16, 2017

Reads: 51

Shelves: 2

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Perspective. Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, short, literary, fence

Book / Science Fiction

September 14, 2017

Reads: 361

Shelves: 1

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Annie is living in a maturation center where part of the therapy includes reliving her past by means of an apparatus called a Lifeviewer. The viewer actually records the resident's thoughts, including a pictoral representation. Annie resents this intrusion into her life and wages a private rebellion against life… Read More

Tags: religious, literary, womens

Poem / Poetry

June 12, 2017

Reads: 129

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Double Bar D House

At times it helps just to pull the restraints from one's mind, and allow it simply wander along. There is no telling where it might go. Read More

Tags: poetry, literary, poetry-collection

This work is a collection of the authors highest ranking poems on the site Allpoetry.com. His poet label was Poetry 180. These poems ranked two hundred hits and above. Read More

Tags: poetry, literary, poetry-collection

Just a story that reflects some off my emotions and some emotions I felt i had to get out. Read More

Tags: sad, suicide, depressing, literary, emotional

A challenge from a caring Dolphin to the lovely Mermaid... He asks you... Are you a cute little Mermaid? Do you swim in his sea? A Mermaid is the Celestial creature of the whole Earth's oceans... She's HIS mermaid... Isn't she? What's your thought... Aren't you? When you girls send… Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, humor, fiction, romance, thanks, poetry, military, adult, war, religion, mystery, adventure, travel, spirituality

Capsaicin hallucinations in the kitchen vapours once again spark the chilli-twisted urges of a ravening spicehead. Housekeeper diverted by the parlour port bottle, Pickles bolts. Brown Betty stews amongst the abandoned dinner things. From the gate of his Victorian home, Pickles doffs his trilby. The female figure at the bay… Read More

Tags: fiction, literary, indian, restaurant, review

Short Story / Literary Fiction

October 17, 2016

Reads: 168

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Tags: simple, literary, metaphorical

Book / Literary Fiction

October 05, 2016

Reads: 162

Shelves: 1

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A compilation of a different cliche inspiring stories. Read More

Tags: love, friendship, suffering, literary, short-story

Short Story / Other

September 07, 2016

Reads: 116

Shelves: 1

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A wandering outsider clashes with hard-working farmer while exploring his vast inner world. Read More

Tags: literary, outsider

This story was longlisted in the Second Anniversary Writing Contest in Brilliant Flash Fiction. Read More

Tags: life, literary, color, yellow, shades

Poem / Literary Fiction

April 17, 2016

Reads: 111

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Tags: sun, africa, literary, village, drought

Poem / Literary Fiction

April 17, 2016

Reads: 103

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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You can find this work in my poetry book collection, "The Milky Way In Words". Read More

Tags: secrets, life, people, literary, walls

Short Story / Literary Fiction

April 06, 2016

Reads: 233

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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This is a literary fiction depicting feminity's state, when masulinity is absent. Since both qualities are supposed to be together, an imbalance occurs when one of them is absent. The story was longlisted in the Springtime Writing Contest in Brilliant Fiction Magazine. Read More

Tags: fiction, men, literary, gender, literary-fiction

May the tender & generous blessings of He who is the author of our Salvation, & the reason for the season, be with you & with all of your loved ones not only today, but throughout all the year... This is my Easter prayer for all of you, my very… Read More

Tags: fantasy, children, humor, fiction, poetry, military, religious, adult, war, religion, world, mystery, adventure, travel, spirituality

Book / Literary Fiction

December 27, 2015

Reads: 201

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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A man with no memory goes in search of meaning in a world he doesn't recognize. Read More

Tags: fiction, novel, literary, philosophical, absurdist

Book / Literary Fiction

November 30, 2015

Reads: 280

Shelves: 1

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Unintentional duality gradually draws Gino into a long spiral of vicious circles and deadlocks. The only way to survive in this whirlpool seems to accept it as a rule of life. Read More

Tags: fiction, novel, story, drama, suspense, literary

A little taste of what i've got for a novella I am planning. Read More

Tags: fiction, mystery, literary, novella

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 16, 2015

Reads: 350

Shelves: 2

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Nothing is new under the sun. Another different take on the same repressions we all experiencing. Read More

Tags: love, fiction, literary, delinquency, city-hype

The aperitif to a novelette Read More

Tags: fiction, short, flash, literary

A retired Physics professor builds a cabin and a science laboratory near a pond. While there he spends all of his time trying to "apprehend the mystery of the universe". But when a mystical puzzle arrives in the mail, he switches his focus and for years obsesses over the puzzle--until… Read More

Tags: nature, religion, life, philosophy, short_story, belief, truth, art, science, human, literary, puzzle, loon

A nameless man is a servant to time. Read More

Tags: fiction, life, story, literary

Short Story / Literary Fiction

October 06, 2015

Reads: 367

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

CAUTION!!! STORY CONTAINS EXTREME VIOLENCE and SENSITIVE SUBJECT MATTER!!! I've touched many subjects as a writer. I've always tried to not write about the same thing twice. This can be challenging after a while, especially when you're number one rule is "write what you know". In an attempt to spawn… Read More

Tags: death, abuse, fiction, pain, short, story, writing, short_story, violence, write, writer, blood, suffering, literary, domestic_abuse

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