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Short Story / Travel

January 12, 2020

Reads: 333

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A true short story about crossing the Atlantic on a yacht Read More

Tags: memoir, sailing, independant-travel

This is a poem I wrote when my parents started getting certified as ship captains. I've always been terrified of the deep ocean, and the thought of sailing on open water made me afraid for them. I thought back to all the thousands upon thousands of ships that have gone… Read More

Tags: poetry, sea, sailing, naval

A short story, also included in The Imaginarium House Summer2019 Collection. Cover image: pixabay. com Read More

Tags: sea, summer, sailing, imaginarium-house

Featured Review by Joe Stuart

"This is surely one of your best stories, Hully. I didn't look at the picture before I started reading. Its appearance at the end made a perfect ..." Read More

Short Story / Flash Fiction

February 28, 2019

Reads: 281

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes when you seek answers, you dig a hole so deep you drown. A short about a sapphic aroace woman who just wants to know what it is she feels. Read More

Tags: sea, ocean, sailing, siren, lgbt

Tags: boats, sailing, sailboats

Poem / Memoir

December 31, 2018

Reads: 156

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Two grand locations about two guys and their sailboats. Read More

Tags: sailing, lakes, dickie, b

Our anniversary sailing trip to the Florda Keys quickly becomes more adventurous than we imagined. Read More

Tags: keys, sailing, camping, hobie, hobie-cat

Poem / Poetry

September 24, 2018

A free-form poem for those who feel just a little bit lost. Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, strength, navy, sailing

Poem / Poetry

September 04, 2018

Reads: 212

Comments: 2

The Poems House

Just a little rhyming tale of a pirate folly. Read More

Tags: pirates, sailing, ships, steaming

Found another one. Not sure if i've posted Read More

Tags: poet, christian, sailing, sad-reality

A novice writer's publishing his novice novel. Rich girl wants him a wealthy writer. Best girl wants him a great writer. Which girl wins? Read More

Tags: novel, sailing, contract, hemingway, self-promotion

Have you ever had the eerie feeling you are being watched? Read More

Tags: four, content, sailing, nascent

Short Story / Non-Fiction

December 07, 2017

Reads: 1455

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A short memory of our crossing of the Atlantic Ocean Read More

Tags: memories, sailing, boat, submarines, brazil

They killed Kings and Queens, generals and captains without ever being caught, started wars and revolution, freed all the slaves and conquered cities... Sounds like a legend meant to terrify sailors, commoners and rulers, right? Unfortunately, the truth is far more horrifying. They have eyes and ears in every… Read More

Tags: sea, pirates, sailing, royalty, assassins

Poem / Horror

August 27, 2017

Reads: 452

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Lost sailors are lured by a siren Read More

Tags: horror, sea, ocean, sailing, siren

About a sailor on a ship. Not Rhyming Poetry. Read More

Tags: sailing, ship

Michael and his uni mates go sailing across the North Pacific Ocean towards the Island of Hawaii in a parallel world where the sea level is 5,000 metres lower. But ... will they make it through the storm? Read More

Tags: adventure, sailing, hawaii, natural-disaster, parallel-dimension

Poem / Poetry

November 23, 2015

Reads: 447

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Returning home after a long, world exploring journey to repair past damage. Finally ready to settle down and return to the place that one can call home. *Reached 100 Reads: 9/9/2016* Read More

Tags: love, dreams, journey, sky, sailing, positive, home_coming

After leaving home, Aysel, a 17 year old, builds a boat and starts to sail, during her adventure on the high seas and lands she meets many people who join up with her and being homeless is a big problem. Living life with no money and nothing really, just a… Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, fiction, military, magic, mystery, adventure, reality, comedy, fighting, hunting, action, sailing, introduction, superpower

Wealthy narcissist Vaughn and gold-digger Chandra clash one last time. Can their marriage continue or will they kill each other? Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, sailing, island, narcissist, vaughn, vagavaughn, isla

Tormented by his destiny to save the world, Tobylas hunts terrifying gods and four powerful stones as he frantically explores magic realms, one heart-pounding step ahead of the apocalypse. Read More

Tags: fantasy, magic, violence, pirates, historical, apocalyptic, sailing

This is a shorter novel from my teenage years. It is about my real birth, or awakening, if you wish, and discovering what should be the true values in one's personality. A wise man helped me to make that discovery - a fisherman. Read More

Tags: myth, sailing, island, odysseus, fishing, bout, cave

The Onyx Sea: a large ocean of complete darkness. This short chronicles the voyage of "The Hunter" as its crew attempts to kill the last Volart Read More

Tags: fantasy, death, world, short, story, sea, hunting, boats, ocean, sailing, ship, captain, extinction, mate, pirate

*UNFINISHED* *MORE TO COME* two best friends. one loves the other. the other is terrified of love. Read More

Tags: romance, teenagers, sailing, quotes

Joshua and Maks have arrived at an island in hopes of finding timber to repair the ship with. But what will they actually find? Read More

Tags: adventure, treasure, action, pirates, tags, sailing, island

Chapter two of The Islands of Dreams. Read More

Tags: adventure, dreams, sea, treasure, pirates, tags, literature, ocean, classical, sailing, island, cannot, islands

A good old fashioned adventure novel. This one follows the journey of two young men, Joshua and Maks, who leave a famine and oppression plagued home in search of better lives. Read More

Tags: fiction, adventure, dreams, sea, pirates, tags, ocean, discovery, classical, running, sailing, islands

Essay / Non-Fiction

October 18, 2013

Reads: 475

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Solomon Islands, South Pacific - Aboard Compadre - trying to buy fuel at Noro. Read More

Tags: fuel, sailing, cruising, yacht, vicki, liveaboard, solomon_islands, south_pacific, noro, compadre

Sea. Wind. Storm. Helena and her crew are in for a shock as nature takes - and one is lost to the blue. Read More

Tags: wind, sea, storm, sailing, jacks, nautical, starboat, gale-force_winds

Havens approach is a cargo transport ship for items not part of the scientific world... Often carrying the fantastic kind of cargo. Matthew is the new crew mate on the flying ship. Along with Captain Rook, his brother, the first mate and five other members, they sail the skies just… Read More

Tags: fantasy, adventure, flying, combat, sailing

Cover for contest - Life In The Time Of Coronavirus Story Project

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