A dandy’s lament
I was proud, I was tall, as I woke up at noon I had conquered and won, on my costume the gold of awards I’ve deserved for just being an […]
I was proud, I was tall, as I woke up at noon I had conquered and won, on my costume the gold of awards I’ve deserved for just being an […]
Emma’s bare feet pounded hard asphalt, she was too late. Running she passed deserted houses. The power company had assured that radiation levels were within the approved levels. Still they […]
Originally posted on Keyholestories:
“The door to the closet stood ajar and she opened it wide to look inside. On the wooden rod suspended between the inner walls, a handful…
Distinct — his song was laced with soil, a whiff of corpse; a destiny: his magnetism of tapered fingers, priestlike porcelain skin. She left her bed, and by the moonlit […]
Your tone’s a knife — carving ink-blot syllables, rust-and-oil-despicable, you’re hurling gazes laced with deep contempt, with thistle words and soot I’m suffocated, I am a stranded fish. We pick […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis