Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1334 stories

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Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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Blood on the Scrolls
At the breast of the mother of invention I suckled from the teat of conviction In truth, I sought more than sweetness More than colostrum, rich in goodness
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
Diamond Among Dead Empires
some poetry makes you sit up and think some poetry makes you sit down and sink some just makes you the ink spills and then and then and then
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
Jogger's Trail by Donna Fox In Review. Top Story - September 2025.
So gather round, friends, for a review of another Vocal writer's self-published book. This time, we are focusing on The Queen of Acrostics (as assigned by me), Donna Fox (HKB), and her rather excellent YA supernatural tale Jogger's Trail.
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in BookClub
Self-Inflicted Momentum
/Tipped forward by my own volition, by my own trajectory, towards the wall, that brick wall, as my world collapses
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
Mid-Breath, Mid-Fall
not exactly, I say all the stars are out tonight, this August night ~ with all the enthusiasm of an overly fraught— we wait with baited breath
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
How to Dance to Byron
...that would be clever, I agree. Clever indeed, old chap. Clever to the highest degree. The problem is, though, that so often I feel so clever
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
Between Compass and Backfire. Content Warning.
...a journey south, 10 miles as the crow flies well... it would have been south if I had a compass and who still uses 10 miles as the crow flies nowadays?
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
The Gospel of Devastation
There's nothing to fear except... me. Forget what FDR said; he never met me. Born from the wretched and venomous womb of my dear mother, I was brought into the world. No screaming. No red flags flew overhead.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Horror
The Precipice Calls
My outstretched arms felt like failing vines as I held on for dear life. I tried to avoid looking down, but the pull of the descent was too much. I could hear it talking to me, telling me in grotesque detail of the various victims of death by misadventure it had caused.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Fiction
Abyss Gaze
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Fiction
Trusting Your Gut in Writing Competitions
When entering writing competitions, your gut often knows the story better than you do. That's been my experience taking part in a few competitions outside of Vocal - and it's a lesson worth sharing.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Writers
Box, Stage Left: A Monologue in Three Acts of Deception
Author's Notes Preamble: I wanted to put this right before the action takes place. I am finally published outside of Vocal and by anyone other than myself! This poem is one of two submitted to Vocal legends' Celia and River In Underland's awesome new publication, The Underland Review. This poem and one called "In Situ After “I Need My Girl” by The National (which I will publish on Vocal at another time) are featured in the August 2025 edition, among other names many people will be familiar with.
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets