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Salt in the Wound
We don’t know what to do, so we write. That’s what we have to offer the world right now — our words, our stories, our art. And some days, it doesn’t feel like enough. Not when people are dying. Not when the news reads like a horror script on loop. But it does feel like something. A thread. A resistance. A way to stay human.
By River and Celia in Underland 8 months ago in Writers
Four Bowls of Glory
As much as Nonna’s was a place for laughter, argument, and wine, it was also a gladiatorial arena. Where only the best could triumph.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Writers
There's a Word For It
I have dribbled I have dabbled There've been times I gushed and babbled Sometimes even won at Scrabble, Turned the channel to avoid drivel and gabble,
By Judey Kalchik 8 months ago in Writers
Winner Announcement: New Contest For May, Featuring Your Very Own Deranged Lighthouse Keeper!
It took me a while to judge all of the lovely entries into the New Contest For May, Featuring Your Very Own Deranged Lighthouse Keeper! contest, but I've finally done it! Here's a link to that contest, for the uninitiated:
By Laura Pruett8 months ago in Writers
All Hobbits Share A Love Of Things That Grow
“Ride for ruin! Ride now!” And forth charged the riders of Rohan! Spear and horse clashed into the line of cowering orcs, stretching out all across the horizon. Glorious sunlight streamed through the breaks in the clouds; breaks ushered forth by the might and honor of men.
By Matthew J. Fromm8 months ago in Writers
What If I Were to Tell You About a Place I'd Been Published?
What if I were to say to you that I’ve been published in The Cincinnati Review? Or what if I told you that I had been published in The Yale Review? Sounds incredible, right?
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile8 months ago in Writers
Well Organized, Increase in I.Q., And Willingly Do Something Unsatisfying
Gregory Stock’s The Book Of Questions prompts — Do you consider yourself well organized? How often do you have to look for your keys?
By Denise E Lindquist8 months ago in Writers
What’s in a voice?
Voice: a writer's unique personality and style that shines through their words, making their work distinct and recognizable.
By WrittenWritRalf8 months ago in Writers
Sinking to a New Level
I’ve always been a water person. I grew up in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 lakes. I always had a river in my backyard. My brothers and sister and I were always swimming or fishing in the summer, running around barefoot. Until around my sixth-grade year, our place had a hill leading down to the Fish Hook River, which froze solidly enough to drive on every winter, which people did, to haul out their icehouses. Neighbors came from all around to sled our hill, making jumps off the docks onto the ice. Fun times!
By Julie Lacksonen8 months ago in Writers
Theriocentrism
When I needed a word to describe the kind of fiction I sometimes write, there wasn’t one. So I invented a new word THERIOCENTRICITY
By Raymond G. Taylor8 months ago in Writers
Ghost of Me. Content Warning.
Here is the link to my tiktok reading & explination of where the idea for this story came about. That fucking clock haunts me.
By C.M.Dallas8 months ago in Writers
I've had PTSD. Honorable Mention in I Wrote This Challenge. Content Warning.
PTSD is flooring me at the moment, making me feel a bit insane, whilst detached AND over-emotional. It's the first time I've experienced it fully as an 'entity' in probably twenty years. I feel separated from myself, whilst also fully logical. It's a strange sensation. It's frightening. I'm frightening myself.
By Karen Cave8 months ago in Writers