From the highly-acclaimed northern Irish novelist Colm Herron comes this outrageously sexy offering about a desperate Irishman called Lexie Cheddy, an only child. Lexie's mother has always wanted a daughter so that's how she brings him up. As a daughter. And she names him Alexis. To add to his troubles he falls on his...
These short stories and thoughts of articulated words are a light-bulb on the head, or it just occurred to self while wandering through the road of life. They are very much random, but not entirely senseless. Actually, this is my personal creepypasta. Scratch everything typed above. To read or not to read is entirely...
Will there be a Unicorn? and Other Tales is a collection of short rhyming stories for kids which I'm updating as they come to me. The title story - Will there be a Unicorn? - has illustrations by the wonderful Sringkhala, more coming soon. One day I'd like to see it published as a picture book with really detailed, cu...
Somewhere on the Earth's surface, a heroine called Ghabrie searches for her little sister: or so the 'Net fables say. Ash and Hum, a fighter pair in the underground Pandora system, know their only option is to go aboveground and find Ghabrie. The growing attraction between them, however, complicates everything. Ash...
Fairy tales are so often boxed into good and evil. Just for fun I'm trying on a new set, a little darker in some corners, but still hopefully keeping the heart of the characters themselves. What if princesses were serial killers and fairy god mothers were really evil? Hmmm
I wrote these comments and other random thoughts on Wattpad and elsewhere on the web. I think we as poets have all lost a bit of our soul with the passing of our friend @Lisaner and we are just a bit more mortal and reflective, may we always hold the poet's word as a living thing. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smi...
An ongoing collection of weekly inspirational essays on writing, art, and the stumbling blocks we all face and fight to overcome.
Our continued legacy for a connected pulse in Poetic crafting. References~to Edger Allen Poe for "Tell Tale Heart" and "The Raven" Poet/Lyricists/ Singer Don McClain for "American Pie" "Prelude" From Night Voices by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Genre: Poetry. Summary/Credits: This poem collection is for Warrior_Prophet's 99 Poem Challenge. Special thanks to cristinaaragon for making the book cover. All poems in this collection comprise of different poetry styles. Hope you enjoy! ( ^_^ ) Status: *Complete!* ✓
Short stories and unfinished fragments from a variety of genres. Created for, inspired by and dedicated to: Inky. Warning: stories in this collection may contain dark themes, inappropriate language and sexual references.
The collection of my thoughts and feelings this contains They rattle around the heightened corners in my brain And to the public I have cast all these flowing words askew And as I try to release more pieces to the the winds anew To all those who have watched my work, I plead that you don't tire You may request a poem...
Paranormal poetry collection, hosted by Wattpad's Paranormal Community.
Poetry conceived in the heart of Kazakhstan. "Here, I have opened my heart for you, I have shone a candle on its brokenness." "I believe that the most inspiration comes from our darkest days, not the ones where we are happiest, because if we are happy, we don't have much to write about. A few years ago, I spent over 9...
ǁ You stare at her in the mirror, at those sad and empty eyes you know so well and wonder how it feels...
The Wizard! This collection from Olan L. Smith is a dialogue series that asks questions and ponders evidence about existence. We will take a look behind the curtain to see what the Wizard is up to and what tricks he (she) has up his (her) sleeve, be warned that in so doing it might spoil the illusion we call life.
The summer at Ischia, re-imagined. With Nino, Lenu and Lila. This takes place during events from Book Two, so if you haven't gotten that far in the series, this fanfic will contain spoilers. I'm sorry! But also, just read the second book already; it's awesome.
A story told in the style of an Epic Poem. The adventures of a child from a humble village who at first is lost, ill and alone is force out to travel the road in search of his father. As the story grows here the edit will happen to correct the many mistakes so be patient and eventually the real gem will be revealed.
The Freeze-Dried Groom is one of the nine stories in Margaret Atwood's fantastic new collection Stone Mattress. A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction fo...
There is a shadow lurking on the edge of our perception, in the worst of our nightmares. It is us. It has always been us. Welcome to my first collection of poetry. Here you will find a mangled mess of dark, eccentric and sometimes hopeful poems. They are suffocating, odd, haunting. Some works have been taken d...
My Grandmother's Hair, by Ann Elizabeth Carson. is a social memoir that includes poetry and visual images of the author's art work, Ann Elizabeth Carson, BA and MEd (University of Toronto), Diploma, Arscura School of Art, is a poet, writer, sculptor, and feminist, one of Toronto’s Mille Femmes (in the arts) at the 20...
A few poems on burgeoning womanhood and advice for our daughters A few lyric references and a bit of militant feminisim to garnish.
