play, pause, replay

we're all beggars here, clawing at each other's sepia-toned loneliness ... || caffeinated afterthoughts and lovers' vomit ||

This is What Tomorrow is For...

An island and a traveler. A man who has lost his past. A woman seeking a future. An institute and an AI. After that it gets a little complicated...

Christmas at Joes

I read somewhere that when you stop believing in Santa Clause, you get underwear for Christmas. Well, I'm not going to give you just any underwear. I'm giving you my Christmas shorts. A collection of short Christmas stories. Some romances, some humor, and a lot of Christmas sentimentality.

Looking Down the Barrel of a Brand New Day - COMPLETED

#1Nonfiction: Will Ceci be seduced by ax crimes, buried girls & mushy poems? Will she fall head-over-ass into a forbidden affair or continue down an entirely prudent and reasonable path? Everything is real. Everything is true. The Authors: Ceci is a peach from Detroit, who directs documentaries, runs a video product...

All You Never Wanted

Two months ago, Megan found a genie. Now, the bottle's gone her wishes don't work. Her popularity's slipping, she's suddenly failing all of her classes, and she's getting ready to get kicked off the track team. She hasn't used all of her wishes yet, so what could be going on? When Jake finally shows back up at school...

Secrets of the Shadows

Shadows are pretty sweet as shade from the afternoon sun yet it is shadows that we fear while out on an evening run. We run away only to realise, they are part of us. Wherever we go, our shadow follows. Except when it's the night and we realise our cold lonely souls cannot find peace without seeing them for we all fe...

last ~ poetry

~ are these the last ones / or the ones that'll last? ~

Division & Despair

Some called it the New Revolution; others called it a Civil War. No one knew what it was; they only knew that it divided the Country by more than State loyalty, even community loyalty. The deaths and destruction of the Country were not foreseen. Outside influence wasn't even thought of; no one thought it would go as f...

A Tale of Two Carnies

When hostile townsfolk imprison a transient teen girl accused of murder, her best friend struggles against a stacked legal system to protect her from being railroaded.--- Local law enforcers eager to solve the case rush to judgment and arrest Cozbi Miraslova, a pretty teenager of Roma heritage working with a traveling...

Thoughts

Something occured that got me thinking about how what's going on in someone's head isn't really fully understood by the people around them, one often not even by the person having those thoughts.

Ethereal

Entries for Fantasmical 2024. From zombies to time travel and everything in between including Vampires, a retelling of Robin Hood, and some interesting commentary on current affairs, there is something for everyone and you won't be sorry you checked out this thought-provoking humorous collection of shorts linked into...

Traveller's heart

"And what you've been looking for, has been right in front of you, you didn't dare to look back." [ A poetry collection ] #5 on poetry (11th June, 2024)

Thus Sayeth the Coyote

Rambling ruminations, words of wisdom and awesome alliteration from your favorite coyote. An experiment, not so much a story as a stream of consciousness focused on human folly. Please enjoy the silly similes and playful, philosophical, political, provocative, purposeful, and pensive prose, pontifications, parabl...

EC Fiction Awards '24 [Closed]

Awards that are uniquely mundane for all the writers out there. We aim to crown all the wonderful stories out there, unbiasedly, with exciting prizes that would definitely make you feel good about what you do, coupled with all that you can do to be better at what you do! Too confusing? Quit this, and simply peep in to...

Fake Friends

Joby Carson compartmentalizes the things in his life. In one box is his career as hotel manager for Peachtree and Kings; a high-end hotel owned by old southern money. He lives on the premises and keeping things running smoothly is his first priority. In another box--the one he keeps hidden in the closet--is his person...

Wordlestory

Using my Wordle guesses as writing prompts and using them sequentially results in a short story that is part Western part something else

stranger/still

life keeps on keepin' on in weird/scare mode (poetry, 2021)

Patrol 4: Storm & Calm

In this fourth and final installment of the Patrol series, Vania must find out the truth behind the voice in her head--and how to stop it--before the city falls under the sway of the cruel goddess of storms. Is this her destiny that Commander Aleira foresaw? And can she succeed without Eddin if he gets called back to...

The Other Bill Shakespeare

In the lavish world of 1970s high society, Madeline, once a poor relation, captivates the attention of a politician's son. Their story takes a sharp turn when Madeleine, now pregnant and alone, concocts a husband, Bill Shakespeare, to shield herself from societal judgement. Unexpectedly, a real Bill Shakespeare, stum...

Inspire

Here are some poems to inspire when you lose that spark.... for when you get in a rut and can't get out. For when you think you are not enough, to chase that goal, that dream.

Conversations In Rhyme

This collection is for when I write with other poets.

Short stories for competitions

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The Denver Chronicles

-THRILLER/CONSPIRACY- Charlotte is a newly minted podcaster, with a skill set to go far. She intends to uncover everything strange and unspoken that is lurking in the Denver, Colorado International Airport. Rumors of cults, new world orders and aliens swirl. Once there, what she unearths will shatter even the most ske...

The Realm of Possibilities | Shadow Trials 2023

The shadows seem to have a mind of their own, and mysterious gifts keep appearing in Nora's mailbox. It was supposed to be a nice weekend getaway. She never expected that it would be the start of the paranormal encroaching into her life. Image by Herm from Pixabay

Amy's Shadow Trials

More adventures of Amaryllis Belladonna. Things for Amy were back to normal. Well, at least as normal as possible for a demon's wife who runs her own porn chat room, spends half of each year in hell, and has an aged coyote spirit animal for a pet. A pet that would rather be curled up watching classic movies on TV o...

Life in a Nutshell

The musings, humor, fairytales, love letters and poetry of a GenX Momma brain. I've been encouraged through other Wattpad authors to continue writing, so this is the start of that request. Evidently I have quite a few stories to tell I hope you enjoy them, and leave a comment and vote.

Curse of Stone

A Curse crawls inexorably across the Elysium Realm, turning everything it touches to lifeless stone. Anara, a powerful young witch, vows to stop it, but became herself infected and disfigured. After his mother goes missing, Micah, an unaware college student, finds himself drawn into an alternate world where magic rule...

the slow art of breathing bitter

slow dancing love and pain in the midnight chorus of liquor-washed autumn green ... || a constellation of destructive poetry ||

Short Stories - A Series of Tales Frozen in Time

A collection of short stories and flash fictions. It is essentially an one pot stew of random tales spun on an impulse with no particular genera what-so-ever. Venture forth, beloved reader, and once you are done, let me know: Did you feel it? ***********************...

Spacetime

Everything