Chiaroscuro Stories

chi·a·ro·scu·ro (pronunciation: kēˌärəˈsk(y)o͝orō,kēˌarə-/) noun 1. The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting; an effect of contrasted light and shadow cr...

❝𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡. 𝕮𝖍𝖎𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎...

Chiaroscuro is a raw and unfiltered exploration of the mind-fractured, tangled, and desperately searching for meaning. In a world that demands coherence, this collection...

So. . . I am taking my first art class because I want to be an artist-. First off, I stink at it, and apparently my art teacher wants us to become Junior Bob Ross's or M...

A boy who has seen hell His soul died a long time ago But for the sake of the ones he love He continues to live even without a soul -MoJin FF-

Jason Tisse, is on a jet plane headed to to Europe, his first trip abroad. To relax he picks up an old cinema trade magazine and is shocked to find an article written by...

A psalm of the Past. A frame of time when darkness strangles. Where death would be to have hope. It's the sojourn out of darkness into the light. From hell on earth, t...

This poem seeks to capture the mesmerising effect of a campfire. Staring in silence is meditative, calming and transformative. When you consider the dual nature of fire;...

ChiarOscuro is an online fantasy series being published at http://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. In an alternate world where humanity is just discovering it's full po...

Everyone knows the story of Icarus. The story of how his wings melted as a cause of his ego. How he flew too close to the sun and he was warned not to. How he fell a to...

ChiarOscuro is an online fantasy series being published at http://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. In an alternate world where humanity is just discovering it's full po...

My take at Chiaroscuro: the artistic intermarriage of darkness and light.

Scarlett Cortéz is a sunshine girl from the Sunshine State of Florida. But she leaves everything behind to move to the Big Apple. As she gets lost in the hustle and bust...