Observational Stories

Through small observations and gentle daydreams, ordinary moments become meditations on self awareness, gratitude, loneliness, empathy, and the quiet stories that surround us every day. Each story begins with something easily overlooked: a passing stranger, a changing light, a small detail; and follows wherever the imagination leads. None of these imagined lives may be true, but perhaps they don't have to be.

A Carnival of Small Apocalypses These are poems for the hours after midnight, when the neon hums louder than reason and the world briefly forgets how to pretend. Inside these pages, goldfish learn theology from television screens. Ghosts linger in diners. Prophets miss their exits. Machines dream of salvation. The faithful wrestle with doubt, the doubtful wrestle with faith, and ordinary people carry the quiet weight of living through strange times. Part witness, part confession, part roadside sermon, these free verse spoken-word poems wander through forgotten towns, crowded headlines, broken promises, flickering screens, and the stubborn mysteries that refuse to leave us alone. Some are angry. Some are mournful. Some laugh in places they probably shouldn't. Together they form a carnival of small endings and unexpected beginnings-a collection of voices searching for meaning beneath neon skies, beneath static, beneath the noise. Step right up. The lights are already flickering. The ride has already begun.

Some days are hard. There are times when things go by without being noticed. Alya goes through her day-to-day life, quietly watching the world around her-small gestures, quick glances, and the steady beat of life. A story about paying attention to, feeling, and making sense of the little things that often go unnoticed.

a collection of poems by me i hope you like it but you probably won't be critical please, destroy me. I'll do the same.

I do not have a cover for this yet but here are a couple of drawings I made recently!

"Corrupted Minds" is Michigan author Sarah A. Kenney's third chapbook released on Amazon! After receiving another rejection letter from her tenth magazine submission, Sarah had been longing to create a third chapbook and decided this was the perfect opportunity to compile her poems and short stories for her third chapbook, "Corrupted Minds." Writing poetry and short stories based on her anxiety caused from a rare illness and constant hospital stays comes a chapbook of both dark, political and observational views from the mind of a hospital patient.

Odds at Ends is a collection of flash fiction and observations, based largely around my experiences growing up in Suburban Sydney.

A wickedly funny collection of razor-sharp witticisms, deadpan observations, and brutally honest life truths from Spes Semper-for anyone exhausted by modern life, difficult people, family chaos, social media madness, aging knees, workplace absurdity, and the general decline of common sense. Part survival guide, part social commentary, part elegant emotional support in book form, Semper Said It So You Don't Have To delivers clever, caustic humor with wisdom forged through experience, disappointment, and repeated exposure to humanity. Perfect for readers who love sophisticated sarcasm, dark humor, and laughing at the beautiful disaster that is adulthood.

People are complicated. But, are they? "The kindest hearts have felt the most pain. The brightest smiles often hide the deepest sadness. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears." - Unknown Everyone has a role they're known for. This is about the ones who are never asked what it costs them to keep playing it.

Gemma and her mom move across the country for her mom's job as a Middle School teacher and for a chance for both of them to hopefully finally start their lives over after tragically losing Gemma's father 3 years ago. Gemma is a typical teen; passionate about music, sarcasm and not much else. Nothing seems to shake her attention into the world until one day surprise, surprise, she meets this boy...

A poem about the world, and though it sounds cliche... I believe the world is very small, and that's what this poem has to say.

Observations about a young woman leaving home. A vignette follow-up to "SAM BUSSARD: Used Animal Dealer".

Get drunk on an over-worded observational short based on Tokyo Ghoul's white-haired Kaneki, told by a person who doesn't know what he was going through beyond that monotone façade.

Humanity has been oblivious to the universe around them, but with one declassified report a bigger picture comes into focus. [Written elsewhere, a few pages were added here for feedback before completion]

Ceira Hartwell is a young woman with a desire to becoming a teacher, just like her nursery teacher Miss Davis. She begins her career as a teaching assistant in a large primary school in London. However, life in Drayton Road Primary is far from being anything like the pleasant memories of her childhood, as Miss Hartwell soon discovers.