Works & Wonders
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Who are you, cowardly fool!? the man managed, about two pints shy of courage. The figure lay silent, shrouded amidst the naked winter trees, slowly moving its arms about with a sickening, crackling sound that entreated nausea to erupt. "Just a consort," the voice gurgled in morbid fashion. -"The Consort"
Dear Reader, "Works & Wonders" is a collection of short stories, flash fiction and free-verse poetry which focuses on the genres of mystery, horror, thriller, the supernatural, romance, humanity and more. Each part is presented as a stand alone work and is an ongoing endeavor that should carry on for quite some time. I truly hope you enjoy these escapades into other realms. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and/or read these works! -The Gilded Vic
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A collection of my own combined styles of - Macro Poetry & QuoteArt, which = MacQuote Poetry. I will try my best to have new additions every week from my on-going-twisted-love-affair of writing poetry. For all the support and encouragements you all share with me - I do humbly appreciate all that you say and do. The feeling I get when another writer comments, or votes is imperial to how I interrupt that my work has some actual capabilities of reaching out and affecting someone's day or even their own life. So, please, if you like the poetry that I've consciously poured my heart, soul and thoughts out, please, leave a comment, or vote for how much this piece or any other of my poetry has helped. If it has given you hope, acknowledgement, or just an awareness that someone, like me, knows exactly what you can go through first hand, let me see how much it affects you. Even the 'poet' needs some love shown. :) Copyright © 2017-2020 By T. A. Hinson All Rights Reserved All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews vand certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. * Achievements: Peak: #1[wordart] Peak: #2 [mypoetry] Peak: #3 [mywords] New Peak: #8 TAHinson New Peak: #8 CrazedPoet14Complete
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