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Seeds Of Doubt - 17 AUG 2025

18 Aug 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Myxoplixx

The world is spinning fast right now, and if you’re paying attention, the pieces don’t fit together as neatly as the headlines want you to believe. In the last half-day, we’ve seen a flurry of proclamations, quiet reversals, and sudden “coincidences”...

Spinning Petals of Freedom: An Independence Day Story

16 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Greenchic

Created using Canva   Flavor of the Indian Independence Day with celebrations and hearty wishes! It’s a special day today for all Indians because it’s August 15th! It’s Independent India’s 78th birthday! … So, we celebrate Indian Independence Day an...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 6

15 Aug 2025 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“IT DOES MATTER!” Pete Ravage screams, in this brightly lit aisle, near the front of the department store. Passing shoppers pause with their carts, shoot querulous glances our way. Dylan and I exchange similar looks ourselves, wondering just how...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 5

14 Aug 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

If Aaron is the slightly older, composed and well put together friend, then Robby is the crass inversion of those attributes. Slightly older than us as well, and even usually dressing snazzily when out on the town, but his behavior lies at the u...

Applying Synonyms Related to Said

14 Aug 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

Sensei gets it. Sometimes, you read storybooks and find a whole string of said’s when the characters interact with one another. Why then does your teacher insist that you enliven your writing by using synonyms associated with said?   To answer this...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 4

13 Aug 2025 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Eventually, blessedly, Joe talks Angel into pouting instead at that corner table with Dylan, Pete, and Phil. When they leave, Aaron and I move a few steps closer to the dance floor railing, a seemingly prime spot right by the gap in said railing...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 3

11 Aug 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

After Joe climbs into Angel’s miniature coupe, they follow us in still another direction, north across town to Jumpers. As we approach the entrance, a doorman in a chair is checking IDs, standard protocol at places like these. Except upon reachi...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 2

10 Aug 2025 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Upon our return, we can see that about half of Dylan’s lame older coworkers — older only in the sense that they are in their late 30s to middle 40s — have left. The rest have ventured across the aisle for seats at the bar, presumably as an act o...

Seeds Of Doubt -9 AUG 2025

10 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Myxoplixx

It’s a wild time to follow global headlines, and I can’t help but notice the layers beneath each “breaking” event—when you dig deep, things just don’t add up. Today, we’re told the world stands at a crossroads: wars expand, old rivals shake hands, pe...

An Echo in the Asphalt

9 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Prompted Beauty

Click to animate A short story, born from this animation. He is not a man, not really. He is a rumour of a man, a smudge of charcoal and haste sketched against the city's perpetual twilight. His suit isn't woven from fabric but from urgent whispers...