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Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 4

13 Aug 2025 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.17

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 $0.01

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 $0.18

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 $0.16

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 Nurnobi Islam $0.03

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...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 1

9 Aug 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.11

Smacking unknown chicks on the ass is maybe not as common as it once was. But herein lies the dilemma for those of us trudging through this current nightlife hinterland, a route which is largely improvisational. The public and especially on...

Beauty and the Brains

8 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea $0.01

It never fails to baffle me how quickly people assume that if you are considered “pretty” or have what society deems an “attractive body”, that there is nothing much going on between your ears. Like somehow, beauty and brains can’t live in the same...

Holding Space for Change

7 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea $0.03

Have you ever noticed how people don’t always want you to grow? It’s strange. You’d think change would be something worth celebrating… the effort it takes, the courage behind it, not to mention the humility that often fuels it. But so often, peop...

The Backstory Behind the Thank You Card That Reignited My Writing Spirit

7 Aug 2025 8 minute read 0 comments Greenchic $0.13

Designed using https://www.canva.com/ The writing task that warmed up my numbed writing spirit! Now, I am slowly back to writing articles, but as I detailed in my earlier post, I had a time period where writing, had to stoop… I have explained the ci...

Rolling with the waves... and the punches!

6 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea $0.00

Many nights when I fall asleep, I can hear the waves from the distant ocean rolling and crashing. It’s a beautiful sound, both comforting and powerful… and waking up to the smell of the ocean in the air, is like life greeting you with the best of...