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What Remains When Money Is Worth Nothing? A Reflection on Dignity and Real Value

17 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments floc1960 $0.06

I close my eyes and I can picture the scenes we keep hearing about across the Spanish-speaking world—from quiet provinces to crowded capitals. Hands full of paper. Banknotes that once promised a future, and now barely reach for the basics. And I’m no...

When Hope is Crushed

15 May 2026 3 minute read 2 comments rah $0.08

Devastation reigned and I was an empty shell, a husk of my previous existence. I was isolated and alone and even though Emilia had tried to reach out, I’d even completely withdrawn from her. My inner voice, which had so often conflicted with my outer...

The First Scorpion by Will Jones

14 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Will Jones $0.02

The First Scorpion by Will Jones ⁜☸️⁜🕳️♻️🎄♠️🪮♠️🎄♻️🕳️⁜☸️⁜                                                                                 There are three scorpions.    Among tumult of drumroll,these are forces within that take sound beyond physica...

Form Teacher

9 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06

The sound of excited chatter filled the air as I strode into the school hall purposefully. I returned my students their mock papers, hoping desperately that they would bother to memorise the answers to the Grammar MCQs. I was rudely interrupted by a...

The Screenless Influencer: How I'm Building My Book with Linux, Scribus and $0.12 Tips

8 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments floc1960 $0.12

Today, something important happened on my desk. A piece of paper came out of my printer. It wasn't just a test; it was the birth of a real book. I started the day with a "broken" computer. Updates were blocked, security keys were failing, and everyth...

The Mist Lizard

8 May 2026 2 minute read 0 comments rah $0.14

I am kinda doing this one for fun. If you were to think back to your childhood did you have a favourite book or maybe a few favourites, books that tragically are no longer on your bookshelf, but that you wish you could read again, even one more time....

The Difference Between Quality Writing and the Alternative...

7 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments rah $0.15

I am going to take a different track for today's post. The fact is that some people simply can't write. Writing is a craft and an art. There is a school of thought that says everybody can write, but if that were true why doesn't everybody do it. The...

What Lies Beyond Death?

6 May 2026 1 minute read 1 comment rah $0.10

I am not a poet and for sure I know it. However, it is never a crime to rhyme So it is time for me to give it a go even if the quality of my prose is low. Sorry, I couldn't resist that, but it is a statement of truth and today I am going to endeavo...

Learn To Ride The Burning Icicles

24 Apr 2026 2 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne $0.05

Zelle: [email protected] Editor's note: Because it's meaningless and dumb, the line "burn-unit bicycles" in the poem above has always bothered me. Until now, I never bothered to look it in the eye long enough to get it to turn away. Part...

Waterfront

24 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05

Zelle: [email protected] I left the firebackat the waterfront. I made a list  Of the executioners she kissed. I went away beyond the red line. My liver made the headline. How will I live beyond thedead line? The list is a fist, but... Wh...