Creative Writing

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Form Teacher

9 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

The Recreation Myth

23 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Do you believe in the theory of recreation? The idea that mankind can recreate the present moment? The gift of all eternity? Do you believe it with confident uncertainty? Are you the rational insurgency? Because,...

I Stopped Being a "Customer" of the System — And That’s When I Started Thinking Clearly

21 Apr 2026 1 minute read 1 comment floc1960

A small lesson from Publish0x, real life, and the quiet power of building assets. Most people are trained to be customers. Customers of banks. Customers of institutions. Customers of trends. Customers of fear. Even in crypto, many of us end up as cu...

I Earned $0.44 This Month — Here’s Why I’m Not Quitting (But I’m Changing the Game)

19 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments floc1960

TL;DR: Token tips are useful for practice and exposure, but not as a main income model. Use them to build something you actually control. This month I earned $0.44 on Publish0x. Not a typo. Forty-four cents. If you’ve ever tried to “make it” through...