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Reflections of Sunshine - Part 1

31 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Scopeman

Life is a moment. Hereafter is uncertain. People die of common sense, or a lack of it, one lost moment at a time. I know this because I have experienced what it’s like to lose someone, one moment at a time. This is the true story of my very great lov...

Thoughts about "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

25 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus

I read this novel in high school and really really liked it. This time, 30-something years later, having forgotten all but the first few chapters (the part about the eclipse), I found Hank to be extremely obnoxious in his know-it-all smartassery, but...

Beneath Her Beautiful (Book Excerpt)

16 May 2021 4 minute read 3 comments Scopeman

Here’s a picture of Chimdinma. That opal rosary of hers was basically priceless. She kept it pinned to the inside of her bra, over her heart, at all times when she wasn’t using it. Partly for divine protection, partly out of the convenience of never...

What you will find here...

10 Apr 2021 1 minute read 3 comments TheRuneLion

 I offer Escapism. The old-fashioned kind before everything went to politi-hell and has become increasingly less fun and unbearable. This blog, the content herein, is meant only for Mature Adults who are 18 years of age and older.  The reason for thi...

Throne of Shadows

7 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Lit once for the long-dead, a great flame casts Unctuous shadows that dance for the mad. They draw their weary sycophants in with Illusions of a world untouched by darkness. However, for all they claim to offer, Torment's truly these phantasms' award...

Hell hath no Fury - Part 1

31 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Scopeman

He was sleeping with this lady at the hospital, a nurse. I’m a doctor at the same hospital, so Betty told me everything. Betty is one of the cleaners at the hospital. He came to pick me up one evening from work. That was the first time he saw her, th...

Magma Carta

12 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Mateja Razdragan

  I don't know how long I can stay standing. In one of the secluded corners of the isolated lodging,I rested on my shoulder and heart, covering my face like myself in a golden cagefrom behind her hair that makes me feel; clouds first above us, thenI...

The Slaughterhouse Yard, by Ana Quiroga - short story

9 Mar 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Ana Quiroga

Today it is a square in Barracas, with its slide and its sandpit, just opposite the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and two blocks from the motorway that takes traffic away southwards. In the past it was just an uncultivated, unpopulated plot of land wi...

Tuesdays With Morrie

11 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments EsmaSid

A great diegesis depicting a true relation between teacher and a student, both of them found a special person in each other with an extraordinary bonding. Learning and seeking knowledge, anecdote of teacher who wants to see his pupil successful for l...

Loose Screw: Poem for the Ladies

13 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments EvilWillow

What's wrong with you? You do but you don't? One step forward One mile back?   Lunacy, the perfect word for you Or is it being choosy? Aho girl, make up your mind 'cause this might be the last   Who knows? Might as well bring it on Or are you that af...