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Phoebe saw the end

3 Oct 2019 9 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Hello Friends, While being in one of the Yahoo writing groups, I participated in literary contests. The group owner came up with the writing prompt (the title of the story) and all the participants wrote the story, which title was the owner's prompt....

IM MANNLICHEN GEHIRN

3 Oct 2019 12 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

    IM MANNLICHEN GEHIRN  (story based on & in tribute to the above wonderful Edvard Munch painting)  Women are definitely second class citizens in this world we human beings have created. They, women and femininity in fact, are valued (socially) mu...

Handmade Lies

2 Oct 2019 5 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

      And as I sit here, wearing the red lipstick that you, willingly smeared across your face as you kissed me deep and full, amongst the cotton blooms floating dustily, cinematically about ourweus in that shitty carpark in June, I’m reminded of th...

A Word from Our Sponsor

2 Oct 2019 5 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

  "Ok. Let's get the next caller. That's Jerome from Inglewood. Jerome, you're on Tom Linquist show." "Hey, Tom, how're ya doing?" "Doing great." "Tom, I wanna tell ya. Love your show. I think you're the best." "Thanks, Jerome. Appreciate that. What...

The redemption turkey

30 Sep 2019 7 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

The day before Thanksgiving, Grace Loren sat at a table with planted elbows and head rested on the palm of her hands. The table stood in the middle of the small studio apartment that she rented with her son Leslie. A foul smell from a leaky sewer pi...

The List

29 Sep 2019 9 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

“What are you doing Hammie?  The tablets are fragile.  You’re going to destroy the list?” Shem exclaimed looking at Ham who scattered the piles of clay tablets all over the warehouse floor.  He grabbed Ham from behind not letting him move. Ham was sh...

Hopes

27 Sep 2019 3 minute read 4 comments mgaft1

"Grandpa, grandpa, look at those fishes!" The little boy pulled Russell by his hand toward the bridge. The bridge crossed an artificial pond. From the height of a bird's flight, the pond looked like glasses with the nose bridge, where it was crossed...

Christmas Balls

26 Sep 2019 2 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

It was a beautiful winter day at about 3:30 p.m. Sun was shining on houses decorated for Christmas. Snow crunched under my ski boots indicating the temperature about -15 degrees Celsius. The forest started right next to the hotel where I stayed duri...

Lost Eccentricity Part 4 of 4

25 Sep 2019 3 minute read 6 comments mgaft1

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3   Wilfred lay on something hard. The stiff light hit the eyes even through closed eyelids. His head ached and when he opened his eyes, Wilfred did not get scared. Directly above him, there was a strange face. It was hairless,...

Lost Eccentricity Part 3 of 4

24 Sep 2019 3 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

Part 1 Part 2   *** *** In the bar, it was cool, semi-dark, a bit damp and quiet enough to hear each other without screaming. The photos of old-time Hollywood filmmakers covered the walls. There were few people and most of the tables were f...