Pick of the day
A Day in the Life - Part Eight
Posted by hudsonmoon on Fri, 23 Oct 2026
When writing I most always start off with my old friend The. Even if I don’t intend to keep it. (Some friend, huh?) Writing that one word gives me hope that others will follow it down a merry path. Or not.
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Who Dares Wins - Part 1
Posted by colin.b on Tue, 20 Oct 2026
This is a new story centred on my character Aldo and his friends, Dougie and Craig. If you enjoy this three books featuring are published A Working Class State of Mind, Who's Aldo, and Family Man. Available from Amazon and all good bookshops. CheersRead more
Poem of the week
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Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point
Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point
posted by di-hard
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
Posted by marandina:
It’s been another busy week on site with lots of longer works posted.
I have enjoyed following multi-part pieces from Jane Hyphen, hudsonmoon, SoulFire77, Eric Marsh and Ivan the OK-ish, in particular.
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem for September, very kindly chosen by hudsonmoon:
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New Writing Challenge By SoulFire77 - Win Us Some Money!
Soulfire77 has very generously offered us a donation for each scary story posted between now and October 30th, so please fire up your laptops and follow his instructions below.
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Picks of the Month
White Noise
Posted by skinner_jennifer on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Now I'm in the system riding on ocean
waves of chemotherapy and medication
deeper than anything I've known before,
needles bruise; feeding Pembrolizumab –
Aprepitant – Ondansetron.
Restore this malfunctioning body, let me
be pure...crush the enemy. I imagine good
cells as they glow in bright white light that
shimmers as I anticipate autumn's energy
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For Present Company
Posted by sean mcnulty on Sat, 19 Sep 2026
These streets and their cigarette butts. They lie dead in the puddles like forgotten men. They’ll be gone soon in the coming slush. Winter’s assignment is to give us all a good wash, person and paving alike.
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