Home Read Write Forums Blogs markashleyPrimary tabsView(active tab) Track I have 237 stories published in 10 collections on the site. My stories have been read 237768 times and 69 of my stories have been cherry picked.1 of my 27 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1 vote Mark Ashley My stories Type - Any -StoryNon-fictionOtherPoemPoetry MonthlyBiography Genre - Any -NoirSpiritualYoung WritersSurrealTalecatchingScience fictionRomanceQuotationsRantReviewsTravelUnclassifiedWesternPhilosophyOther Non-fictionEroticaFantasyHistorical FictionDramaCrimeBiographyChildren'sHorrorHumourNatureOpinionOther FictionMiscellaneousLoveInspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)JournalAutobiography Awards Cherry-picked - Any -TrueFalse Pick of the day - Any -TrueFalse Poem of the week - Any -TrueFalse Story of the week - Any -TrueFalse Stories per page 510204060 another cold day... By markashley on Mon, 05 Jan 2026 sunlight, cold and bright and a crisp stab of frost On the skin lacey ice dusts the grass crawls through spider web to leaf and branch and wilted...NaturePoemCertificate U Read more about another cold day... 2 comments Log in to post comments 460 reads 2 likes Newport By markashley on Tue, 30 Dec 2025 dull drab drenched slick slate cobble beneath church tower shadow with dark green fringe and little red berries poisoned podules in the rain. muddy...PoemCertificate U Read more about Newport Log in to post comments 887 reads 2 likes Shadow's Echo. By markashley on Mon, 01 Dec 2025 Shadows lost in faint fades and a distant dull thump of something that was never there, right in front in the moment of now. A sea of shining black...PoemCertificate U Read more about Shadow's Echo. 2 comments Log in to post comments 264 reads On Self By markashley on Fri, 28 Nov 2025 A long time ago In an old leather bound book I found a quote by Socrates "Know thyself". It felt like an answer, A goal, something to live by, So I...PoemCertificate U Read more about On Self Log in to post comments 213 reads on Dreams By markashley on Thu, 27 Nov 2025 Huxley talks about the doors of perception Something closed that can be opened Dreams are manifest as elements of story A dream narrative that ebbs...PoemCertificate U Read more about on Dreams 1 comment Log in to post comments 309 reads Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »
markashleyPrimary tabsView(active tab) Track I have 237 stories published in 10 collections on the site. My stories have been read 237768 times and 69 of my stories have been cherry picked.1 of my 27 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1 vote Mark Ashley My stories Type - Any -StoryNon-fictionOtherPoemPoetry MonthlyBiography Genre - Any -NoirSpiritualYoung WritersSurrealTalecatchingScience fictionRomanceQuotationsRantReviewsTravelUnclassifiedWesternPhilosophyOther Non-fictionEroticaFantasyHistorical FictionDramaCrimeBiographyChildren'sHorrorHumourNatureOpinionOther FictionMiscellaneousLoveInspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)JournalAutobiography Awards Cherry-picked - Any -TrueFalse Pick of the day - Any -TrueFalse Poem of the week - Any -TrueFalse Story of the week - Any -TrueFalse Stories per page 510204060 another cold day... By markashley on Mon, 05 Jan 2026 sunlight, cold and bright and a crisp stab of frost On the skin lacey ice dusts the grass crawls through spider web to leaf and branch and wilted...NaturePoemCertificate U Read more about another cold day... 2 comments Log in to post comments 460 reads 2 likes Newport By markashley on Tue, 30 Dec 2025 dull drab drenched slick slate cobble beneath church tower shadow with dark green fringe and little red berries poisoned podules in the rain. muddy...PoemCertificate U Read more about Newport Log in to post comments 887 reads 2 likes Shadow's Echo. By markashley on Mon, 01 Dec 2025 Shadows lost in faint fades and a distant dull thump of something that was never there, right in front in the moment of now. A sea of shining black...PoemCertificate U Read more about Shadow's Echo. 2 comments Log in to post comments 264 reads On Self By markashley on Fri, 28 Nov 2025 A long time ago In an old leather bound book I found a quote by Socrates "Know thyself". It felt like an answer, A goal, something to live by, So I...PoemCertificate U Read more about On Self Log in to post comments 213 reads on Dreams By markashley on Thu, 27 Nov 2025 Huxley talks about the doors of perception Something closed that can be opened Dreams are manifest as elements of story A dream narrative that ebbs...PoemCertificate U Read more about on Dreams 1 comment Log in to post comments 309 reads Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »