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Three Poems

Cold-Brew Coffee Eyes your cold-brew coffee eyes, for the first time ever don't have me searching for my own reflection in them Genetics (What I Want on Pizza) ...

A New Kind of Publishing Ecosystem

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQpQRiPrTP84E1EJvcvc2cnzs8qAyLmcrKJeF4DU2dcLy/image.png     What we're bringing into existence is unlike anything ever...

καλές διακοπές!

.jpg) Painting by Minas Halaj “I really really don’t want to do this Christmas thing.” The youngest of my children said this, into the open air of our communal ...

Write Club, Week 2 Prompt!

Image for "Stanville" by Rachel Kushner in the New Yorker. Link below. I promised myself (and the universe around me) that I wouldn’t do another Flannery O’Conn...

Writing Prompts (Week 2) - Mike the loner

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdSfgAcZq3XkCtwgCXo7MVfLdxNTx5xjh8a5Xa4GWkmce/image.png 📷     T   he ceiling could crash down at ...

Back from the Dead! (Or am I?) (Read Me My Writes (Again) #0.5)

I probably am not, but I thought I'd give y'all hope. No, here's a short letter. I have no excuses. At all. Sure, I'm in college, I just finished my finals, I b...

Lily and Nadine (Short Fiction)

[This is in the public domain] The blue light from the window above my bed cast a sea-sick glow on my sister’s face. Her face. Drawn tight with age, or was it w...

TWB Halloween Writing Contest

Source Festering brainless zombies hunting for human flesh. Malevolent witches preying on the souls of lost children. Scary ghouls, ghosts, and poltergeists tha...

Netcoins and Steem and Vote and Stuff

Because screw permissions. I found a post that @negativer did. Basically, Steem is in the running to be listed for free on Netcoins, which will greatly increase...

I.F. (Fifty Word Story about Robot Torture or Something)

First off, mega-congratulations to the lovely @jayna who a) Hosts this competition and b) Won a trip to Poland for the 3rd(?) Steemfest! Woot! This is based off...

TWB Art Prompt Contest #14 Pics!

Heyyo! So, I've never tried submitting art/photography for the Writer's Block Art Prompt Contest, but heck, I thought I'd try it! I honestly don't know why I ha...

"Room 25" by Noname: An Album Review

I don't have a very complex history with Noname. I heard her verse on Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book (like I'm sure a lot of people did) and decided to see i...

Where is Everyone? (The End of Steemit)

Aretha Franklin's funeral, lolz So, I haven't been on Steemit in about two months. I apologize mostly to those who liked seeing my comments on things and looked...

Embracing, We Let Go (a collaboration with @yahialababidi)

Hey guys! I know, I've been radio silent, and they are so many other things I could (and probably should) tell you guys about, but instead, I wanted to let y'al...

After a Shower (Cigarettes and Chafed Thighs)

This is where I got it. Deal with it. I got a job pushing carts for Walmart recently and, yeah, I know, a punk rocker working at Walmart is like finding a tic o...

Red Sky (original acoustic)

Here's a song I wrote about a lot of different things. It's very difficult to explain so I'll not get into it just right now tonight. That's me playing keyboard...

Rachel (Fifty Word Short)

You had me run, seven years to Leah, seven years back. You pursed your lips at my proposals, and batted your painted, half-shut eyelids, sealed the chapter I br...

Steemit Open Mic Week 89 — Shine Down (original song)

Here's a fun song I dug out of the past for this week’s openmic. I clearly remember the morning I wrote this. I think it sounds pretty good on my 12-String. ---...

Steem Wars Episode 4: Calamity Abounds

The trouble with being a Time Lord is that you don't need a good memory: if you want to recollect something, you just travel back in time. Despite having a spar...

Steem Wars, Mission 2: Part 7: The Goofy Looking Beings Strike Back! (Comedy Open Mic Rd. 17, Entry 2)

This is Part 7 of a community-written, sci-fi parody serial! Part 1: Steem Wars: Be There or Be Square, by @tanglebranch Part 2: Hip to be Square, by @negativer...