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I wrote this at 2 am on a Tuesday. This poem is pure emotion bound only by my words. Read More
Reflections after a recent visit to a cemetery on All Saints night. If you find the topic of death unsettling or unduly depressing or it touches you too nearly because of recent loss these verses may not be suitable. Read More
When crops and animals start mysteriously dying, the princes of all four kingdoms must band together and figure out the reason why. Threatened with lies, betrayal, death, and magic, these four boys must believe in each other and try to come out on top. “Mistakes have been made and someone… Read More
I'm starting to get a little weak now. I'm not sure how much longer I can continue with this narrative, but I will try. My energy is definitely waning. I hope I make it to the finish line. Oh, well, I think this is the end of the race for… Read More

Tags: death, life, history

Just remembering those who did not live long enough to see the light. Read More
Jack Morris had always felt like the black sheep in his family. Where his siblings had gone on to bigger things, Jack had floated, unsure of what he wanted or how he could even find it. But that all changed. Read More

Short Story / Other

October 29, 2024

you are 8 years old, and the death of your brother still feels as fresh as the soil on his grave, as raw as your mother's throat and the papercut on your finger. Read More

Tags: death

Poem / Romance

October 28, 2024

Reads: 168

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: love, death, life, poem, sad

These are some writings I found amongst many people. When I rewrote them, I found out what they really are... Read More

Tags: horror, death, true, real, gory

Short Story / Horror

October 26, 2024

For a long time I had been embraced by Fear and Fear only. I thought that I was paranoid, but now I know that my fears were with a reason. . . Read More

Poem / Poetry

October 18, 2024

Reads: 271

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry from my book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, available on Amazon.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur5pZxbd7hE Read More

Tags: death, anxiety, worry

Featured Review by don bryant

"I relate to this one, Thomas. My mom was a classic worry wart ,too, even worrying she'd run out of things to worry about. I'm the opposite, than..." Read More

Dedicated to Charles F. Johnson (1947-2013) who died on July 13, 2013 Read More
A group of teens find themselves trapped in a house of horrors, fighting for their lives. May add more, may just leave it depending if anyone wants me to continue. Read More
What I am about to write is the future being told in the past. These are my last words, since to-morrow I will jump in the sea and remain for eternity. This is a story of pain... of cruelty... a story of the horrible future. Read More
Life is wasted on the living... Read More
I might have been the witness of a cannibal taking it out on a dead person. There is only one thing that doesn't make sense. Read More
It was not a bundle of rags on the church lawn that Sunday morning. It was the body of a man known to most of the parish: dead of exposure overnight. Some members of the parish thought they had done all they could. Some thought they could have done more.… Read More

Short Story / Horror

October 07, 2024

I was stupid. I did what I shouldn't have done. But pain made me do it, and now someone has to know the actual story... Read More
This sporting challenge is a short story of less than 250 words that describes an attempt to climb the summit of a mountain in the Himalayas and survival under life-threatening conditions. Read More
What would it be like to speak with one’s parents who passed away? Read More

Tags: death, sadness, heaven

Dark ragged and gagged she clambered over the bridge of the dawn Read More

Tags: love, death, life, dreams

James Oliver Evans is a thirteen year old boy, living a normal life in Britain. He is very lonely though, and has almost nothing to do. No wonder, it's 1973, you couldn't open your laptop and watch some videos to kill time back then. He then finds a new type… Read More
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