The Abstract Art Gallery
A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
The close-knit McClanahan clan became an American family in 1890, with Lady Liberty as witness. Thirty-one immigrants, from bodachs to the bairn—old men to the babies, in the parlance of their new language—eventually …
By CraigE
Read MoreThen I was new. And so was everything happening around me. My first shock was the sight of a female remedial student who boldly pulled a male colleague student to herself, locking him in a tight embrace while imitating an ongoing…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreHe’s lived in Nigeria. The source of many of the scary stories he told us. I’ve always wondered what took him…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read More‘Shorty’ Jim McGinty traded his .577 caliber rifle for a sledgehammer as the reunited states of America followed the massive destruction of the Civil War with the massive construction of a coast-to-coast transportation system powered by steam…
By CraigE
Read More“The drums are now awake
I’m forced to pause eating and listen
Inspiration has hit the rhythm
Fire will talk to our …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreOn a July 7th,1867, afternoon in New Mexico territory, fighting a dry sandpaper wind and with old sol blistering down hot enough to make a lizard sweat, prospector D. B. Adams wiped his furrowed forehead with a handkerchief …
By CraigE
Read MoreTemperatures are rising…
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While walking home after grade promotion graduation, Paulie bumped into a young lady surveying the sidewalk servicing the…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreLester Greenwald had an electric train set at 5; then again at 55—he had to find a hobby or be slowly driven mad by boredom and a nagging housewife when business was slow. Because he worked from home there was no …
By CraigE
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