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.
…a snowy afternoon in the small town – the location of the largest horse auction east of the Mississippi every Monday for more than 50 years. Almost 400 horses were sold that afternoon. The last bidder had been the kill buyer. His horses would be ground up for dog food, and their hooves melted for…
By Pete Black
Read MoreA man helps resurrect his sister's literary magazine
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…spaces are fickle.
One day my sister Nancy’s online…
By Yash Seyedbagheri
Read More…was a lovely panorama, Dolores thought, her mind turning as peacefully as did her kayak. Here she saw the nearby woods, its autumnal scarlets and ochres mirrored in the millpond, the white birch trunks making wiggly stripes in the dark water. In a moment, a current or breeze caught the bow, pivoting her view to the far meadow and hillside of golden grasses, then the dam. Below, the stream…
By Don Noel
Read MoreEvery person has that one thing they love to do. For Oliver that is running. He would run everywhere and then one day he ceased to run at all. Maybe the artist will know why.
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…euphoric happiness of freedom he felt whilst running. He’d run the four miles to work his shift as a bartender and run home too. On his day off, he’d jog to the beach and dash through the breaking waves, a blissful smile on his face. Oliver never trained to be a sprinter; it was the distance he…
By Mason Bushell
Read More…look at that picture – I can still smell the starch. That uniform was so stiff, if I turned this way or that, I would go this way and it would go that. Lord, Jesus. Hmm. My sister Ardella took it. My first day on the floor at People's General. She said, “Corrine, you look like an angel sent to save the world.” I believe I believed her too. Look at me. So proud. So…
By Shawn Cassidy
Read More…was running for his life.
The Sun was falling and he had to get to the Ocean before he was engulfed in Its Flames.
Just as he reached the shore…
By Alexander Zoltai
Read More…was country; in fact, she was as country as it gets. Her demeanor however belied her status. As Chairman of the Biology Department her presentations often resulted in raised eyebrows and rolled eyes. Yeah, she was country; and damned proud of…
By Robert L. Scarry
Read More…muttered as he watched the beautiful raven-haired woman, he followed from the bar standing alone on the beach as she took off her white dress and walked to the water’s edge and stood waiting. He called out to her, but she didn’t hear him over the wind and crashing…
By Lawson Wallace
Read MoreThis piece is a description of the horrific fires in Australia, recently.
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…jaundiced sky, bats and crows flew in uncertain directions at dusk. A blaze over the tall gum trees was a telltale sign, suggesting the end of time. The fire grew. The creatures of the forest, the possums, and…
By Mehreen Ahmed
Read More…he stands with the ease of one who spends his work days standing in classrooms. Because a resident of the capital, he’s one of the few who can keep doing his day job at least part-time. He shrugged into his plaid sports jacket as he left school this noon, having met with four classes before yielding to a substitute, and arrived just as the session was gaveled to…
By Don Noel
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