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 narrator has difficulty renewing her Writer's License.
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…been issued my Writer's License on my birthday, July 15, during the previous year. Now it was time, I noticed, to renew the license, a license I had barely used. Still, if I intended to write again, I would need to traipse down to the license bureau, the same bureau that issued driver's licenses, license…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read More…the day of his thirtieth birthday, Nicholas Daring sits at a non-descript wooden office table in a small room, an open safe deposit box in front of him. Anticipation has brought him this far and now he hesitates to pull out the contents of the container. It had been thirteen years since his father’s mysterious…
By Ellen Bennett
Read MoreThe roaring '20's brought Wall Street to the attention of the common man…
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…filled the air. America was on the move. Jobs were plentiful, Detroit had just reported record sales of cars, and money was flowing freely under the watchful eye of our quiet President. In the investment world, whispers of sure things were on the lips of the well-heeled on tony Country Club…
By Fred Miller
Read MoreIn an era of no female civil engineers, Emily led the world's largest suspension bridge…
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…tears in his eyes, Washington Roebling watched through his telescope as his wife Emily rode in a carriage across the newly completed Brooklyn Bridge. On her lap was a rooster, a symbol of…
By Pete Black
Read MoreA mirror can reflect the beginning and ending
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…the courthouse, Dale walked down the steps behind Sue. He wanted to say something to her, but he knew Sue did not want to talk to him, plus she was on the arm of another man. Once Dale got into his vehicle and started driving down the road, he felt lost in his hurt, anger, and…
By Nancy Lou Henderson
Read MoreA grandmother suddenly has to take care of her three grandchildren.
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…daughter showed up one fine summer day at her mother's house in Ashleyville, Ohio. Catherine had not been the model daughter Agatha wanted, but she was her only daughter. Agatha, now seventy and a widow, had not seen Catherine or her grandchildren for…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read More…pushed open the creaking metal gate and went into the builder’s yard. He almost tripped over a pile of bricks as he crossed the cluttered yard. Movement caught his eye. He turned to see an Alsatian dog running straight towards him. He swore and raised his arms in an attempt to protect himself from the impending mauling. He closed his eyes as the beast neared, feeling the hot breath of the…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreThe feeling when everyone in the neighborhood knows what's going on except you.
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…was one of those gorgeous spring days, so Sam was on his patio enjoying a cold drink and reading through his emails on his phone when he heard…
By Tom Kastanotis
Read MoreA pastor and a social worker find comfort in each other after the death of a school shooter disrupts their lives.
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…put on his collar in the bathroom and said a few prayers. Outside he saw more and more protesters gathering with signs demanding the funeral be called off. Jack put his coat on and walked outside. He had no idea how the protesters found out about the private…
By Nathan Perrin
Read MoreAgatha bemoans the way old people are treated. Then she performs an act of bravery.
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…had just celebrated her 85th birthday, and she was unhappy, as she told her friend Veronica, who at 75 was a lot…
By Anita G. Gorman
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