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.
In nations and societies undergoing religious and generational changes, the courage of the youth may be carrying the most of the societal burden.
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…square paving stones lay in successive arcs around the steps to Taksim Park. Fanning across this broad space, they shone white in the warm…
By Gene Parola
Read MoreWith its guarded prickly stem a rose needs courage to fend off the…
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…puttering in the field Poppa found a rose that was trying to find life despite the weeds creating an ugly setting wanting beauty to…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreElvis responded, “I drive a truck for the Crown Electric Company.” Bond…
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…sat nervously sipping a coke at a corner table with his girlfriend. He was excited to have a chance to audition as a singer with the band playing on stage. For a moment, Elvis was back in eighth grade, failing music. The only class he ever failed. His teacher told him he did not have an aptitude for singing…
By Pete Black
Read More“1929” is the story of a man who lost his fortune in the stock market crash and with it his…
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…was not an impulsive man. He’d given it a lot of thought—his decision final. He stood atop the Savings and Exchange Bank in the financial district of Los Ange-les. The wide box toes of his oxfords suspended over the roof’s ledge. Ten stories high, with no awning to catch a leg, the sidewalk empty, there would be…
By DC Diamondopolous
Read MoreThe chauffeur of a mysterious limousine takes Marjorie to places where she misbehaved in the past.
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…was in the middle of washing dishes in her tiny kitchen when her smart phone beeped at her. She liked calling it her smart-aleck phone. The beep signaled a new text…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read MoreThe tail-section of the plane broke off on impact and resurfaced about 30 yards…
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…not many Americans who remember the name Arland Williams. Air Florida Flight 90 crewmember Kelly Duncan, and passengers Patricia Felch, Priscilla Tirado, Joseph Stiley and Bert Hamilton will never forget his name, nor the sacrifices he made…
By Pete Black
Read More…men like Dad, they don’t make ‘em anymore. You know what I mean? Kiss wife, through door, sit at desk, dogmatically shuffle wire paperclips for forty-odd…
By Bungler Bill
Read More…decided to become happy, she was not exactly sure how to make that come about. She had often immersed herself in the dregs of misery, and she was acutely aware of the consequences, which were not good at all. Most of the time she felt depressed and hopeless, as did, she noticed, most of…
By Anita G. Gorman
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