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.
Young Paulie is giving the unevitable task…
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…the lovely Gratitude Day dinner served under the sun’s guidance Paulie was informed that the in laws were to return in a couple of weeks for the festive party that his family held every December 24th. Before all the guests departed, they were giving a small piece of paper. Paulie’s handwritten message…
By Marc OBrien
Read MorePartly fact, shrouded in fiction.
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…had turned ten, just eleven days before that fateful car ride home. We were coming back from Big Daryl’s annual Chrysler dealership Christmas party. My dad was a salesman there, Big Daryl my Uncle. I spent my childhood surrounded by hemi engines and Alcoholic men. That night I got into the car and fell…
By C.L. Norby
Read MoreWere writers and artists somehow reaching from beyond the grave to complete their work?
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…Why don’t we just say it in plain English’”. “Chris explains, we checked it out with six different focus groups. 80% thought the Latin phrase was intriguing, catchy, and more likely to attract attention than the other fifty phrases they were asked to evaluate. They also thought Latin sounded more important…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreIt is 3 a.m. The campus is quiet and…
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…campus is quiet and deserted. Fred, the graveyard shift janitor, pushes his yellow cart carrying his mop, broom, and cleaning supplies from room to room. His job is monotonous and not real challenging, but it provides Fred…
By Pete Black
Read More…Bill, I agree. That is indeed a poor name choice for a minor league baseball team, but that’s beside the point. The Fanatics have to pull something off here against the Hicksville Green Socks, or this game is over. It’s the bottom of the second and the Fanatics’ catcher is running out to the mound to discuss the…
By John (Jr.) Cravens
Read MoreJanice had a serious crush on Bennie in high school. She has never forgotten him. They meet again at their 20th high-school reunion.
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…was always Bennie in high school. Bennie was handsome, smart, a star athlete, popular with everyone, and Janice loved him, or thought she loved him. At least she had a crush on him, and that must be the same as love, or so she decided when she was sixteen and a…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read More…drive with the top down, taking in the California sun as we race up The I-15 North. We leave Riverside without a word to anyone. Everyone there disagrees with our relationship. So we leave to go where Money, sex, and power matter above all else. Its these three that are worshipped here like the wholly trinity. They make up the three executive branches that govern said…
By C.L. Norby
Read More…drew back the curtain and peered outside. The streetlight cast an eerie halo around the street where no one lived. Everyone had moved out weeks ago, but Lottie had stood firm, refusing all offers of compensation. She enjoyed being a thorn in the side of the developers…
By Sheena Billett
Read More…was flaked out on the sofa watching the wresting. This was how he spent most of his evenings. When he had finished watching that week’s shows he would watch a DVD of a classic main event. His focus on the action on screen was disturbed when his mobile phone rang. He paused the television. On screen the wrestler was frozen mid-air, drop kicking his opponent. Sam’s friend Phil was on the phone, a lad…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreHandling fame
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…these people? It's only five friends in 'my' house. They wanted to meet you. They've read all your books and wanted to meet the famous Santiago. I met them at the Bookstore when I was going over the information for your reading Saturday with the manager. You were suppose to have been…
By Judge Santiago Burdon
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