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.
…drummed his fingers impatiently on the glass counter as he waited for the store owner to appear with the monthly payment. People called it protection money, the law labelled it demanding money with menaces, but as far as Tony was concerned, the money the firm collected was like paying insurance. Bars, shops and bookmakers, paid so that bad things didn’t happen to…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreJackie, there's virtually nobody on our…
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…the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers was deeply concerned that there were no black players in major league baseball. He knew baseball needed to change, but he knew it would be challenging to break the color barrier. He was willing to take the risk. Rickey’s challenge: to find…
By Pete Black
Read MoreAll The Christmas Secrets Have Been Unwrapped…
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…young Paulie ran out the front porch door to his designated spot in the carriage. He made sure the wrapping paper that disguised the true contents underneath the Christmas tree was thrown away. Now the decorative scene revealed a fresh image but had the same festive photogenic picture despite no…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreYoung 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
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