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.
After a Veterans of Foreign…
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….fixated with a concentrated stare listening to the Veteran of Foreign Wars spin a youthful tale recounting an event involving individuals only a few years older than they were at this precise…
By Marc OBrien
Read More…took a sip of wine and sighed. He looked around the city centre restaurant and smiled to himself. This was such a lovely evening. There was nothing like a night…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreThis is a story about a young…
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…dark and intoxicating but you and I both know that I am your girl; the girl who can take anything you bring forth. I have fought by your…
By Kylla Makena
Read More…always been a fan of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet and writer. Despite growing up hundreds of miles south of the Scottish border, in the North West of England, I just felt a connection somehow. As an aspiring writer, I admired his mastery of language. I admired Robbie Burns as I did Walter Scott, William…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreA story of one childhood Christmas.
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…like every kid, Christmas was such a special, magical time. The two weeks off work were just so delightful. There was the food: the chocolates, the Christmas dinner, the mince…
By Chris Platt
Read More…first thought was that it happened during that enchanting twilight moment just before slipping beyond the perceptions of awareness into and under the spell of sleep. But, did…
By Fran Pearce
Read More…sixtieth birthday party was the typical family get-together. Family members and friends crammed into their large semi-detached house in Chorlton. Her and my Uncle Paul prided themselves…
By Chris Platt
Read More…liked her name. She didn't feel particularly joyful most of the time. On the other hand, for part of the time on most days she felt pretty good. She had two small children, a husband with a decent job, and she herself worked part-time in retail. She was thirty years…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read MoreStory told first hand…
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…I've never seen a bear in the wild." Two Pair said sitting next to me at the poker…
By Judge Santiago Burdon
Read MoreWhen a pandemic decimates the…
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…digging the grave for his deceased best friend, Dave Drake, put aside the shovel he had been using and stuck it into the ground. Layne stretched. He heard and felt his spine pop in three different places…
By Ken King
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