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.
…waited in the queue. He peered down the snaking line of people. The book shop was full of people, all clutching books and all eager to get a glimpse of the famous visitor. It wasn’t every day that one of the best selling horror writers came to the city. Jamie had read every Herbert Rice novel, often devouring it in one sitting on the day of publication. Nobody told stories like he did. As far as Jamie, and a lot of other…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreBe careful of what you steal.
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…cosmic rule says that a man who steals wallets should in turn be terrified by the very items he swiped? I am one of the greatest pickpockets you’ll never meet. Throughout my apartment you’ll find piles of wallets I’ve stolen. They’re testaments of my…
By Steven Roisum
Read MoreYou are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream. George learned to read at age 98.
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…recruiter, knocked on the door of the small, dilapidated house in south Dallas. He informed the older gentleman who answered the door that adult literacy classes were being offered a few…
By Pete Black
Read More…few weeks after his grandfather’s funeral Tony’s parents invited him and his sister over for a take away. Tony had agreed straight away. If it involved beer and curry, he’d replied, then count me in. He found his sister Sarah and his parents in the kitchen. His dad greeted him and handed him a…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreThe morning after 300 people suddenly drop dead for no apparent reason, a young man walks into a police…
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…hours since the first confirmed reports hit the news of people just dropping dead for no apparent reason, a total of 357 known fatalities had been reported by the authorities. Spanning four states, with Southern New Jersey being hit the hardest, the victims had absolutely nothing in common with…
By Michael Fright
Read MoreThe Stranger in Chock-Full-o’Nuts is the story of the beginning of a love affair between a young woman and a much older man. It is the man who possesses the aura of the supernatural.
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…as a struggling young actress, I first lived in the city, I had worked for a while as an office temp. After several months, I got a job on the morning shift in Chock-Full-o’Nuts on 57th Street and Eighth…
By Antoinette Carone
Read MoreMinoru is trapped working in a brothel in turn of the century Japan. But he has a dream to come to America. He…
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….early morning at a house of prostitution in a small city in the southern part of the island of Honshu, Japan. The year is 1910. Shizuko, a beautiful woman in her late thirties, prepares breakfast. Her 17-year-old son Minoru opens the door and is carrying cordwood for the kitchen stove. The morning is cold and both Shizuko and Minoru wear…
By Anonymous
Read MoreThis story traces the life of a traditional healer tasked by her ancestors to find grief-healing…
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…month-long journey from Madjembeni—a small scenic village that flowed with fresh water. The water smelled of fish and pebbles in Bushbuckridge to the waterverse. It also smelled of cows and wild animals because that’s where they also…
By Keketso Mashigo
Read More…peered around his computer monitor. His manager, at the desk facing his, glanced away from his own screen. He raised a what is it? eyebrow.
‘Am I okay to finish half an hour early tonight?’
His manager paused a moment before telling him it was fine. Peter had expected that…
By Chris Platt
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