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.
…know you are talented and you deserve that but due to your carelessness, you came second in the dance competition," Nayan’s mom scolds, “Had you focused, you wouldn't have missed that dance step. I am really sad. I've called your dance teacher and you better get up before 4 in the morning. From 4:30 am, he'll be training you till 8:00…
By Moin Uddin
Read More…was early on a particular Thursday morning in Far Rockaway that things went awry, and he was angry. About what? Take your pick: Old Age, no children to care about him, the love of his life lost, pick one and you’ll probably be right. When you’re eighty-eight and pissed off, it doesn’t matter…
By Bennie Rosa
Read MoreThis story traces a foreign national who comes in the country pretending to be a pastor while abusing young boys. It is a story about homophobia.
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…lies on a burning pyre, a heap of sweltering petrol-doused tyres, logs, two litres bottles, and plastic rubbles beneath his back. White sparks float in his vision but the mercy of unconsciousness doesn’t come. Not even the mercy of an abrupt death comes to save him from the torment. His throat…
By Keketso Mashigo
Read More…telephone. He chatted away about the party he was throwing. He declared to his friends that they ‘were really gonna dig my new housemate.’ I laughed to myself. He was a real character. I hung my clothes up and stacked my books neatly on the shelf. With my row of books in place and my typewriter set up, it felt…
By Chris Platt
Read More…smiled in the narrow hallway. She beamed as she looked around. Stephen and Carol grinned at her excitement. Moving house was more exhausting than exciting for parents than children, they thought. Stephen looked to the endless amount of boxes that would need unpacking. It would take weeks and weeks for them to settle in. Still, he told himself, it would be worth it. They hoped that the house on…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreA subtle look at recruitment and deception.
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…the doctor’s floor to ceiling window, 2 stages of the latest Apollo rocket were being towed to a service bay along a tarmac. “There’s nothing up there, just stars, and if there was something - they'd let us…
By Derek Nyberg
Read More…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
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