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.
A fictional narrative of historical events that occured in the nineteenth century United States of America during the subjucation of the native population.
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…three years absent, I have returned to the Oklahoma Indian Reservation to be with my people, to die with them, as I have lived, loved and suffered with them. It is the winter of…
By John O'Donovan
Read More“Safe Harbor” is a story about a young woman's journey to find her true identity after her mother dies. It's also a story about love, Mother Earth, and living without fear.
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….docked alongside the pier. The ride from Long Beach had been choppy as the boat bounced over swells; passengers stumbled on deck and spilled drinks while waves hammered the…
By DC Diamondopolous
Read MoreMy story is about a pilot stranded alone in the frozen Mongolian tundra
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…gonna die. My plane is on fire and I’m about to crash into the frozen Mongolian
tundra. I look for somewhere to put my one-engine plane down. There’s a small patch…
By Brad Kollus
Read More…headmaster, Mr Keegan, looked down at us from the stage. We stared back. This was it. One last bullshit assembly and we were free. The middle aged man from leafy Cheshire glared at the hundred Salford kids. Both sides thinking the same thing. Not long now. After one last assembly we’d be done with each other. We would no longer be pupils of St Mary’s. He could get back to enforcing his petty rules on unruly children…
By Chris Platt
Read More…returning from an advertisement photo shoot, Anushka sees her poster which was posted on the electric pole on a road, she was terrified. Her eyes were wide open; the passerby stopped each time to glance at her poster. Some said what a whore she is. Few said models are bitch, especially female…
By Moin Uddin
Read MoreThe story is an excerpt from "The Trump Chronicles." It is a fantasy based on current events. "What happens if Donald Trump wins the 2020 election?"
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…his dog Pepe Rolando in honor of his best friend who was martyred by members of the Divine Life Church. The church believed God sent the virus. The mission of the church was to help…
By Lee Balan
Read More…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
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