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Desires of a Sinful Heart

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 Paul Neglia 646 Views 6 Comments black, fade, hate, Hell, obscured, ruin, shade, sinful, woe

Desires of a Sinful Heart The valley lights they never fade Yet darkness washes over me Remote my place, His

Novel Excerpt Poetry

The Prince and the Slave

April 15, 2017April 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 551 Views 4 Comments beauty, excerpt, prince, recompense, vanity, witch

CONTO 1 So vain was he, his mirrored reflection such a pleasure, he saw not the impediments nor the treasures

Creative Writing Novel Excerpt

‘The View from the Shed’, Ch 30, excerpt…Stillness of Heart

April 9, 2017 Tony DeLorger 493 Views 2 Comments balance, calm, excerpt, meditation, stillness, stress

CHAPTER THIRTY…Stillness of Heart The shed looks forlorn from my window, its rickety wood structure and rusting tin a testament

Fiction Poetry Rhyming Verse

Cold Nights and the Desert

March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 1057 Views 13 Comments alone, Dark, desert, PTSD, shadows, war

Tis the soul that is lost in the pillars of sand Tis the ready acumen of dismantling life, where we

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

Appease the Gods and Live, The Oga’s Tale

March 16, 2017 Tony DeLorger 533 Views 2 Comments knowledge, Oga, poem, seers, virgins, volcano

CONTO 1 A small island in Polynesia sat peacefully in a sea of pure aquamarine, a virtual paradise, a beautiful

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

What the Seer Does See

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Tony DeLorger 570 Views 3 Comments delusions, light, poetry, seer, story, truth

What the Seer Does See CONTO 1 In a land far from mind and dream, lived a fat and indolent

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

The Battle, Sun and Moon, CONTO 2

March 12, 2017 Tony DeLorger 497 Views 2 Comments balance, envious moon, heavens, poem, story, sun and moon

The battle, over…. CONTO 2 So day and night became the plight of sun and moon, contiguous steps in nature’s

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

The Battle, Sun and Moon

March 11, 2017March 12, 2017 Tony DeLorger 600 Views 6 Comments day and night, no victory, poem, story, tale, warriors

Waist deep in barley stalks, the warrior strode toward an unknown foe, and above, half the sky of risen moon

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

Of Fire and Brimstone, of Faith and Belief CONTO 2, 3

March 11, 2017 Tony DeLorger 496 Views 3 Comments belief, faith, judgement, love, poetry, story

Of Fire and Brimstone, of Faith and Belief CONTO 2 The young maiden grew into a beautiful woman, her heart

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

Of Fire and Brimstone, of Faith and Belief

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1157 Views 6 Comments fire, gift, Healer, maiden, poetry, saved

Of Fire and Brimstone, of Faith and Belief CONTO 1 A peasant girl had a way with herbs, a

Inspirational Fiction Poetry

Out of Depth and Seeking Ground…a poetic story of place

March 10, 2017 Tony DeLorger 800 Views 2 Comments acceptance, depth, life, place, reponsibility, story

Out of Depth and Seeking Ground CONTO 1 The tempest waned, and she alone in an ocean, was desperate to

Fiction Flash Fiction

Golden Link – Flash Fiction

March 7, 2017August 5, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 464 Views 4 Comments choices, Eternal love, friend, golden link, love, near sea

There is Always a Golden Link Somewhere … Sometimes people make a choice and really believe it is the right

Fiction Flash Fiction

Till Death Do Us Part

March 4, 2017March 4, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 813 Views 8 Comments ceremony, eternity, love, promise, till death, wedding vows

Till Death Do Us Part The words he spoke gave her chills. They had written their own wedding vows and

Essay Novel Excerpt

‘The View from the Shed’ excerpt Chapter 19, Freedom

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 Tony DeLorger 616 Views 2 Comments compromises, excerpt, freedom, limitations, society, thought

‘The View from the Shed’ excerpt CHAPTER NINETEEN Freedom My son hadn’t been in the shed for months, and I’m

Essay Novel Excerpt

‘The View from the Shed’ excerpt, Chapter 13 Loneliness-Sensitivity

February 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 559 Views 2 Comments excerpt, interaction, life, Loneliness, love, perspective

Summer has this innate sibilant sound, like the high pitched rasping of a cicada, and even without them I seem

Essay Novel Excerpt

‘The View from the Shed’ excerpt, Ch 7 Good-Evil-Balance

February 25, 2017 Tony DeLorger 607 Views 4 Comments balance, circumstance, excerpt, good-evil, importance, morality

CHAPTER SEVEN Good and Evil/Balance Some days I just cannot stop writing, it’s as if my soul is being driven,

Novel Excerpt

A View From the Shed’….excerpt Ch 25 Desire/Happiness

February 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 490 Views 2 Comments acceptance, desire, excerpt, happiness, knowledge, the now

I stare outside through my office window, unwilling to go to the shed, my once favorite place of thought and

Novel Excerpt

‘The View From The Shed’…novel excerpt. Ch26

February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 Tony DeLorger 386 Views 2 Comments contentment, control, discipline/structure, excerpt, life, order

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Discipline/Structure Without discipline we are a mass of fractured thoughts and whims, searching in vein for resolution, but

Memoir Novel Excerpt

‘A View From The Shed’…an excerpt

February 7, 2017 Tony DeLorger 658 Views 7 Comments excerpt, journey, life, perspective, psychological, spiritual

‘The View From The Shed’…an excerpt A Psychological and Spiritual Journey into Perspective …. Chapter Nine: Perspective/Introspection ‘In Acceptance… A

Memoir Novel Excerpt

Harold Be Thy Name…a novel excerpt

February 1, 2017April 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 628 Views 3 Comments kids, nature, Novel excerpt, sixties, wonder, youth

A flashback of Australian childhood, a personal account during Christmas holidays in the early sixties, and an excerpt from

Creative Writing Novel Excerpt Rhyming Verse

Growing Kings: A Brother’s Plea

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Paul Neglia 576 Views 5 Comments brother, freedom, judge, knig, names, soldier, war

You think I do not want a simpleton’s way Father chose me to

Fiction Flash Fiction

The Shoes

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 Will Starr 619 Views 6 Comments flash fiction, shoe sale, shoes, street sale, Will Starr

Author’s note: The following was my response to a flash fiction challenge to compose a story about a picture of

Fiction Historical Fiction

Great Smoky Mountains Folk – Thomas Callahan

January 10, 2017September 14, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 939 Views 13 Comments Cherokee, forgiveness, granpa, mountain folk, Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains See Hell Bent For Leather for the first story about the Callahans. ~~ Thomas Callahan was true

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