Fiction

Brain Salad Surgery
Introduction I have an irrational dislike for the number thirteen, and I have entered thirteen stories into the Vocal Painted Prose Challenge that you can read about below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Art
Longing and Loss. Content Warning.
Once, in a quaint little town nestled amidst rolling hills and blooming meadows, there lived a young girl named Lily. She had a heart as delicate as a rose petal and a spirit as vibrant as a field of wildflowers. Lily's days were spent frolicking amidst the fragrant blossoms, her laughter echoing through the air like a sweet melody.
By corkybella3 years ago in Art
"The Enchanted Masquerade."
Once upon a time in a small village nestled among rolling green hills, there lived a young girl named Lily. Lily was an imaginative and curious child, always seeking adventure in the world around her. Her favorite place to play was an old, abandoned theater at the edge of town. The theater had fallen into disrepair, but its faded grandeur still captured Lily's heart.
By F.A Weedor3 years ago in Art
"Fierce Femininity"
"Fierce Femininity": In a world where strength is often associated with masculinity, "Fierce Femininity" tells a captivating story of women who redefine power with their unyielding spirit and unwavering determination. This vocal media story delves into the lives of extraordinary women who embrace their femininity as a source of power, breaking free from societal norms and embracing their true potential.
By delna ora3 years ago in Art
Candles
“So, what would you like?” the woman behind the glass counter asked in Greek. “Erm,” Julian began, “can I please get a Freddo, a…cherry Loux”, he paused dramatically, examining of the counter’s contents, “two spanakopites and a sokolatopita”.
By Louis T3 years ago in Art
The Art Professor's Tale
The Art Professors Tale Part 1 Strands of long black hair fell from his lowered head hovering above the teak wood adorning the top of the desk. Worn hands failed to conceal the unsteadiness he felt inside as they shuffled through papers. Fingers filled with tremors of his emotions lingered on individual pages before moving on to the next. Eyes unable to focus through the blur of his thoughts stared blankly at words written in meter and verse.
By The Invisible Writer3 years ago in Art
The Houseguest
Not every adventure or quest requires a journey, just the decision to say yes. She knows this the way she knows which herbs to use to summon a gentle rain and which to encourage the most violent of storms.
By Kylie T3 years ago in Art
The Curator
"Well, it's not going to win any medals, if you ask me." "Most artists don't." "To whom do I owe the privilege of this work of "Art'?
By ChristopherWrites3 years ago in Art
Love and Pain
“Don’t leave me,” he sobbed, clutching her around the waist and burying his face in her lap. He was doubled over in pain, hiding his face, his tears dampening her thin nightgown. He grasped her tightly as if he would never let her go.
By Jenifer Nim3 years ago in Art
A Boy with Monsters
Niko scanned the dimly lit dining room where his relatives had gathered. They all sang “Happy Birthday” slightly off-key as his dad brought over a cake shaped like a baseball with two flickering candles on top. Niko’s gaze fixated on the wax candles shaped into the numbers one and three, their flames dancing with a gentle breeze. When the song ended, and the cake was placed before him, Niko closed his eyes and extinguished the two candles with a single breath. Smoke swirled around him as his family erupted in cheers and applause.
By Timberly Price3 years ago in Art
Loose Bearings
*DING* *DING* *Ding* *di-ding* *ing-ing-ing* A bell whimpered on its string as a young woman burst inside a liquor store. She shoplifted a pair of red sunglasses then found the second cabinet along the near wall. She plucked an armful of glass 40s and dumped it on the counter.
By david love3 years ago in Art
From Below the Cloud
Here, on this cloud. No better place to be, than here, on this cloud. To look down below and see my love, who once loved me, walking along the green hills with another man’s hand in hers. But saying another man would be incorrect. For here, laying on this cloud and speaking, is a being of half-man half-animal. My legs replaced with a beast’s hind legs of burnt umber colored fur and hooves clicking instead of calm flat feet. And when my hands brush the delicate waves of the hair on my head, the curled horns bar my fingers. I am strong, that is true, but inside I am as soft as the faint song heard from a Blue Bird singing far within the spring-morning mountains. And the only way the people hear this song, is not when they look at me or hear me speak like an ordinary man speaks, it is when I play. When I press my lips gently against the wooden flute and pour all that is within me out through the wooden holes, then, out comes my song. A sad song. A song of loneliness and of love never felt and given, and acceptance never received. And when the people are in town and can hear this song playing in the distance, they follow it. Follow it through the village, across the bridge and up towards the green hills. And then they see me. Me, playing this song. And no matter how sweet the song is and how far they have traveled to be close to it, when they see me all the curiosity and delight on their faces disappear and they hurriedly walk away, leaving me alone to play my sad song.
By Katheleen3 years ago in Art