Fictional Prose
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Short stories and chapters from books and novels
This category is for fictional prose. These are original short stories or chapters from books and novels. The prose in this section covers all genres and subjects. Fiction based prose allows writers to post fantasy stories which are not written in verse, providing an outlet for free flowing thoughts and ideas, outside of poetic structure.
Cipher_O
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:22am
Yesterday 7:22am
A Suicide of Crows (CH20)
Chapter Twenty
Chicago East Side, NBP Gym
I
The Natural Born Poet Gym,
located on Chicago’s East Side,
a hotbed of crime and gang activity,
according to the media and law
enforcement, however, I would point
to the time when billionaire funded
violent extremists ignited violence
across the country.
They tried to invade Chicago and
the “gangs” weren’t having it.
They made people proud to be
American.
Something to consider. ...
Chicago East Side, NBP Gym
I
The Natural Born Poet Gym,
located on Chicago’s East Side,
a hotbed of crime and gang activity,
according to the media and law
enforcement, however, I would point
to the time when billionaire funded
violent extremists ignited violence
across the country.
They tried to invade Chicago and
the “gangs” weren’t having it.
They made people proud to be
American.
Something to consider. ...
#shadows
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gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Daniel Long
Poem Published
5th May 2025 5:51pm
5th May 2025 5:51pm
Turn The Page: Chapter Four: Withdrawals and Flashbacks
Terry wasn't sleeping. Beads of sweat coated her bare body beneath the dampened sheets. And tremors throughout her body twitching her arms and legs at their joints.
Terry was mostly awake when an eyelid creaked open and a blurred crucifix on the wall came into focus. Then the extraordinary happened, an hallucination, the cross was on fire. The flames licking and blackening the yellow wallpaper around it.
Terry squeezed her eyes shut as she remembered past hallucinations when she was withdrawing. Never like the euphoric psychedelic mushrooms she had taken in the past where...
Terry was mostly awake when an eyelid creaked open and a blurred crucifix on the wall came into focus. Then the extraordinary happened, an hallucination, the cross was on fire. The flames licking and blackening the yellow wallpaper around it.
Terry squeezed her eyes shut as she remembered past hallucinations when she was withdrawing. Never like the euphoric psychedelic mushrooms she had taken in the past where...
#Christian
#God
#hope
#LifeChangingMoment
#religion
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
5th May 2025 4:18pm
5th May 2025 4:18pm
A Suicide of Crows (CH19)
Chapter Nineteen
Germany, School of the Skull, Open Mic Poetry Night
I
A ruckus crowd, rivaling that of any
fight crowd, hyped from LadyMayDay’s
performance, cheered on her very brave
offspring.
BabyPoet.
A spunky dervish of a youth, Baby
learned to write very early and it
was off and running from there.
Lady kept all of Baby’s writings
safely in a safe.
II
She always got nervous at these
things, even after baptism by
fire and becoming a regular ...
Germany, School of the Skull, Open Mic Poetry Night
I
A ruckus crowd, rivaling that of any
fight crowd, hyped from LadyMayDay’s
performance, cheered on her very brave
offspring.
BabyPoet.
A spunky dervish of a youth, Baby
learned to write very early and it
was off and running from there.
Lady kept all of Baby’s writings
safely in a safe.
II
She always got nervous at these
things, even after baptism by
fire and becoming a regular ...
#shadows
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gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Daniel Long
Poem Published
5th May 2025 1:16pm
5th May 2025 1:16pm
Turn The Page: Chapter Three: Living On A Prayer
Terry found herself standing outside a local church. She was both tempted and hesistant to approach its cathedral-like, bronze doors.
What was inviting was the message written in marker on a bulletin board on the front yard: "YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF."
Terry sighed and approached the front stone steps with the intention of resting herself. In her blue jean mini skirt and high boots, she crossed her bruised legs and lit a cigarette clip. "Heaven can wait for a sinner," Terry broke into tears.
"Young miss?" A soft voice spoke from behind...
What was inviting was the message written in marker on a bulletin board on the front yard: "YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF."
Terry sighed and approached the front stone steps with the intention of resting herself. In her blue jean mini skirt and high boots, she crossed her bruised legs and lit a cigarette clip. "Heaven can wait for a sinner," Terry broke into tears.
"Young miss?" A soft voice spoke from behind...
#Christian
#God
#hope
#LifeChangingMoment
#religion
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gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Daniel Long
Poem Published
4th May 2025 4:04pm
4th May 2025 4:04pm
Turn The Page: Chapter Two: Heaven Can Wait
The page has turned as it was in flames while Terry allowed such a chapter in her life to be consumed by her cleansing flames of self determination.
After abandoning the traffic median, her "island," she never once glanced back towards the hell of her former life. "Heaven Can Wait," Terry said aloud as she spotted a used syringe littered on the sidewalk along Union st.
"The poor girl," Terry whispered as she remembered Myra, another girl that begged on the same island but was less street's smarts - Myra would hop into any car with a man for a...
After abandoning the traffic median, her "island," she never once glanced back towards the hell of her former life. "Heaven Can Wait," Terry said aloud as she spotted a used syringe littered on the sidewalk along Union st.
"The poor girl," Terry whispered as she remembered Myra, another girl that begged on the same island but was less street's smarts - Myra would hop into any car with a man for a...
#hope
#LifeChangingMoment
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
4th May 2025 8:51am
4th May 2025 8:51am
A Suicide of Crows (CH18)
Chapter eighteen
Germany, The Training Camp of
William Scull for the Canelo
Alvarez Boxing Fight
I
They called the gym: The School
of the skull.
A euphemism for one of their best
fighters, a former member of the
Cuban boxing team, known throughout
the world for producing some of the
best Olympic boxers.
The gym was a haven for all sorts of
societal outcasts, from organized
crime figures to artists and counter
cultural thinkers.
To writers
II
...
Germany, The Training Camp of
William Scull for the Canelo
Alvarez Boxing Fight
I
They called the gym: The School
of the skull.
A euphemism for one of their best
fighters, a former member of the
Cuban boxing team, known throughout
the world for producing some of the
best Olympic boxers.
The gym was a haven for all sorts of
societal outcasts, from organized
crime figures to artists and counter
cultural thinkers.
To writers
II
...
#shadows
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gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Daniel Long
Poem Published
3rd May 2025 4:19pm
3rd May 2025 4:19pm
Turn The Page: Chapter One: Girl On An Island
#hope
#LifeChangingMoment
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
1st May 2025 11:46am
1st May 2025 11:46am
A Suicide of Crows (CH17)
Chapter Seventeen
A dumpster
I
There’s nothing wrong with
living in a trash can.
I have seen folks, curled up
on the heated sidewalks of
my city, in huddled entryway
of a building, looking like
I looked in a jail holding tank,
ironically, another shelter
from this cruel cruel world.
I have lived with transients,
in different environments.
I…
Feel drawn to their magic
and wisdom.
II
But yes, I think I would, personally,
dig a...
A dumpster
I
There’s nothing wrong with
living in a trash can.
I have seen folks, curled up
on the heated sidewalks of
my city, in huddled entryway
of a building, looking like
I looked in a jail holding tank,
ironically, another shelter
from this cruel cruel world.
I have lived with transients,
in different environments.
I…
Feel drawn to their magic
and wisdom.
II
But yes, I think I would, personally,
dig a...
#shadows
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
29th Apr 2025 1:13pm
29th Apr 2025 1:13pm
A Suicide of Crows (CH16)
Chapter Sixteen
The Amazon
I
The world’s largest mycelial
network.
Rivers of nervous systems,
all underground, communicating,
manifesting above the surface
in such wondrous ways.
A special fungus turning an ant
into a zombie drone.
To climb into hallucinatory
heights, to die, a sacrifice
on an altar of air.
II
Here, the hunters of the
jaguar, under the influence
of psychedelics, roam
free, moving like ninjas
of the jungle.
These...
The Amazon
I
The world’s largest mycelial
network.
Rivers of nervous systems,
all underground, communicating,
manifesting above the surface
in such wondrous ways.
A special fungus turning an ant
into a zombie drone.
To climb into hallucinatory
heights, to die, a sacrifice
on an altar of air.
II
Here, the hunters of the
jaguar, under the influence
of psychedelics, roam
free, moving like ninjas
of the jungle.
These...
#shadows
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
29th Apr 2025 10:32am
29th Apr 2025 10:32am
A Suicide of Crows (CH15)
Chapter Fifteen
A graveyard, somewhere
I
Now this was a baroque style
cemetery.
A strange, permeating symmetry
of sacred geometry sort of
feel.
A museum of tombstones.
Just my kind of place.
One could get lost in a place
like this…
I do like walking through the
standing stones of the dead.
II
This night was a cool, crisp,
creepy night.
The three C’s.
Cloud shrouds drifting by
pearl moon.
A...
A graveyard, somewhere
I
Now this was a baroque style
cemetery.
A strange, permeating symmetry
of sacred geometry sort of
feel.
A museum of tombstones.
Just my kind of place.
One could get lost in a place
like this…
I do like walking through the
standing stones of the dead.
II
This night was a cool, crisp,
creepy night.
The three C’s.
Cloud shrouds drifting by
pearl moon.
A...
#shadows
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
28th Apr 2025 5:02am
28th Apr 2025 5:02am
A Suicide of Poets (CH14)
Chapter Fourteen
The Himalayas
I
She too, had hands of a considerable
appearance, yet, more adroit than
Hair_E.
[Her Hair_E]
She had actually taught herself
how to do elaborate crochet,
which she did in her favorite cave,
complete with fireplace and ventilation
shaft.
II
And it was in that off the grid cave,
in the middle of a snowstorm, that
Laya organized her life’s work
of both, crochet and writing.
Stacks of manuscripts and varying
one of a kind...
The Himalayas
I
She too, had hands of a considerable
appearance, yet, more adroit than
Hair_E.
[Her Hair_E]
She had actually taught herself
how to do elaborate crochet,
which she did in her favorite cave,
complete with fireplace and ventilation
shaft.
II
And it was in that off the grid cave,
in the middle of a snowstorm, that
Laya organized her life’s work
of both, crochet and writing.
Stacks of manuscripts and varying
one of a kind...
#shadows
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
28th Apr 2025 5:00am
28th Apr 2025 5:00am
A Suicide of Poets (CH13)
Chapter Thirteen
Mick Dodge Country
I
Who woulda thought…
All this time, living on the land
right next door to Gnomez.
In contrast to the diminutive fingers
of Gnomez, Hair_E, typed with
fingers, connected to hands, which
seemed capable of picking up a
tree and hurling it across a
forest.
Just for kicks or to scare the crap
out of someone.
II
He wrote a few last emails. ...
Mick Dodge Country
I
Who woulda thought…
All this time, living on the land
right next door to Gnomez.
In contrast to the diminutive fingers
of Gnomez, Hair_E, typed with
fingers, connected to hands, which
seemed capable of picking up a
tree and hurling it across a
forest.
Just for kicks or to scare the crap
out of someone.
II
He wrote a few last emails. ...
#shadows
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