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A Dream of Writing

Truth. Meaningful, Affecting. Telling, Gripping, Entrancing. “The meaning of life,” it quietly tells you while looking deep into your heart: Story

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Tesauro: Part Seven

And so, when the wind rose, chilling Erhart, he dragged his black boots heavily scratching across the pavement. He shivered…

Fantasy, Fiction, ghost, Tesauro

Tesauro: Part Six

Erhart gazed up at the red sky blazing above, slightly propped up against a log. He felt weak. All of…

Fantasy, Fiction, Intrusive Thoughts, Short Story, Siren, Suicidal Thoughts

Tesauro: Part Five

Her ocean-blue eyes flooded with tears. She tried to speak. As if she were choking, her hand clutched at her…

Fantasy, Fiction, Mermaid, Tesauro

Tesauro: Part Four

Erhart saw her oddly calm eyes staring back at him, and her face tilted to one side, just before she…

Fantasy, Fiction, Hallucination, Mystery, Tesauro

Tesauro: Part Three

I created the image of Tesauro with water-colour coloured-pencils. I hope that you enjoy it! Perhaps the delicately rising and…

Fantasy, Fiction, Mermaid, Nymph, Sprite, Tesauro

Tesauro: Part Two

            Erhart closed his eyes tightly, holding and bracing himself by repeating, “Unreal,”  against the echoing rush of memories. A…

Fantasy, Fiction, PTSD, Tesauro

Tesauro: Part One

There was a thoughtful hesitation. The pen jerked across the page and black lines curled to form the word ‘insanity.’…

Fantasy, Fiction, Mental Health, Tesauro

Algebra Story

I have despised mathematics for most of my life because it did not let me be creative, only involving cold…

Algebra, Autumn, Funny, Humour, Mathematics, Maths, Maths Story

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” and Vegetarianism

My vegetarian beliefs are connected with how I felt reading George Orwell’s piece. I wrote the essay when I was starting to…

Animal Rights, Anorexia Nervosa, Environmentally Friendly, Ethics, George Orwell, literature, Mental Illness, Shooting an Elephant, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarianism

The Diverse Knowledge Offered in Charles Dickens’ ‘Hard Times’

In ‘Hard Times’ a cruelly strict teacher named Mr. Gradgrind believes that facts are “the one thing needful” (page 1).…

Charles Dickens, Classic Literature, Facts, Funny, Hard Times, Humour, Remark Meme

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