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4 a.m.
I've slept for 5 minutes, plus the pathetic three hours yesterday morning. Before that—achey, stretched-out hours of immobility, or necrotic bolts of sleep at inappropriate times of the day.
By Emily Adamsabout 12 hours ago in Poets
Eliot
Once upon a time before everyone had access to the interwebs at their fingertips, there were these things called books. Further, the Everyman Classics were handy pocket books, not to be confused with pocketbooks, which are handbags.
By Harper Lewis5 days ago in Writers
Birdsong. Content Warning.
I will not praise hands that strangle the neck Of a bird for wanting to sing, for being at the beck And call of the great Mother, the cosmic sky.
By Silver Daux6 days ago in Poets
Today I succeeded
Today I succeeded. Not in everything, Or even in most of my goals, But in some things. I made three people laugh (and most of the office cry)
By Natasja Rose4 days ago in Poets
Don't Let 'Perfect' be the Enemy of 'Good'
Any trainer--or anyone who owns multiple dogs over time--can tell you that for every dog that can count the chicken nuggets left in a package of ten, you're going to get three who get their foot stuck in their collar scratching at their ear. You buy a collie thinking that you're going to get a dog that can save Timmy from the well. What you end up with a dog that allows the Frisbee to smack her between the eyes and who thought she had to herd the bookcase into the corner. You know the type. The type that gets lost crossing the floor to the food dish. You despair that your dog will never learn how to sit, let alone achieve a straight automatic sit. A down-stay might as well be advanced algebra. You look at the Reels of Belgian Malinois crossing tightropes between buildings and of agility dogs and of obedience dogs that can clear a jump, pick up the right glove, and sing the second movement of Carmina Burana while making a beeline to a centered front without a hitch. And you think, "why can't I have that perfect dog?"
By Kimberly J Egan2 days ago in Petlife
The New World
Feeling nothing. Not a thing in the world. This is where it starts. You feel absolutely nothing, like being in a dark sensory deprivation tank. But it's like a switch has flipped, and suddenly you're back on.
By Bellea day ago in Fiction
I Made It Worse Challenge Winners
I Made It Worse invited writers to explore a familiar impulse: the belief that one more action, one more fix, one more attempt will set things right. The strongest entries understood that making things worse rarely comes from malice. More often, it grows from confidence, guilt, misunderstanding, stubbornness, or the belief that the next fix will work.
By Vocal Curation Teama day ago in Resources
Book Review: "Julie Chan is Dead" by Liann Zhang
This book popped up everywhere on my Facebook feed, every few adverts were about this book and how addictive, funny and dark it was. I was grabbed by obviously, the bright colours, the promise of something addictive to read and the basic premise of a twisted and horrific version of The Parent Trap with some minor changes. Now, books that make these promises often do not live up to expectation - but this one definitely did. Yes, it is just as addictive as it says on the adverts and I obviously devoured the whole thing in just one sitting. When I looked up at the world again once the book was over, nothing was quite the same.
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Geeks

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