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Sinking to a New Level
I’ve always been a water person. I grew up in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 lakes. I always had a river in my backyard. My brothers and sister and I were always swimming or fishing in the summer, running around barefoot. Until around my sixth-grade year, our place had a hill leading down to the Fish Hook River, which froze solidly enough to drive on every winter, which people did, to haul out their icehouses. Neighbors came from all around to sled our hill, making jumps off the docks onto the ice. Fun times!
By Julie Lacksonen10 months ago in Writers
I've had PTSD. Honorable Mention in I Wrote This Challenge. Content Warning.
PTSD is flooring me at the moment, making me feel a bit insane, whilst detached AND over-emotional. It's the first time I've experienced it fully as an 'entity' in probably twenty years. I feel separated from myself, whilst also fully logical. It's a strange sensation. It's frightening. I'm frightening myself.
By Karen Cave10 months ago in Writers
Contested
And here I go again... June is here, and with it my yearly entry into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)'s Poetry Contest. They also have ones for Non-Fiction and Short Stories, but I think most wistfully over the one devoted to poetry. First, the deadlines are always the same, this one coming just as summer is about to begin (one of the coldest days in Montréal, but still). Second, I feel like I do my best work at the end of the semester with the pressure of term work and grading taken away and placed on someone else's back.
By Kendall Defoe 10 months ago in Writers
Back in the Summer of 77
In my youth in British Columbia, I loved to snorkel in the ocean waters. Much of my time was spent when I prepared to attend private school, snorkelling under the White Rock Pier in all sorts of weather. During my youth, crabs were still plentiful around the White Rock Pier and in the rugged breakwater that protected the pier.
By Bruce Curle `10 months ago in Writers
The Book of Questions
Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions prompts — If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be? In what ways will you treat (or have you treated) your children differently from the way you were treated? If you’ve already raised children and could do it again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?
By Denise E Lindquist10 months ago in Writers
The Heroes/villains Journey
The Hero’s Journey is a precocious one. For if one is not careful one will end the journey as the villain. Most villains see themselves the hero. They start with good intentions and build their road towards a noble goal. Yet somewhere down the path obsession, greed, love of power, or righteousness sets in.
By WrittenWritRalf10 months ago in Writers
A Funny Story About Typos
If you know me at all, you know I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett, mayherestinpeace. If you aren't familiar, he wrote the Discworld series. "Series" is a bit of a misnomer, because each of the 41 novels can be enjoyed on its own, as a stand-alone story. (You can read them in any order, but most fans agree not to start with the first one, The Colour of Magic.)
By L.C. Schäfer10 months ago in Writers
New Contest For May, Featuring Your Very Own Deranged Lighthouse Keeper!
I've been thinking about hosting another contest for a little while now, and I think the time has finally come! What, you may ask, will you be hankerin' to hear from us this time? Well, after much thought and deliberation (a few seconds, at least), I have come up with an ever-so-nefarious prompt. I bet you can't wait to hear it!
By Laura Pruett11 months ago in Writers
