By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Some time ago I ran an online project entitled the “Recipe Book Project,” where I shared my “recipes” for creating Iphoneography images. I also invited other artists to contribute their images and recipes. This went on for a bit…but then it didn’t and I…
Letter To A Broken Bride
Dear Broken Bride, This letter’s for you who got left at the altar. I know you weren’t actually left at the altar, but it still feels the same, doesn’t it? He asked for the ring back, and now there’s an empty space on your finger where you feel nothing but cold air. Even your skin…
. another country .
he came from another country, has another accent. he spent quite a lot of money, his card worked. we all wear socks. sbm.
The Contemporary Haiku
By Eliot Gilbert I’ve had a fling with haiku lately. Sometimes I pick out a collection of poems and take it out of the university library to read between the spastic wave crests of work. I like poetry collections and short story anthologies because I can get a small hit of literature to enjoy and…
Come To The Bright Side: Character 101
You know the rules. Things have got to get worse before they can get better. Let your character have a goal, but don’t give him what he wants. That’s why people keep reading. You’ve also got to dish up all your character’s flaws on a silver platter. To have a moving story, your flawed character…
Asemic Writing as Art
Wordless writing, illegible writing, new forms of writing By Tom Venning Asemic writing has no semantic content. The letters are illegible, invented, or primal. The text has no verbal sense. Through its formatting and structure, it may suggest a type of document, or coded diagram, thereby, hint at meaning. Asemic writing can be understood through…
Quitting Isn't Complicated
By Sydney Scrogham He left before it rained. He’s across from me on the couch, sitting crisscross applesauce, and he picks at the hem of his brown t-shirt. My hands sandwich between my legs as I bounce my knees up and down against the grey-blue couch cushions—like a butterfly without flight. Shadows from my legs…
5 Things Writers Know Are True
You’re a creative artist, and no one (except for other creative artists) understands you. I get that. Here are some things you know are true that other people around you just don’t get! There’s a season for writing (and planning, and editing…). You sit at the computer and wail at the blank screen. Your pen…
Linkin Park Burning In The Skies
A photo-manipulation animated video by DarkAngelOne of https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkAngel0ne
. the little pathways.
cut deep, while others are sleeping. we tread the way, from here to there, leaving a trail. you may follow. cut round the cowslips, leave the twigs. step this way, it leads to the old apple tree, cookers. step that way plum…
. the query .
winding wool is mindless she said, well maybe madam, yet look at the lovely machine, all red and cream plastic, that winds in a way we cannot do by hand. look at my work which evolves while working this and thinking. i folded her goods tidily, packed in a nice paper bag, said nothing except…
. conwy, in conwy .
it is a pleasant place, along the valley. the hill stands proud as always, green, blessed with blue bells. park by the castle, walk through the station, early. meeting, small kisses, food with friends. conwy is in conwy. sbm.