Tag: writing
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Dear Mr. British
By Emmanuel Williams August 19, 2026 Dear Mr. British, Now that I bear an entire nationality in ink upon my skin, I confess there were times I wanted to hide it. All it says is “BRITISH” down my arm. Which to anyone without the whole story means that I am some British Nationalist. This is…
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Excerpt From “Madison Hollow”
By Emmanuel Williams July 26, 2026 * From Chapter Two: “Roy drew himself a bath as the darkness of the heavens breached the marble balcony, the floor, the carpet, and swept over the couch, spreading into the bathroom where he sat soaking. Sadness sagging his eyelids and creasing up his forehead. Memories kept flooding his…
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The Battle at Worland Wall
By Emmanuel Williams July 12, 2026 * JEROD Jerod strolled slowly atop the wall that separated two lands. To his left, an entirely female village of witches called Witchland. To his right, his own land of all-male warlocks, called Worland. Closer at his right strode a young boy, whom he had taken under his wing…
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The Horse and The Fire
By Emmanuel Williams Once upon a time, in a cabin deep into the warm mountains, lived a woman just outside a quiet town. She wore a black dress tied at the waist, and buckled with gold. She wore black, gold buckled, leather shoes at her feet which were covered in white socks. She wore a…
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Vignette: “The Task”
“The Task” By Emmanuel Williams June 26, 2026 * There isn’t a task I wanted to endure least. Here I sit, a half a cup of whiskey left in my worn right hand, and ash growing softly between my other fingers. The truck delivering the mail was already 30 feet gone from the white picket…
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Dead Already
By Emmanuel Williams June 6, 2026 * And I find myself In the middle of the night Playing far better strings Than I ever used to * I find myself On the porch Living the dream I’m afraid she’s not in it * But she isn’t leaving And I’m not bowing out Don’t get me…
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To Earth
* By Emmanuel Williams May 24, 2026 * I don’t believe this. I come in to work and there’s already puke in six cabs. You know who has to clean this up? Me. Every alien in the Surloch system uses these interplanetary roller coasters and they don’t know how mich this socks because none of…
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The Chained Dragon…
* By Emmanuel Williams May 21, 2026 * With arrows thick as pine branch They shot him from the sky Far from the gold in his vast crevasse Unjust and cruel they cried * Yes, they brought him down And chained him near a lady To keep her guarded by day And leave her guarded…
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The Goddess Tide
By Emmanuel Williams May 18, 2026 * We sailed a fortnight Covered in rain * The men aboard my ship Kept relics under their beds In their arms Clutched to their chests * They had heard of the lady Standing in the sky Dressed in white linen Who kept them alive * The calm was…
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Moonlight: Till The Branches Do Break
By Emmanuel Williams May 1, 2026 * Oh moon, how thou dost please me It is I you must know by now Yet thou who musn’t ever know me And you who will always entreat me With tonight’s orange moonrise On the first it be of May The month of my birth A flower you…
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New Blog Attitude
By Emmanuel Williams April 26, 2026 Introducing the “STICK.” Brand A new banner to fly multiple blogs beneath. Summer is coming. As a student in college this means I better find a way to pass the time that isn’t complete leisure. I’m far more serious-minded and poverty-stricken to cool off in Cancun with the rest…
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Mercenary Mindset Before Senior Year
By Emmanuel Williams I started college with the intention that I would make my writing better. But along the way I have learned many things, and honed many skills. Some I wouldn’t have honed otherwise. In my freshman year I learned of the Journalism major. I was working as an Event Staff Supervisor, and paying…
