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✍️ Written Tales Member Challenge
Prompt: The Quiet Rebellion. For this week’s Member Challenge, we invite you to write about a moment where silence changed everything. Maybe it saved…
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The Song of the Heroic Dragon
The Song of the Heroic Dragon by Sarah Das Gupta tells the tale of Hilton Green’s terrorized villagers, living in fear of a lurking monster—until…
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Love on Wheels
Love on Wheels Quatrain by Thompson Emate explores the longing and turbulence of love, asking how much care and words it takes to draw someone close…
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No Guarantees
Mary Ann McKasy’s "No Guarantees" is a playful yet profound ode to self-reinvention. Through vivid imagery of scratches, dents, and a renewed shine, the…
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The Substance as Mythological Storytelling
TJ Rowley’s "The Substance as Mythological Storytelling" explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a modern myth. The piece examines…
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Elsewhere
Jonathan Ukah’s "Elsewhere" blends vivid imagery of light, gardens, and constellations to explore the ache of unreciprocated love. The poem navigates…
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Napoleon's Russia (1812)
Joseph C Ogbonna’s ‘Napoleon’s Russia (1812)’ asks: Is ambition just a eulogy for the dead? Half a million men. One frozen myth. No way home.
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Floating Through Eden
NJ Coleman’s "Floating Through Eden" is a mesmerizing journey into a paradise of peace and beauty. The poem’s repetition and ethereal imagery evoke a…
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Storms a Brewing
Storms a Brewing" by Mary T Janicke unleashes a mythological tempest—where the Fates, Siberian gods, and Boreas himself conspire to crown a new despot…
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First Blood
Keech Ballard’s "First Blood" pulls you into the twisted world of Michael, a governess with a deadly secret. Set in a gothic manor, the story unravels a…
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Love is the Storm
NJ Coleman’s "Love is the Storm" strips away illusions of courage and nobility, revealing love as an unrelenting force. With stark imagery and raw…
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