CHAPTER FIVE The fire crackles, and the dog lies at my feet, his steady breathing filling the silence. I can hear the wind outside, stronger now, rustling the leaves in the trees. The night is creeping in, but it doesn’t feel like darkness anymore. It feels like something else. Something soft, like the closing of … Continue reading #289 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 5
CHAPTER FOUR It’s funny how your body remembers things, even when your mind has long forgotten. Like the way the muscles in my back ache when I chop wood, or how my hands instinctively find the right way to tie a knot. I’ve lived here long enough that some of the motions are as natural … Continue reading #288 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 4
CHAPTER THREE It’s hard to explain how quiet gets under your skin. It’s not that the silence is loud—no, it’s not like that. It’s the way it seeps into your bones, like the cold air when the fire goes out, or the way the sun lingers just a little longer at dusk. Quiet doesn’t ask … Continue reading #287 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 3
CHAPTER TWO I remember the first time I saw a city. Not the big ones, the ones with the steel and glass reaching up like they were trying to grab the sky. No, I’m talking about a town. The kind where everybody knows your name, even if they don’t know anything about you. I was … Continue reading #286 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 2
CHAPTER ONE The dog snores like a freight train.Not the dignified kind either—the slow, rickety sort that sounds like it’s falling apart with every mile. It’s a miracle the beast hasn’t scared off every rabbit, deer, and unlucky squirrel within ten miles. But I let him stay. Truth is, I like the noise. Fills the … Continue reading #285 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 1
Two Wild Uncles Smiling to the Beat A Short Storyby Ian Kiely Jack looked at the cursed book in his hands and felt grumpy. He walked over to the window and reflected on his cluttered surroundings. He had always loved comfortable Ireland with its inexpensive, immense interior house. It was a place that encouraged his … Continue reading #275- I used AI to create one of the strangest stories I’ve ever read.
In my Google Docs account I have some old projects from school and college that I've kept there for years. One of these was my history research topic on JFK. I remember that I wanted to cover a lot of the conspiracy theories but my teacher told me that I needed more facts in my … Continue reading #268- JFK, My leaving cert history project from 2014
There once was a man named Robert, he was a successful entrepeneur who has always taken risks in business and in life. Robert had conquered the business world and had spent his life traveling the world in search of the next thing, Robert was always searching. He had swam in the great barrier reef, went … Continue reading #256- Time
Seems like this day three years ago I started this blog. It definitely doesn't feel like that long ago. I remember starting it because I was going to start a masters in media studies the following year, that lasted about two months but I'm glad this blog is still going. Here's hoping it carries in … Continue reading #253- 3 years on WordPress
It's almost 4am and I'm reading Bukwoski in the sitting room My small dog is snoring beside me He's Clever enough to be asleep by now I can hear the rain outside falling down I go outside and look up at the moon and the stars, they seem so bright and clear at this hour. … Continue reading #247- Rain
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