Submissions by JPYoung
It’s Our Independence Day!
Poem
‘This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.’ – Thurgood Marshall
<1 min
Words: 132
Read Time: <1 min
Read Time: <1 min
Charlequinade
Story
‘The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You, that way: we, this way.’
– William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
25 mins
Words: 5039
Read Time: 25 mins
Read Time: 25 mins
Caravanserai of the Autumnal Equinox
Story
‘Life is short, and the world is wide.’ – Unknown
10 mins
Words: 2019
Read Time: 10 mins
Read Time: 10 mins
Two for the Yule
Story
‘The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.’ – Burton Hills
4 mins
Words: 921
Read Time: 4 mins
Read Time: 4 mins
Veteran’s Preference
Story
‘Everything you are comes from your choices.’ — Jeff Bezos
3 mins
Words: 748
Read Time: 3 mins
Read Time: 3 mins
Sir Justin’s Quest Goes West!
Poem
In days of old, when knights were bold…
5 mins
Words: 1022
Read Time: 5 mins
Read Time: 5 mins
Hôtel Dernier
Story
‘A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.’ – G.K. Chesterton
16 mins
Words: 3320
Read Time: 16 mins
Read Time: 16 mins
Ambling on an Ash Wednesday
Story
‘I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.’ — Henry David Thoreau
4 mins
Words: 874
Read Time: 4 mins
Read Time: 4 mins
Where the Wildflowers End
Poem
‘Where flowers bloom so does hope.’ — Lady Bird Johnson
<1 min
(1)Words: 117
Read Time: <1 min
Read Time: <1 min
Bozo Said So!
Story
‘A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.’ - Oswald Mosley
12 mins
Words: 2589
Read Time: 12 mins
Read Time: 12 mins
Incommunicado in Womyoonadado
Story
‘One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.’ - André Gide
10 mins
Words: 2129
Read Time: 10 mins
Read Time: 10 mins