Short Stories

This isn’t so much an essay as it is an opinion piece where I shoot off a few words in...

  Part 1 I wished I’d had a shotgun as I looked out of me window To level at the...

  While walking through the Grand Bazaar In Istanbul, I came upon A man whose name was Al-Jafar. His friendly...

  The Constant Truth A Reflection on the Times of My Life   I. The Old Days A sheep filled...

  This is an abridged version of the original. A reading of the original can be found here. A chilling...

In 1937, the renegade Communist Leon Trotsky (real name: Lev Bronstein) came to Mexico with his family and took up...

inspired by “The Lady of Shalott” by Tennyson Part I The forests loom at Nottinghamshire. The river oaks still aiming...

Icarus’ Fall at College   Prologue Dear reader, surely, you must think, __“What could be taught to us That we...

A Journey to the East by Evan Mantyk is a historical and poetical fairytale adventure styled after Journey to the...

  This poem recounts the famous mythical battle, “Centauromachy.” It unfolds in the ancient home of the Lapiths in the...

Translation by Evan Mantyk "The Ballad of Mulan" was written in the sixth century about a legendary warrior, Hua Mulan,...

Canto 3 is the third canto in the sequence of the English Cantos, the first two of which are available...

  In an old timber town lived a man of renown; With a chainsaw he couldn’t be beat, And as...

On looking into the mirror one afternoon An old buzzard once came and he knocked on my heart, And politely...

Fear A ballad I said to Fear, “Away from here!” And, softly, he withdrew. But, lost in thought, I plain...

  I knew her when I could be called a youth And life had not uncovered certain truths Apparent to...

    He pressed a rounded stone into my hand. He said, "Take care of this," and turned away To...

Miles hastatus (spearman) of the Legio Decima Fretensis, stationed in Roman Judaea, A.D. 33 Vere, filius Dei erat iste. —Roman...

About the Lady Godiva and her famed naked ride through Coventry Once in the town of Coventry, Leofric Earl had...

Which Is the Grandest Name of All? Which is the grandest name of all? Churchill, Churchill, Churchill! Winter sere or...

“But it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual…so I let him alone.” —Major Patrick...

Fenghan Gao was an outstanding artist of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 AD). He had profound wisdom and was multi-talented; he...

Flower of Choice On native Australian flowers The wattle bears her gold in early spring As luminescent beads on woody...

  The Exclusive Inclusive I heard about a tender troop, Whose commission was to give Love like a ministry serves...

Cicada and Mantis You are known to us by your choral song, The clicks and buzzes of an insect throng....

The Journal It sat upon his bedside table, closed, And waiting to keep record of each day: The silent pages...

  Windmill Song Alone it shudders on a hill, Defiant in the wind. A strong south gale could topple it,...

I Think I Like You Better Now I think I like you better now; it’s been a little while Since...

Click here to read Part I. Montague (That afternoon, on the outskirts of Verona, at a Club, getting in an...

  Justice,  Equity  and  Compassion  in  Human  Relations In realms of Humankind’s relations, Justice rules as queen & from her...

Posting atop the hill beyond the field in rain so thick he barely saw the bodies, the General tilted back...

By Dona Fox It was Friday night. I fought my way across the campus through special effects left over from...

Ballad: Our Crew of Two When we set forth, the breeze blew fair, The sun shone balmy, warm. Our sheets...

Buyer’s Remorse How long are we allowed to close our eyes To who produces what our money buys? How can...

Wanderer's Retreat I Across the dive bar floor strode a figure, Tall but slightly slouching, wearing a cloak. His facial...

I. The Tin Shant on the hill in Martinique is stoutly situated, unique in design, and built half a century...