fiction

Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: Asian Culture Revealed

Doctor or lawyer—my only two options. These would be your only two options if you have
Asian parents. You would think that you would be able to pick your own career, since you
know, it is your own damn life. But not when you have Asian parents…

Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist–environmental, social, political–and retired engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego, and has spent a copious number of years sojourning in Asia, particularly in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan. After many anguish-filled years growing up in a typical austere Asian household and suffering extra anguish in the enslaving corporate world, Anson decided to write a book in order to "tell it like it is." Many readers around the world have praised and acclaimed h . . .

Less Than White

Soft and sweet. A foot the size of my hand making an impression of itself on my lap. A red impression. Smile. A smile upon the child’s face, not that I could tell. Sticky fingers across my eyes, so I shut them and smile back.
Wake up.
‘Wake up.’
‘Yes I know.’ I say.
One room centred towards a [...]

Wyn Preston grew up in the Docklands area of London, England. His writing is often centred around relationships with family members. He has a Mother, Father, older sister and two younger brothers. Preston is currently working on his first novel.

Scratching Mahogany

I ran the usual thoughts through my head and hoped that they were from the heart. This time it ended up with me collapsing on my bed and shouting into the sheets, fists gripped tight. Conscious act. Probably.
Just listen to the music. No time. “What?” came the inquisitive. Laced with what I was meant to [...]

Wyn Preston grew up in the Docklands area of London, England. His writing is often centred around relationships with family members. He has a Mother, Father, older sister and two younger brothers. Preston is currently working on his first novel.

Leopard Print Dress

The dress fit Julie like a tattoo.
She sat at the edge of the sofa. Gary’s sofa. Gary’s living room.
Gary.
The only light filtered through the curtains from a streetlight half-a-block away.
She smoothed the front of her dress. She tugged a little at the hem and it rode a bit higher on her leg, almost defying decency.
“Nothing could [...]

Koe Whitton-Williams lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons. He has worked in publishing for twenty-five years and writes regularly on his blog - The Half-Life of Linoluem. . .

An Excerpt from WALK ME TO MIDNIGHT

Billy Carolina was as small and round as an elf, with star lines around his bright blue eyes. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, and his blond hair spilled boyishly over his forehead. He was immaculate and stylish, yet somehow as wholesome as a Hummel figure. No more than sixty-four inches tall, with chubby childlike limbs, he [...]

Jane St Clair graduated from Northwestern University and worked on the staff of "Sesame Street." She has published over fifty stories and twelve books for children, as well as fiction in literary magazines and anthologies. WALK ME TO MIDNIGHT is her first novel.

A Night at the ‘Well of Purity’ by Lloyd Lofthouse

You are invited to take a journey back to the Vietnam War. One night from 1966, stayed with me through the years, and some might find it disturbing. The event this short story depicts did take place. However, this is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, and events as well as all [...]

Lloyd Lofthouse earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U. S. Marine. He then taught English and journalism in the public schools by day and for a time worked as a maitre d' in a multimillion-dollar nightclub by night. He now lives near San Francisco with his wife, and they have a second home in Shanghai, China.

Warrior Of Light Issue nº 180 - The second cardinal virtue: Hope

By Paulo Coelho
According to the dictionary: a tendency of the spirit to consider something as probable; the second of the theological virtues; expectation; supposition; probability.
In the words of Jesus: Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you [...]

"His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people. The Times" Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytelling authors of our times. His books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 67 languages. http://astore.amazon.com/wwwpaulocoelh-20

Warrior Of Light Issue nº 179 - The first cardinal virtue: Faith

First we spoke in this space of the seven capital sins. The series enjoyed a wide repercussion among readers, which made me very happy. But what about the seven cardinal virtues?
The sins come before the virtues. As a wise man said, he who has not sinned has no merit in his virtue – because he [...]

"His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people. The Times" Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytelling authors of our times. His books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 67 languages. http://astore.amazon.com/wwwpaulocoelh-20

“The Struggle, First Generation”

 
“The Struggle, First Generation”
Chapter One: The Beginning
      You find yourself beginning to lie back on your bed, your legs dangling off the side, in your bedroom. You have your arms folded around your head, your hands crossed under the back of your neck, while you are just staring off into space. Your bedroom window is [...]

This journey of life has been challenging, yet a spiritual enlightenment in many respects. The many people I have met along the way have taught me humility and an appreciation for all life. Spending time with family and close friends is most important, rewarding and it is with their support that I write today. Working my way through college at night and being a single mother of four has been both challenging and an inspiration for me to reflect back upon. I have many hobbies and with each the most rewarding part is in sharing with others. My favorite choice is to be out in nature w . . .

Bread and Water and Love

Paniagua was so named from an early Spanish settler’s misspelled contraction of pan y agua, meaning literally “bread and water”. Places were onced named for their distinguishing characteristics unlike today, and if one’s eyes were to be laid upon the solitary quality of this westerly land one would see as why a [...]

wandering through strange lands.