of course, it’s not easy If it were easy everybody would’ve done it But this… this required courage above all. It required guts. It required an overdose of nonconforming And today was the day that proved he was just the right man for it Often the right man is the insane man, the soul who… Leer más have you gone completely mad? by Bogdan Dragos
every time I glanced at her face I was reminded of the character trope of the cute and exaggeratedly naive girl who’s not aware of her beauty and is predisposed to having others take advantage of her Of course that was only in my head but she really did have an immense heart She had… Leer más and she’d hold her tongue out and let the pets lick it by Bogdan Dragos
«Look,» she said, «I no longer want smart men around me. I had enough of that species. They can all drop down and die. The last fucker who was smart was this student who made me fall a bit too in love with him and then put his career over me. Suddenly all the things… Leer más the difference between a writer and a loser by Bogdan Dragos
she looked stunning in the fading light of the day her black dress and the boots with ridiculously thick soles and the dark makeup made her look like the queen of the cemetery but her knight didn’t feel too welcome into her kingdom «Aren’t you excited?» she asked «Oh, I am if you are,» he… Leer más the queen’s blessing by Bogdan Dragos
she came out of her house after the heavy rain stopped and walked up to the bridge and leaned forward over the flat rail and watched the turbid river flowing by, disappearing with infinite length below her feet The rail was wet and she wiped it with a few tissues and then got her notebook… Leer más whatsoever things ye ask for when ye pray by Bogdan Dragos
The second most read article of 2022: It’ll never be the real thing, of course by Bogdan Dragos. A Last Stroll Through Her Favorite City by Steve Clark There was no way, as he walked under the Parisian foliage, the autumn light dripping over him like a thick syrup, he could know that he would die… Leer más Goodbye 2022!: The most read article of 2022 by Steve Clark
he opened the shitty door of his shitty apartment and got in looking like shit The jacket was torn at the sleeves and the shirt underneath was torn at the chest Wet mud adorned his knees and ankles and his cheap shoes were about to fall off There was blood stuck into his thick beard… Leer más It’s just a prank, bro! by Bogdan Dragos
He placed the camera on the tripod and the tripod on his desk and stood about four minutes in silence just staring at it after pressing record unblinking «It happened the other night,» he finally said. «After about four or three hours of random executions with no context and deadly accidents and maiming and animal… Leer más quitting motivation by Bogdan Dragos
it was around 3 AM no sleep no work in the morning either so she got up turned on the TV tuned it off got her pack of smokes out of the handbag lit one and smoked it as she stared at the fish tank from up close. «This is how I used to watch… Leer más This world is… just evil by Bogdan Dragos
noise never attracted me it always did the opposite, so when this bar too got noisy I got out of there and went back home Well, life is strange this way. When you walk away from something, you find something else Like a pesky street magician shoving cards in your face, begging you to pick… Leer más there can be only one of us. The other one’s got to go by Bogdan Dragos
A man’s whole life revolves around his work that’s what we’ve been raised to believe, haven’t we? What right under the heavens have you, a man, to demand acceptance, love, gratification, without giving something in return? From the very days of creation you have been told: “By the sweat of your brow you will eat… Leer más writer brain taking over by Bogdan Dragos
she’d never seen a room so barren before Only white walls, a brown door and large windows with white frames Yet someone was living in it Someone who wanted it to be this way Her younger brother sat, as always, in the wheelchair by the window “Uh, forgive me if I’m being a nag,” she… Leer más please, please, please by Bogdan Dragos
she sat him down at what she judged to be the most isolated table in the restaurant and then seated herself across from him took off her shoes and did what she always did when they shared the same table placed her feet into his lap and began to work around the belt and the… Leer más thrill of the wrong place by Bogdan Dragos
father was very patient today after he came back from work patient enough to wait for diner to be over and the table to be cleaned and the bedroom door closed before he started shouting at mother Well, she couldn’t just sit back and take it. She shouted right back, louder, and just like that… Leer más release of life-giving fluids by Bogdan Dragos
Removing the bloody towel from the top of his head, he looked at the redness gathered amidst the white fluffiness and said, “It started with my mom.” and she completed with, “Obviously,” and added a swift rolling of the eyes “Yeah,” he went on. “She wasn’t like other moms. And you know, those were really… Leer más being into bad girls by Bogdan Dragos
different creatures will have different ways to cope with grief and stress There was a movie once in which a group of explorers got captured and imprisoned by a tribe of cannibals who were taking them out of the cage, killing and eating them one by one. And there’s this scene where one of the… Leer más It helps release stress hormones by Bogdan Dragos
they say that eavesdropping on private conversations is quite the great idea for writers looking for inspiration Well, I think I was still a writer back then The year was 2013 and I was in college and also working my first job as a waiter at a fancy restaurant The problem with running a fancy… Leer más eavesdropping for inspiration by Bogdan Dragos
the children are bothering her again running around her small table as she’s struggling to focus on typing there’s plenty of room in the house but the lil’ shits have to play around her and the keyboard And it goes on and on and the kids spin round and round running, screaming, calling each other… Leer más it’s gonna be a fantastic scene by Bogdan Dragos
four nights ago one of the plastic dumpsters caught fire and kept burning until morning it offered light and warmth and the best part… as it grew ever smaller with melting, it resembled a statuette of a female figure licking lustfully at it’s own hands joined in prayer It would’ve been a sin not to… Leer más dumpster fire by Bogdan Dragos
that love is a strange thing we need not remind ourselves again too much has been said about the damn thing and not enough has been felt we’re not getting anywhere like that, are we? Rather than talk about it just allow yourself to feel Maybe go out, open the trunk of your car and… Leer más still playing by Bogdan Dragos
Gobblers & Masticadores 