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On Canon. Top Story - August 2025.
"Wait stop! That's a load bearing 'I don't know!'" As I avoided my work today, a lonely thought came my way. It came to me as if to say, "deep thought-ed sir, might I stay?" I found could not cast it far away, so I kept it here with me today. - Vagabond Thoughts, by Alexander McEvoy
By Alexander McEvoyabout a year ago in Writers
📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 08/14/2025
Our “Raise Your Voice Threads” are hosted most alternating Thursdays at 12PM ET to offer creators more avenues to uncover exceptional stories on Vocal. As we are continuously searching for fresh creators and inspiring stories, this thread provides an opportunity to exchange and discuss the stories that have moved and motivated us on Vocal.
By Raise Your Voice by Vocalabout a year ago in Resources
If Great Dead Writers Were on Facebook - 1. Top Story - August 2025.
I've had a great (in my humble opinion) idea today: What if the great writers from all over the world before the Internet's time had Facebook accounts? What would they write about? Would they probe or crowdsource ideas for their novels, short stories, and plays? Witness events that could give them food for thoughts and plots? Boast about their new books just published?
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in Critique
Your Life By The Numbers. Top Story - August 2025.
You might not have given much thought to the fact that most things in your life are tied to a number. In fact, your life can be summed up with numbers. Everything you have encountered in your entire life has had or still has a number attached to it. From the womb to the tomb, you are identified by a series of numbers. This article will prove that numbers are tied to your life in many ways.
By Margaret Minnicksabout a year ago in FYI
The Visitor. Top Story - August 2025. Content Warning.
The first flash came at 7:17 p.m. Eliza sat up in her cot, eyes wide in the dark room. The sterile white walls of Ward B had blinked with blue light—like a camera flash—illuminating the hallway just outside her door. She scooted back against the cold wall, shoving the pillow into her lap. She studied the crack under the door—waiting, listening.
By Baby Josieabout a year ago in Fiction
Jayla Mile. Top Story - August 2025.
1. The Magic If If you were to see her from the fifth floor of a downtown apartment building, a dark figure passing strange and floating mirage-like amidst the broken-brick chimneys and gravel-topped roofs within your range of vision, you might only see a flurry of black and fading garments fluttering in the wind. But if she were to look up, you might also see, through green spider plant spindles and a rain-drizzled window, the blue and sorrow of her eyes. And if you were Samuel Cornerstone you’d have a sixth sense about this dark angel, this saviour of your soul - St. Jayla of the Lilac Circus - and you would pray she’d come to you finally and completely, and when at last she did, you’d take her by the hand and go paint the town Rose Madder.
By Marie Wilsonabout a year ago in Chapters
Going Home Alone. Top Story - August 2025.
This all started last week, I was walking home from my mother’s house. We ate dinner together and watched a movie like we do every other weekend. This weekend I picked a movie from my childhood, 'Halloweentown’. As I had been feeling sort of nostalgic these past few months. Among other things that I had been doing to regain the feelings that I had for Halloween. It had been difficult these past few months as well and well…reliving these feelings had been a childhood comfort.
By Raphael Fontenelleabout a year ago in Fiction
I'll Leave the Light on. Top Story - August 2025.
It had started so suddenly and the momentum was so high, there was absolute nothing I could do to slow it down or stop it. They had guns and now my car was theirs. When they threw me in the trunk, my head banged on the side of the car. It was very dark in here and I shook with cold and fear. What were they going to do with me and would I be dead before the night was over? My family always wondering what had happened to me. James with his heart breaking.
By Barbara Gode Wilesabout a year ago in Fiction
Valley Girl. Top Story - August 2025.
My mom used to call me a valley girl while I was growing up. Full disclosure, I never knew what that truly meant until today. Not truly. I had a vague idea of what it meant, like a ditz essentially. I knew it wasn't a compliment.
By Chloe Unfilteredabout a year ago in Families
Rachel Reviews: Small Things Like These (dir. Tim Mielants). Top Story - August 2025.
A sinus head. A rest on the sofa. Not bad enough a head to warrant going to bed but painful enough to make me want to stay very still. And so, it was movie time again. I was in the mood for a quiet story and it seemed like Small Things Like These had good reviews so I thought I would give it a go.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Geeks
