Stream of Consciousness
Mount Vernon A Love Story
This story is written by Mary Higgins Clark and is a novel of George and Martha Washington. The author has shared through research some historical facts of this first family of the US from their younger days to the end of George's presidency. It's a fictional account of their lives for even though the historical events were dramatized a little. It is a book of their relationships from their various parents and other relations to the people they met in their adult lives and the memories they lived, endured, survived and now remember till the end of their lives together.
By Mark Graham9 days ago in Writers
Fall of the Apocalypse . Content Warning.
The Fall of the Apocalypse The zombie outbreak didn’t start with sirens or explosions or government warnings. It started with a man trying to buy a pack of Marlboros at the Genoa Junction Bp off Highway 12. I was behind the counter, half asleep, half annoyed, and fully ready to tell him we were out of his brand. Cyndle was restocking the cooler, humming something off‑key. The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead like they always did. It was just another Tuesday.
By Syl De'Vil10 days ago in Writers
Beyond The Veil
This image is an edit of the “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888). In the original, the red-clad wanderer pierces the veil of this world to find an incomprehensible and divine cosmology beyond it. In contrast, the edit presents the man with a land of neon signs: Exxon-Mobil, McDonalds and Shell shinning amidst tangled power lines, roads and passing cars. What was the height of divinity and truth in the original is replaced with the base, ugliness of modern civilisation.
By I. D. Reeves11 days ago in Writers
A trail
The fog was thinning out and the whispering continued. I walked on till the path just stopped. I stood there, looked around, and decided maybe I should turn back and start back the way I came. That's when I heard "Make a left." I stood there and asked myself, "Should I?" Decided to make the left and it seemed to be going uphill and the fog seemed to be lifting a little bit more. The whisper said, 'Keep going." So, I kept going. The air still had a chill to it, but my shivering subsided a little. Keep walking, please.
By Mark Graham11 days ago in Writers
A Trail
North, South, East and West the fog was getting thicker and thicker as I was walking. There was a chill to the air, but I was not feeling cold. I had to stop for a little while and get my bearings for I seemed to be walking in circles, then I heard it. It wasn't a growl, but a whispering. I listened closer. It is a whispering. I started walking again and I heard the word 'Beware'. Stopping for a minute I answered in a whisper "What?" "Why?" The fog seemed to be thinning out and I could see further.
By Mark Graham11 days ago in Writers
Remote Work Resorts
Let me be brutally honest: the traditional office is dying a slow, painful death, and frankly, it's about time. After spending the better part of two decades watching corporate Australia cling to outdated work models like a security blanket, I've witnessed something extraordinary unfold over the past few years. The pandemic didn't just force us to work from home - it exposed the glaring absurdity of forcing talented people into sterile cubicles for eight hours a day, five days a week.
By Narghiza Ergashova13 days ago in Writers
Measuring Value
You are an employee that goes beyond the "craft to execution" and "problem-solving to initiative". You bring strategic impact along with your market vision that directly influences that company's bottom line. But your rank and net pay in the hands of your employer does not change. Not because you are not valuable to them but because they can not afford your services at the market rate nor can they re-design the upper echelon to accommodate your growth and talents without causing "waves". If you give far too much for the same old, you are the majority of the talent stuck within dormant companies that have no systems of recognition of talent based on merit.
By Narghiza Ergashova13 days ago in Writers
Are You Building a Career or Just a Brand?
Let’s face it: we’re all living double lives. There’s the version of you that gets up, does the work, and delivers results. And then there’s the curated, polished, LinkedIn-friendly version of you - the one who seems effortlessly successful, constantly grinding, and always "on." Over time, it feels like this second version of ourselves has taken center stage. We’ve become performers in our own career dramas, and honestly, the show is exhausting.
By Narghiza Ergashova13 days ago in Writers
Digital Graveyard Confessions
I used to pour my morning coffee, open my laptop, and genuinely trust the words staring back at me. Now, I sip my brew with a heavy dose of suspicion. I am being haunted. Not by spirits, but by soulless algorithms masquerading as articles written by ChatGPT otherwise referred as journalists that often name me in them for ranking. I am featured rich, poor, an aggresor or a victim depending who has written it.
By Narghiza Ergashova13 days ago in Writers
