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Beneath the Table
Anxiety. Burnt coffee. Students with baggy eyes. It was a week to the final exams all right – that not-too-welcome yet inevitable time of the semester when students were in a constant state of panic. Brains were in a frenzy, overheated from cramming topics that were long overdue. Everyone was scared. These grades would determine if they passed on to the next class or not.
By Michelle Ewenam Akakpo11 months ago in Writers
Uncertainty
The crack of dawn arrives; the sun beams through the curtain gap, with the wish that the light brings unceasing hope so my heart sees pass the shadow that clouds it. Yet time moves softly, swiftly, silently slipping through my grasp...seeking to find:
By Pau in Motion11 months ago in Writers
When Digital Tools Learn to Stay in the Background?
I’ve been thinking about silence a lot recently. Not the type of silence in one of those meditation applications which quite funnily have too much talk yet since in the end your buzzing phone creates that type of silence. It is curious how silence now feels strange. I spent years making tools that wanted to show up.Flashing, pinging, glowing, demanding apps – it worked, people tapped, swiped, and scrolled through lost hours; but now… something’s shifting.
By Eira Wexford11 months ago in Writers
Am I Anyone's Favorite Writer?. Top Story - October 2025.
Someday, you’re going to be someone’s favorite author.--Lucia Franco With the posting of my drabble “The Invasion” (link below), I hit 250 stories published on Vocal. I know that it should be a time of celebration for me. After all, that’s a lot of stories! Surely, I should be proud of myself. However, I find myself reflecting on my past three years on Vocal and wondering how I could have done better and, more importantly, if I have made an impact with any of my stories.
By Stephanie Hoogstad11 months ago in Writers
Observations On Changes In Challenges And Top Stories On Vocal
Introduction This was the challenge that finally tempted me with a $2,000 prize, and I thought, "I can do that": Then I actually didn't know how to enter, and I never submitted my poem:
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 11 months ago in Writers
Tales From Beyond: The Haunted Letter Challenge: The Entries. Top Story - October 2025.
Greetings to the demented, the disturbed, the deranged. The entries for the “Tales from Beyond: The Haunted Letter Challenge” have been received and are festering in the dark deluded dungeons of the supernatural judges who are currently being haunted and disillusioned as we read each and every entry. There are 34 spooktastic letters in total.
By Rick Henry Christopher 11 months ago in Writers
