Archive for July, 2011

LOVE & HEARTBREAK: Passive Aggressive Valentine’s Night by C. Keith, NYC

Passive Aggressive Valentine’s Night by C. Keith, NYC I’ve always been too shy to make a lot of noise in bed. I’m too self-conscious. But I did tonight just for you. Because I know you like it, and I wanted you to be able to tell just how much I […]

“All Change” by Toby Miller, NYC

“All Change” by Toby Miller, NYC

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as told at a PenTales event themed “Love and Heartbreak” I think of places like OSHO, the ashram of sorts, I believe, in India established by the fellow known in the 80‟s as the Bhagwan who, back in those days, would drive one of […]

“Great Expectations” by Muhammad Radwan, Damascus

topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Road turns white. View of world tilts, the world at 45 degrees, or…? Blackness. Obfuscation. Brother, where art thou? In the hospital, realizations that there will no ensuing realizations, the epiphanies have already come, but they’re not […]

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Get to know Diego better by going Behind the Story During full moon nights she is never able to sleep. On those erratic nights, which might well happen more than once a month since her calendar […]

“Just a Girl” by Rocio deMingo, London

topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT I’m a little child lost in the valley of freedom. Too many choices, too little time. Through the darkness of my subconscious dreams, little paths of light appear. Kaleidoscopes of rainbows, reflections of my soul, paths that try to lead the way, which to choose, I […]

“Great Expectations, or The High Hopes of a Housefly” by Catherine Nicholson, Paris

“Great Expectations, or The High Hopes of a Housefly” by Catherine Nicholson, Paris

topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT This story was shared at a PenTales  event themed “Great Expectations” Listen to the Story! It was, without a doubt, the best jam he had ever tasted. “In all my days and lifetimes,” he sighed, “that is the best jam I have ever tasted”. The jar […]

“Alright Princess?” by Rosalyn, Paris

“Alright Princess?” by Rosalyn, Paris

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Royalty” Listen to the Story! Alright, Princess ? Gurgled the man as he shifted his weight and pressed his upper body against the bar, a roll of man-boob spilling onto its surface, trapping a coaster. “Naav another pint of […]

“The Fool – with Apologies to Tom Robbins” by Josh, Paris

“The Fool – with Apologies to Tom Robbins” by Josh, Paris

topic: CRIME & PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as shared at an event themed “Royalty” I’d watch out if I were you- they don’t take kindly to strangers around here- let me tell you that,” said the man sitting in the hanging cage at the crossroads. “I’ve been here for three days […]

“Expectations Rant” by Ezra Wolkenfeld, Washington Heights

“Expectations Rant” by Ezra Wolkenfeld, Washington Heights

CHANGE This story was shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations” So, I was thinking about the theme of the night, and I realized that expectations actually play a huge role in my life. To be completely honest, as someone who lives most of their life inside their own […]