Archive for category: Love and Heartbreak

“Virtually Connected” by Derek Goggin, Northumberland

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest Daniel is ten today, double figures, digital. Today he gets to game properly. Until now he has used the computer games his parents bought him, and used the Wii games with the family but from now on the […]

“Christmas Eve 2010” by Judith Rodgers, Bronx

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest When I reach the corner he is there, smiling. As always, he has appeared from nowhere. He waits for me to approach; I cross the street and walk straight into his arms. It is the same corner, the […]

“Eleanor of Aquitane” by Caro and Nick, Paris

“Eleanor of Aquitane” by Caro and Nick, Paris

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an event  themed “Royalty” The bright, beautiful duchess of Aquitaine Was married to the king of the Franks, and then They went off to crusade, Coward Louis, dismayed, Was forced to come back to France again The marriage of Ella and […]

“Making Ends Meet” by Preeti Gujar, Mumbai

“Making Ends Meet” by Preeti Gujar, Mumbai

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT   She gazed at her new born baby with love.  She heard the doctor come in and stand beside her.  Her voice bore the strain of yet another child-birth following the many years of having patiently raised her children. “I hope you’ve done what […]

Royal Rules of Engagement by Markus, Paris

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Royalty”

“What Reading about Love Teaches Us” – (what we’ve learned from the stories you’ve submitted)

by PenTales Pundit Aswini Sivaraman Have you ever done a Wiki search on “Love”? I did one a few years ago. It wasn’t a very lengthy article then. And it’s definitely not the same as it is now. I know that for a fact because apart from being bored enough […]

“Where is She” by Liam, Melbourne

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event in Hanoi themed “Once Upon a Time”

“On First Kisses” by Nick Schonberger, NYC

“On First Kisses” by Nick Schonberger, NYC

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT PenTales Pick of the Day- By: Tiffany Colon Most of us can remember our very first kiss.  But can we remember the first time we kissed everyone we kissed?  Probably not.  Nick Schonberger chronicles his experiences for us in On First Kisses.  This piece […]

“Sinking” by Maida Sheikh, Lahore

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT PenTales Pick of the Day- By: Tiffany Colon Often times being in a relationship, falling in love, can feel like drowning.  This is an analogy that has probably been used often amongst us.  What Sinking does is take that analogy and make it haunting […]