Evan Lord

Joined August 2022

10 stories

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The only rule of heaven is to follow your heart. The only rule of hell is to follow someone else's. I've written for everyone else during my career. Today, I'm following my heart and writing for people who love to read, laugh and grow.

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Be as the bees if you please
The lights through the trees brought me to my knees That’s why you find me here slumped. Your large oval eyes are a bit of surprise
By Evan Lord2 years ago in Poets
Dream State
A successful guy lives a double reality without really knowing it. In waking life, Dante Thorne is an internet celebrity — the center of attention and the decision maker. In the dream state, he’s at the whim of whatever his consciousness conjures up for him – often providing guidance and solutions that don’t work out for anyone.
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Humor
Dead Woman Flying
I pitied the woman seated a few rows up from me on the flight from Salt Lake City to Frankfurt, West Germany. The seatbelt light had been a starter’s pistol for the two newly-minted missionaries who were double-teaming their first victim in horrible German – their new language. Nineteen year-old Elders Keir and Walsch – recent graduates of the Missionary Training Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – were doing what they’d just spent two months being programmed to do: Ruin a nice lady’s day.
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Fiction
Shooting Star, Shoot!
Shooting star, shoot! Set your course right Streak into glory with embers alight Shooting star, shoot! Sweet, transient friend
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Poets
Through A Glass Darkly
“The mirror showed a reflection that wasn’t my own,” she said. The stylish young woman pulled out a cigarette, thought better of it and apologized. “I know how insane this sounds.”
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Fiction
A Woman in Peril
There once was a woman in peril Because of her ostrich named Darrell His beak and his claws Never gave as much pause
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Poets
Lass from Nebraska
There once was a lass in Nebraska Who performed any task that you’d ask’a She’d spit shine your car Buy drinks at the bar
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Poets
Otis for Potus
There once was an old man named Otis Who’d failed to gain the ladies’ notice He shined up his shoes Got on nightly news
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Poets
A Dog and Her Boy
“Stop pouting. You saw that coming a mile away.” She was right and it ticked me off. “Watch yourself, girl.” I’d muttered it without a hint of humor. That made the dog giggle.
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Confessions
The Devils Are Dreaming of a Blue Angel
The Devils are Dreaming of a Blue Angel a space mystery By Evan Lord Chapter One: The slip Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But as they also say, when in Rome...
By Evan Lord3 years ago in Fiction

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Be as the bees if you please

Dream State

Dead Woman Flying

Shooting Star, Shoot!

Through A Glass Darkly

A Woman in Peril

Lass from Nebraska

Otis for Potus

A Dog and Her Boy

The Devils Are Dreaming of a Blue Angel

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