Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1317 stories

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Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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She Sang in Steam
This city. The city was my home. The bitterness—the acridity—stifled my breathing, and the city's breathing. Almost. The steam encircling the city was like its living spirit of the present and the dying ghost of its past.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
Fire and Fury (and Something More)
As I sit, looking at the sun rise over a wet and dreary Paisley, I think about death, about loss— about Dad, and those who faced
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
Say It Loud and Clear. Top Story - June 2025.
I wrote the following quickly after hearing the news, but felt it best to go back and add this because so much goes unsaid
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
Live and Let Live: One Straight Man's Take on Pride
As a cisgender, heterosexual, and white man (I'm Scottish-Italian, so not palest ever, but still white), I often feel that it's not really my place to say anything. But, still, I can't just sit on my hands and not say anything at all.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Pride
We Are All Made of Stars
We are all made of stars hippy sentiments, truth glittering sparks of creativity and life light up the world burn brighter than
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
The Man Comes Around
The second name on the list was David Armistice. His own name. - There was nothing remarkable about David Armistice. Except a gash beneath his left eye—a parting gift from some bar owner he brawled with.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
The Grudge is Dead
As the rain saturates everything, I sit and reflect. Contemplate. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. I guess I do it a lot in general.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Journal
Statement of Existence
simply by existing we have an impact overheard truths from a phone unfiltered uninvited how they were framed why they were uttered
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
A Bustle in the Hedgerow
when art is driven by more than a simple need to pay bills when art is transcendental and becomes more in others’ minds when art is the motivator,
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
To: The One Who Always Knew How To Twist the Knife. Runner-Up in I Resign From… Challenge.
To: The One Who Always Knew How to Twist the Knife From: Me Subject: Resignation - Reclaiming the Throne Effective immediately, I am stepping down from my role as your enabler, your apologist, your host... I am done. This should come as no surprise to you. The cards were dealt a long time ago.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Journal
Quiet Reverie
She dipped her head in the water as she washed the cleanser from her skin. This. This was a real highlight of her day. That one moment,
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets
Time's Loving Balm
worth and value can be hard to wrap your head around whether through abuse or past wrongs the ideas, the concepts, the constructs
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Poets