Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1312 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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Fetterman's Wake
I'm the kind of asshole who would hold his own wake just to see what those closest — and not so closest — to me would say. To see if they'd even turn up. Ego, ego, ego; dies at death, or is it reborn and energized?
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
Slick Cartography
Heady, potent. ~ (inhale) ~ Your syrup Lines my throat, ~ (exhale) ~ As the taste Lingers On my tongue.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
Do You Want People to Separate You From Your Art?. Top Story - November 2025.
Roman Polanski, Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Caravaggio, Richard Wagner, Woody Allen, J.K. Rowling, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf, R. Kelly, Miles Davis, Carl Jung, Francis Bacon, and Jackson Pollock.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Writers
Spirals Downhill
It all starts with the mistaken belief (sorry Hank, but not that much) that anyone wants to read anything I write. The spirals downhill from there.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
Frost's First Trick
The crisp crunch of a different kind. Everything brown and dead has left. Ethereal and surreal, for sure— but the warning call,
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
In The Open Abyss. Runner-Up in Letters to the Moon Challenge.
I wonder, oh how I wonder — not about your ability or your presence, though in truth, they do elicit reverence and admiration.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
Glass Danse Macabre
The stillness. The steely stillness that stole my breath was ever present. For so long, it had claimed my heart and devotion, and felt alive. Now it felt empty.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
Ada
Our humble homestead was much like the others in our town — bricks and mortar, hard work and sweat, the fruits of diligent labour and precise planning.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
blood on my brain. Top Story - November 2025.
there's a line a few in fact that i forget the relevance so resolute in my affliction i take a moment turn it into a lifetime
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
40% Proof
I'm tired and emotional and lonely and need gin, or cider or both. I don’t smoke, so that won’t help. And the kind of drugs
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
In Plain Sight. Content Warning.
In my mind, you're mine for the taking Your mind Is mine for breaking Perfect trophy Mothering hips Wanton lips
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Poets
The Counterattack - Dick Winchester Book 2 By Stephen A. Roddewig In Review
Hey people, and welcome to this long-overdue review of the second book in the Dick Winchester trilogy, The Counterattack by Stephen A. Roddewig.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in BookClub