The Kind Quill
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The Kind Quill serves as a writer's blog to entertain, humor, and/or educate readers and viewers alike on the stories that move us and might feed our inner child
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The Great Cereal Heist of Apartment 12B
Every morning at precisely 8:03 AM, Gerald Fumbleton shuffled into his cramped kitchen like a man on rails. It was not that he particularly enjoyed breakfast—he considered taste a distraction—but routine was everything. He would open the third drawer from the left (always the third, never the fourth, lest disaster strike), extract a single, unremarkable spoon, and approach the pantry. There, without fail, sat his box of Quantum Oats™—the cereal engineered by shadowy scientists to taste like absolutely nothing but to fill the void deep in your soul where meaning used to reside.
By The Kind Quill10 months ago in Fiction
Doorman 2.0: Charley’s Exit Strategy
Charley’s job as a doorman wasn’t glamorous, but it was steady. For almost ten years, he stood at the entrance of a mid-tier Manhattan apartment building, nodding at tenants, holding doors, and mastering the art of pretending to care about Mrs. Feldman’s Pomeranian’s latest bowel movement. At 35, Charley had grown so comfortable in his role that he could predict tenants’ elevator arrival times like some sort of lobby Nostradamus.
By The Kind Quill11 months ago in Confessions
The Bloody Origins of Valentine’s Day: A Darkly Romantic History
Ah, Valentine’s Day—the one day a year when we’re all expected to profess our love with overpriced chocolate, flowers that die within a week, and Hallmark cards dripping with saccharine declarations of eternal devotion. But how did we get here? How did a holiday built on grand romantic gestures, candlelit dinners, and unbearable PDA actually come to exist?
By The Kind Quill11 months ago in History
The Queer Kingdom: For the love of the Zoo
It was a cloudy Wednesday morning at Sunnyside Zoo when the interns gathered for their first animal behavior lecture. Dr. Susan Patel, the lead zoologist, stood in front of a whiteboard scribbled with diagrams of penguins, giraffes, and geese. “Today,” she began, “we’re going to talk about a topic that isn’t often covered in textbooks but is just as important: the queerness of the animal kingdom.”
By The Kind Quill11 months ago in Humans
The Starlight Curse
In a world where magic coursed through the veins of the earth, two beings existed on opposite sides of a forbidden divide. Selene, a Moonweaver, could spin silver threads of moonlight to weave dreams and illusions. Eryx, a Starborn, was born of stardust, destined to blaze across the heavens and never linger in one place for too long. The laws of their realms forbade them from meeting, for the Moonweavers drew their power from the stillness of the night, while the Starborn thrived in endless movement and light.
By The Kind Quill11 months ago in Fiction
Pixels and Coastlines
Chapter 1: Opposite Worlds Dylan adjusted the headphones on their head, fingers tapping methodically against the WASD keys. The glow of their dual monitors illuminated their bedroom in a soft hue, a stark contrast to the gray January skies visible through their Brooklyn window. Introverted by nature, Dylan had always found comfort in the quiet hum of their gaming rig and the sprawling open-world adventures of their favorite RPGs. In the digital realm, there were no awkward silences or fumbling small talk, just quests, battles, and the satisfaction of leveling up.
By The Kind Quill11 months ago in Confessions
Fragments of Tomorrow
At 34, Jason knew he was running out of time—or at least it felt that way. Every morning, he woke up in his small, Brooklyn apartment, stared at himself in the mirror, and promised, Today will be different. The problem was, he often forgot what “different” meant by noon.
By The Kind Quill12 months ago in Humans
