Top 4 Tips To Help You Improve Your Writing — practical advice for writers - Written Tales Written Tales Editor shares four essential ways to strengthen your craft—reading beyond your comfort zone, writing authentic dialogue, and shaping stories that feel natural, vivid, and true to voice.

Written Tales Editor shares four essential ways to strengthen your craft—reading beyond your comfort zone, writing authentic dialogue, and shaping stories that feel natural, vivid, and true to voice.

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Everybody Loves a Cheerful Giver — a poem of sacrifice and grace - Written Tales King Davey’s poem envisions death not as loss but as offering—a return to the soil and sea, where grief becomes water and devotion finds its quiet place in the deep.

King Davey’s poem envisions death not as loss but as offering—a return to the soil and sea, where grief becomes water and devotion finds its quiet place in the deep - Written Tales

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Have a Nice Day — a short story - Written Tales Ellis Shuman’s story follows Hastings through another day of repetition and polite emptiness, where small gestures echo the quiet desperation of a man long lost in his own design.

Ellis Shuman’s story follows Hastings through another day of repetition and polite emptiness, where small gestures echo the quiet desperation of a man long lost in his own design - Written Tales

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The Last Cigarette — a prose elegy of loss and love - Written Tales Donna Faulkner captures the intimate moment of a father’s passing through spare, aching language—a meditation on memory, mortality, and the small rituals that keep love breathing after death.

Donna Faulkner captures the intimate moment of a father’s passing through spare, aching language—a meditation on memory, mortality, and the small rituals that keep love breathing after death - Written Tales

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Death in a Foreigner’s Tongue — a prose elegy of faith and exile - Written Tales Isabella Melians writes of loss in a language not her own, where faith, heritage, and womanhood intertwine in aching fragments of memory, lit by the pale glow of remembrance and belonging.

Isabella Melians writes of loss in a language not her own, where faith, heritage, and womanhood intertwine in aching fragments of memory, lit by the pale glow of remembrance and belonging - Written Tales

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A Life Like A Tree - Written Tales Paul Munguia’s prose piece “A Life Like A Tree” offers a contemplative vision of existence rooted in simplicity and steadfastness. By comparing life to a tree, the narrative reflects on a deep…

Paul Munguia imagines a life rooted like a tree—steadfast through storm and silence, learning each wind, shedding pieces of self, standing firm in the slow patience of being alive - Written Tales

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Manicured Nails — a poem of desire and danger - Written Tales Ramta Warrier’s poem moves through the pulse of temptation, where beauty cuts as sharply as guilt, and intimacy turns to curse beneath the shimmer of touch and breath.

Ramta Warrier’s visceral poem moves through the pulse of temptation, where beauty cuts as sharply as guilt, and intimacy turns to curse beneath the shimmer of touch and breath - Written Tales

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The Laborious Way — a poem of burden and grace - Written Tales In Brian Hill’s stark meditation, the long walk toward Golgotha becomes every man’s burden, a quiet study of endurance, humility, and the shadowed beauty of human sorrow under heaven’s dim light.

In Brian Hill’s stark meditation, the long walk toward Golgotha becomes every man’s burden, a quiet study of endurance, humility, and the shadowed beauty of human sorrow under heaven’s dim light - Written Tales

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Good Friday — a poem of faith and memory - Written Tales Joseph A. Farina recalls a Catholic childhood where reverence met routine, and Good Friday’s solemn rituals—paper veils, pressed shirts, whispered prayers—etched belief into the bones of ordinary…

Joseph A. Farina recalls a Catholic childhood where reverence met routine, and Good Friday’s solemn rituals—paper veils, pressed shirts, whispered prayers—etched belief into the bones of ordinary - Written Tales

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Casu Poenitet — a poem of regret and ritual - Written Tales Robert Trakofler’s lyrical poem leads us through a surreal tavern of memory, where melancholy drifts with the smoke and the names of old sorrows linger like dust on the bar.

Robert Trakofler’s lyrical poem leads us through a surreal tavern of memory, where melancholy drifts with the smoke and the names of old sorrows linger like dust on the bar - Written Tales

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The Exodus of the Tombs — a story of faith and mystery - Written Tales John Tuttle’s haunting short story revisits the days after the crucifixion, when rumor and revelation blur into faith, and one man witnesses the impossible return of those once lost to death.

John Tuttle’s haunting short story revisits the days after the crucifixion, when rumor and revelation blur into faith, and one man witnesses the impossible return of those once lost to death - Written Tales

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The Easter Hairdo — a short story of family and faith - Written Tales In Jerry Lambert’s tender story, an Easter morning hairdo becomes a portrait of family humor and devotion, where tradition and love tangle together beneath the shine of polished shoes and pastel…

In Jerry Lambert’s tender story, an Easter morning hairdo becomes a portrait of family humor and devotion, where tradition and love tangle together beneath the shine of polished shoes - Written Tales

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Mommy Why? — Poem - Written Tales Kev’s searing poem voices the pain of a daughter lost to honor violence. Through innocence and horror, her cry exposes the cruelty that hides behind tradition.

Kev’s searing poem voices the pain of a daughter lost to honor violence. Through innocence and horror, her cry exposes the cruelty that hides behind tradition - Written Tales

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Like to Call It a Life — Short Story - Written Tales Mimi Bordeaux’s gritty monologue unravels the life of a woman forged by neglect and endurance. A story of love, loss, and the defiant act of speaking truth.

Mimi Bordeaux’s gritty monologue unravels the life of a woman forged by neglect and endurance. A story of love, loss, and the defiant act of speaking truth - Written Tales

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Auschwitz, A Remembrance — Poem - Written Tales Rp Verlaine confronts the unspeakable truth of Auschwitz in spare, devastating lines. A memorial in verse to those silenced and the echo that endures through history.

Rp Verlaine confronts the unspeakable truth of Auschwitz in spare, devastating lines. A memorial in verse to those silenced and the echo that endures through history - Written Tales

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Reaching for the Wine — Poem - Written Tales Notty Bumbo’s poem reflects on those gone and the traces they leave. Between loss and wonder, he searches for meaning under endless moons.

Notty Bumbo’s poem reflects on those gone and the traces they leave. Between loss and wonder, he searches for meaning under endless moons - Written Tales

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Precious — Sonnet Poem - Written Tales Andalucinda captures the sensory wonder of childhood—orchards gleaming with fruit and lamplight glowing like gold. A sonnet of gratitude and the shimmer of family love.

Andalucinda captures the sensory wonder of childhood—orchards gleaming with fruit and lamplight glowing like gold. A sonnet of gratitude and the shimmer of family love - Written Tales

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The Sealed Envelope — Poem - Written Tales Deatherage opens a box of forgotten mementos—tokens of longing, regret, and isolation. A subtle elegy for love imagined but never shared.

Deatherage opens a box of forgotten mementos—tokens of longing, regret, and isolation. A subtle elegy for love imagined but never shared - Written Tales

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Calling Your Name — Prose Poem - Written Tales Eadbhard McGowan contemplates ancestry and longing in a lyrical conversation with the dead. A meditation on distance, silence, and the fragile thread that binds generations.

Eadbhard McGowan contemplates ancestry and longing in a lyrical conversation with the dead. A meditation on distance, silence, and the fragile thread that binds generations - Written Tales

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We Will Always Remember Our Lion — Prose Poem - Written Tales Rachel Fuld turns an ordinary day into a haunting study of loss and disbelief. A single phone call transforms routine into heartbreak, leaving echoes that never fade.

Rachel Fuld turns an ordinary day into a haunting study of loss and disbelief. A single phone call transforms routine into heartbreak, leaving echoes that never fade - Written Tales

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Grammy’s Hands — Poetic Prose - Written Tales Maggie Brace recalls her grandmother through the language of touch—hands that worked, comforted, and carried love across generations. A tender portrait of memory’s lasting hold.

Maggie Brace recalls her grandmother through the language of touch—hands that worked, comforted, and carried love across generations. A tender portrait of memory’s lasting hold - Written Tales

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The Resurrection - Written Tales In this radiant Rondeau, Lucy O’Briain weaves faith, rebirth, and divine love into a vision of hope, where darkness fades, life renews, and the earth itself sings of resurrection.

In this radiant Rondeau, Lucy O’Briain weaves faith, rebirth, and divine love into a vision of hope, where darkness fades, life renews, and the earth itself sings of resurrection - Written Tales

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Leaves of Ukraine — a poem of war and faith - Written Tales David Dephy writes from the stillness after devastation, where prayer becomes breath and silence bears the last traces of faith, an unflinching meditation on God, loss, and endurance.

David Dephy writes from the stillness after devastation, where prayer becomes breath and silence bears the last traces of faith, an unflinching meditation on God, loss, and endurance - Written Tales

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It Was Time for Her to Go — A Story of Letting Go - Written Tales When the past clings like dust to an old suitcase, one woman chooses release over regret. Breena Fain’s short story captures the quiet courage of letting go.

When the past clings like dust to an old suitcase, one woman chooses release over regret. Breena Fain’s short story captures the quiet courage of letting go - Written Tales

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Paint Has a Sound — Poem - Written Tales Russell Riendeau faces deafness: breath at his ear, footsteps felt not heard. Startle reflex gone, language blunted yet alluring; art, intimacy, and identity reorganize as aging demands ways of…

Paint Has a Sound — Poem by Russell Riendeau faces deafness: breath at his ear, footsteps felt not heard - Written Tales

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A tender poem where air, fire, and divine love intertwine. Olumide weaves nature, devotion, and desire into a spiritual vow that speaks to both faith and the heart.

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The Queen of The West – Poem by Saara Ghani In The Queen of The West by Saara Ghani, a woman stands between cultures—torn between beauty and belonging, her voice both foreign and entirely her own. 📬 Subscribe to Written Tales for new poems and stories.

In The Queen of The West by Saara Ghani, a woman stands between cultures—torn between beauty and belonging, her voice both foreign and entirely her own. 📬 Subscribe to Written Tales for new poems and stories.

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Good Friday – Poem by Joseph A. Farina In Good Friday by Joseph A. Farina, memory returns to a schoolhouse of nuns and prayer, where faith, ritual, and reverence meet in the quiet rhythm of youth. 📬 Subscribe to Written Tales for new poems and stories.

In Good Friday by Joseph A. Farina, memory returns to a schoolhouse of nuns and prayer, where faith, ritual, and reverence meet in the quiet rhythm of youth. 📬 Subscribe to Written Tales for new poems and stories.

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Fly: A Story of Arctic Survival and Swarms - Written Tales Doug Hawley’s Fly tells of venomous swarms born from Arctic thaw, spreading devastation from Baffin Island to the mainland.

Doug Hawley’s Fly tells of venomous swarms born from Arctic thaw, spreading devastation from Baffin Island to the mainland - Written Tales

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Feast: A Story of Love Marked by Violence - Written Tales Raymond Walker’s Feast explores the unsettling overlap of passion and brutality, where devotion is written in wounds as much as in memory.

Raymond Walker’s Feast explores the unsettling overlap of passion and brutality, where devotion is written in wounds as much as in memory - Written Tales

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