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Welcome to the Lyrics Vault

Hey everyone! I’m Akashic, and I’m here to share the worlds and words swirling in my head. Whether it’s a heartfelt poem, a quick short story, or song lyrics that

Tracy's strategy.

Tracy has got just few days to carryout the task given to her by Mr Jude, as her level of engagement swept this off her memory. What do I do? The question came as

A survey (please, I need your help here

Hi there, community. The illustrator of my book, “Just a Bit of Chaos,” has just sent me some possible cover images, and since I found all of them interesting but

Complete Review: To Hold Up The Sky - Cixin Liu Anthology

Previously, I published some thoughts on the opening tale of Cixin Liu's anthology, Hold Up The Sky. Now that I've finished the whole thing, it is time to share

My aunt, my inspiration

My aunt is one woman I looked up to. Not because she dresses well, nor because she speaks well, rather she's my role model because of her character, lifestyle and

Open Endings and Raw Realities (ENG-ESP)

Open Endings and Raw Realities (Ten Stories by Rafael Grillo) Open endings create a conspiratorial sense of freedom. The storyteller refuses a tidy resolution—at

Shortflix # 2

Vol 2 is out. The episode is billed as Great Power Comes Great Enemies. One of the inspiration for this was as you achieve more success, a counter force of equal

Book Review: Killer Ape

In my last post in this community, I shared a review of a short story by an African writer. I like to think I'm in my short story era. At first I thought I was

Zapfic monday: River

"Mum, please... No, and I don't care if you cry a river, Emily. There's no way you're going there to serve, not with the ongoing crises there. It's best you

THE LEGACY (part 1)

Liam, Li-Mummy, Li-Boo, Li-Bobo. My mum had so many nicknames for me. I was only ever called William Omotayo Iniobong Femi-Cole by her once. That day, I broke Grandma's

Dracos: Lords of the Invisible Veil

Before time had a name, there existed a dark, mountainous planet, inhabited within cities and spaces with advanced educational technology, where they learned to

Oil Crisis of Heavenly Proportions

My next video is a YT shorts. It delves into the importance of oil and its relationship to the planet. This story actually was inspired from a dream of my late dad

"It's my Final Semester"

How we sat down beside each other, kept locking eyes at different intervals — the only thing that went through my head was I need to see her again. source No, I

When the mouse roared

Source Jimmy was always the quiet and timid type of person. He was a typical loner at school, as no one, not even his classmates who were bullied associated with

Cigarette Stories 🚬

"Nothing more to say about the matter then. The Greek gods were total sons of bitches and four thousand years earlier, we humans are just like them." I

Gritlocke Rules!

The Legend of Gritlocke In a realm where worlds were generated at random and rules were rewritten with each sunrise, a glitch broke free from the code—a bug that

Flowers For Delilah - Ep. 1

You are old enough to be married to a man. Stop taking yourself as a child. The old woman in backyard would always talk down on her niece. She love to toe this line

Wood Stain - Zapfic240

I watched as the painter carefully applied a gel-like substance on the wood, which changed its color. Curious, I asked him what the substance was. He replied that

The smell of a new book (Eng-Esp)

Having a #writer at #home is something to take advantage of. Look at a #book from the right moment in which it is thought, at the right time that it is eating to

Una mañana diferente ✨ con Raperos 🎤 y Escritores 😅

Saludos Hivers ✨ Deseándoles el mejor de los jueves posibles a todos, les cuento que estoy muy feliz de haber sido incluído como invitado a una actividad literaria