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What’s in the Box? (a very short story)

April 12, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amwriting, challenges, fiction, Humor, imagination, Inspirational, life, literature, metaphor, micro fiction, motivational, mystery, nature, short story, suspense, thinking, trees, work, writer, writer's block, writing

Miss Magnolia

March 27, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: adulthood, childhood, children, conflict, easter, free-verse, magnolia, memory, nature, peace, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, seasons, sleep, spring, trees, writing

Writing Alone

February 28, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: alliteration, feelings, lost, nature, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, sleep, writer, writing

Blistered Feet (A Valentine's Sonnet)

February 14, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: loss, love, nature, poem, poetry, rhyme, romance, romantic, sonnet, valentine, valentine's day, writing

Food for the Mindless Masses (Ch. 2)

November 30, 2015 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: challenges, decisions, fiction, galaxy, nature, planets, poetry, science fiction, short story, Space, war, writing

Food for the Mindless Masses

June 27, 2014 by ineffablespeech Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: life, nature, science fiction, short story, technology, war

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