Novel Allen

Joined March 2021

1097 stories

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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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The Black Hole
There comes a time when fiction blurs with reality, and you begin to question what is real and what is not. The world seems like an endless paradox of surreal self contradictions and irony.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Psyche
The 'Essential Worker' crisis
Thank you to all the Essential workers who kept the literal and metaphorical fires from burning before, during and after the Pandemic. Your tenacity and courage in the face of adversity is admirable and worthy of the highest praise. Thank you.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
Affair? WTF said gently under my breath
Just because I am successful, beautiful and accomplished....AND SINGLE...does not mean I NEED to have an 'Affair'. Although you are 6ft 3inches of perfect sinew and muscle rippling gorgeousness...WITH RESPONSIBILITIES....you need to keep your distance.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
Year 2045AH~Anti-Humans~AI won the war
In the year 2045AH. They called it Anti-Human, the Humanoids took over. They had won. Year 2044. We gave the order. She auto-corrected.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
I may as well be in OZ on Vocal
Does my frozen pond have to be a literal one. Can I be figurative and satirical in my chosen rendition of a story. Can my long thaw and becoming free of the pond be characterized as acceptance of my written words.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
Racism through marigold eyes
The first time I encountered racism was on the streets of San Antonio Texas. I was walking with my two grandchildren. It was Halloween night.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
A wonderfully Frozen story
Should you stand and peer very closely at frozen objects, you cannot help but be fascinated by the stillness of their petrified beauty.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
pears for tears
The shape of a pear reminds me of how full-bodied we women can be. I am young and independent. Papa said so. Why do I have to be a skinny, bony, half starved female. Who am I supposed to please.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
THE EPIGRAPHICAL BULL
I have always found bullfighting, boxing and wrestling to be the most insane and downright stupid of sports. Busted lips, busted heads, beating each other to a literal pulp and squeezing the daylight out of each other. Really?.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
THE TOP SECRET SOCIETY
I grabbed the innocent looking brown package and ran. They always place it in the red box. But my instinct tells me that this time it is the brown one for certain.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction
SURVEYS...BAH HUMBUG
I'm filled up to the WAZOO with blooming surveys. WAZOO (consisting of or containing meaningless words, 'Webster's') PLEASE, can I just return to the jungle, or at least to
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Poets
THROUGH the faded Marigolds
There are four main varieties of marigolds. The French marigold, the Signet marigold, the African and the Triploid hybrids marigold.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Fiction