Matthew J. Fromm

Joined May 2022

328 stories

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Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.

Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).

I can be reached at [email protected]

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Young Love And Awkward Goodbyes
Look, it’s like that snow-plowed mountain there immovable as Everest Silent, lovely, yet fragile But, like… no, you get me
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Parasites
I saw her on TV We looked nothing alike With her manicured nails And long blonde curls The camera lights Framing her shirt
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Eden Ablaze
“Confess your treachery, brother! Confess! Confess! For the greater good, confess!” My blade dances across the keeps stones as the castle burns beyond. My new Eden, devoured by the man for whom my heart beat. Drops of blood dot the stones of the tower floor. The end of our long crusade draws nearer and nearer as the sands of my brother’s hourglass empty.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
Denouement
The credits rolled on our tragic end Like Those foreign films you loved so I laughed and cried on cue An Oscar performance
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Columbus Day
A time not so long ago New age explorers Never satisfied and Intrepid in their Villainous machinations Envisioned adventures even as
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Where Be Our Cincinnatus?
Where be our Cincinnatus? That golden hero of yore Where be our Cincinnatus? To whom even Washington swore
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Subtext . Top Story - July 2024.
You cannot hope to Contain a bull once unleashed In a china shop
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Come For A Ha'penny
A ha’penny for thee! A ha’penny for thee! Harken you creators I gift a ha’penny to thee! Bring forth your words
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Le Morte d'Columbia
Drums Drums Drums In the deep Bellowed through Moria Sounding defeat... The bells The bells
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Strange Fruit. Content Warning.
Strange fruit hangin' In the Georgia breeze From the Poplar trees They tell us Avert our eyes
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
My Self-Critique of My Writing Battle Entry. Top Story - June 2024.
Now that this season’s Writing Battle is over, I felt it was appropriate to do a bit of self-reflection and critiquing on my entry. Key finding: it was fine…but...
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Critique
As The Winds Blow
“Enter! Welcome to Grivor’s Famous House of Curiosities!” the verbose owner bellowed as Andruil entered the dusty shop. He kept his dark hood pulled up against the winter winds, not that he could feel them.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction