Novel Allen
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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 Female Serpent
From birth Viper had been quite beautiful. She screamed mightily from her tiny lungs, announcing loudly her advent into an unknown and cold world. Who had dared to drag her from the warmth and comfort of her warm womb, she challenged anyone to slap her innocent behind as a welcome into a stark and sterile room.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Fiction
Talented Vocal creator spotlight #8, Birch Tales.
"If you have a bias, let it be towards optimism". There are writers who begin this literary journey with gusto, with something wonderful to say. Then there are those (like myself) who began their writing journey with what has been called by rather unflattering names, let us name it, finding our 'fledgling wings', little birds just learning to fly.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Chapters
Loki and the bonfires of Austria
Long ago in the Norse Kingdom of Asgard, there were two brothers, Thor (the elder) and Loki(the younger). In truth they were not brothers by blood, but to any onlooker, truly they were brought up as bonded brothers. Odin, the father of the boys and God/King of Asgard, decided it was time for Thor to take his place as the new God, as his father grew weary of the task.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Fiction
An ad·den·dum to everything vermin.
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” ― Franz Kafka I may be alone (except for a few souls whom I thank) in my excitement to promote my thoughts about Kafka's style of writing, and that is completely ok. To me, I see a bit of the man Kafka was in all of us writers.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Writers
Kafka's cockroach in the story 'Metamorphosis'. A sad tale.
The Metamorphosis. In the story, poor Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of his metamorphosis. Stuck on his back and unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as being full of "temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart". He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job if he were not his family's sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt father's debts. While trying to move, Gregor finds that his office manager, the chief clerk, has shown up to check on him, indignant about Gregor's unexcused absence. Gregor attempts to communicate with both the manager and his family, but all they can hear from behind the door is incomprehensible vocalizations. Gregor laboriously drags himself across the floor and opens the door. The clerk, upon seeing the transformed Gregor, flees the apartment. Gregor's family is horrified, and his father drives him back towards his room. Gregor is injured when he tries to force himself through the doorway (which is too narrow for him) but gets unstuck when his father shoves him through.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Horror
