Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

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Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

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"Janet Horne" — The Last Witch Executed in Scotland. Runner-Up in History Would’ve Burned This Page Challenge.
Imagine you're Janet Horne, an elderly woman living in Dornoch, a quaint little seaside town in the Sutherland county of Scotland's Highlands. It’s 1727, and you lead a modest life — not unusual for that time or place — with your daughter. Life isn’t easy, but it’s yours. You have the love of your daughter and the duty of caring for her to keep you going, despite the creeping onset of an illness we’d now recognise as senility.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in History
Sanctuary
As the dark circled around me, as my blood was swallowed by the drain again One hesitation mark after another— scorching my flesh and soul.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Fiction
The Walk. Content Warning.
The walk there was always something I savoured, trying to make it last longer than the five minutes it usually took. This was not because I wanted to delay my arrival at the destination at the end of the walk.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Fiction
She Sang in Steam
This city. The city was my home. The bitterness—the acridity—stifled my breathing, and the city's breathing. Almost. The steam encircling the city was like its living spirit of the present and the dying ghost of its past.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Fiction
Fire and Fury (and Something More)
As I sit, looking at the sun rise over a wet and dreary Paisley, I think about death, about loss— about Dad, and those who faced
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Poets
Say It Loud and Clear. Top Story - June 2025.
I wrote the following quickly after hearing the news, but felt it best to go back and add this because so much goes unsaid
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Poets
Live and Let Live: One Straight Man's Take on Pride
As a cisgender, heterosexual, and white man (I'm Scottish-Italian, so not palest ever, but still white), I often feel that it's not really my place to say anything. But, still, I can't just sit on my hands and not say anything at all.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Pride
We Are All Made of Stars
We are all made of stars hippy sentiments, truth glittering sparks of creativity and life light up the world burn brighter than
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Poets
The Man Comes Around
The second name on the list was David Armistice. His own name. - There was nothing remarkable about David Armistice. Except a gash beneath his left eye—a parting gift from some bar owner he brawled with.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Fiction
The Grudge is Dead
As the rain saturates everything, I sit and reflect. Contemplate. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. I guess I do it a lot in general.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Journal
Statement of Existence
simply by existing we have an impact overheard truths from a phone unfiltered uninvited how they were framed why they were uttered
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Poets
A Bustle in the Hedgerow
when art is driven by more than a simple need to pay bills when art is transcendental and becomes more in others’ minds when art is the motivator,
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Poets