Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1380 stories

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

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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Much Too Young - Much Too Old
Studying my words from long ago, in the yellowed pages of my manifesto, when my mind was more alive than it is today. "Sat at my desk to create legacy. Seeking fame and respect. An empire. From behind my desk in my humble log cabin, the void between inspiration and desolation breached. With the right words in the right sequence, one could tap the creative depths of my mind and bring to fruition something remarkable-unforgettable.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Fiction
Blood on the Scrolls
At the breast of the mother of invention I suckled from the teat of conviction In truth, I sought more than sweetness More than colostrum, rich in goodness
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Diamond Among Dead Empires
some poetry makes you sit up and think some poetry makes you sit down and sink some just makes you the ink spills and then and then and then
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Jogger's Trail by Donna Fox In Review. Top Story - September 2025.
So gather round, friends, for a review of another Vocal writer's self-published book. This time, we are focusing on The Queen of Acrostics (as assigned by me), Donna Fox (HKB), and her rather excellent YA supernatural tale Jogger's Trail.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in BookClub
Self-Inflicted Momentum
/Tipped forward by my own volition, by my own trajectory, towards the wall, that brick wall, as my world collapses
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Mid-Breath, Mid-Fall
not exactly, I say all the stars are out tonight, this August night ~ with all the enthusiasm of an overly fraught— we wait with baited breath
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
How to Dance to Byron
...that would be clever, I agree. Clever indeed, old chap. Clever to the highest degree. The problem is, though, that so often I feel so clever
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Between Compass and Backfire. Content Warning.
...a journey south, 10 miles as the crow flies well... it would have been south if I had a compass and who still uses 10 miles as the crow flies nowadays?
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
The Gospel of Devastation
There's nothing to fear except... me. Forget what FDR said; he never met me. Born from the wretched and venomous womb of my dear mother, I was brought into the world. No screaming. No red flags flew overhead.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Horror
The Precipice Calls
My outstretched arms felt like failing vines as I held on for dear life. I tried to avoid looking down, but the pull of the descent was too much. I could hear it talking to me, telling me in grotesque detail of the various victims of death by misadventure it had caused.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
Abyss Gaze
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
Trusting Your Gut in Writing Competitions
When entering writing competitions, your gut often knows the story better than you do. That's been my experience taking part in a few competitions outside of Vocal - and it's a lesson worth sharing.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Writers