Prose, Poetry, and Pictures

Oedipus Falling is a play that I wrote for the NAS project. The play is being produced by The New American Scholar Project. Check back for updates on performances. Thanks for taking a look!

Hello you. NationofChange (http://nationofchange.org) has asked me to write a weekly article, providing techniques for approaching literature. You can check out my first article here: http://www.nationofchange.org/high-school-english-real-life-reading-1345907943 Thanks for having a look/see. Cheers, Caleb

Here is another excerpt from one of my meatspace (real life) journals. Enjoy! — ENTRIES I: “Physical exercise is a foreign event with me. I played basketball with my wife at the courts outside and across the street. We took the baby with us but she was too short to play and anyway, she much preferred to…

A fear of darkness is a fear of change. But in a dark room your eyes will adjust, with time.

Hello you. I wanted to post up this first draft so my fellow writers could get an idea of my process and compare it to their own, and to give everyone else something to read. WARNING: This short story draft may be disturbing because it deals with murder. Not suitable for young readers. NOTE: This story is…

August 21 God bless us all that sit here in this shelter tonight. The weather has cleared up and Agetha and Darleen have been keeping us fed and functioning. Ten days ago, I didn’t think I would live to see my thirtieth birthday, but now that it is here, and it is the first day…

Prompt: write a scene where a soldier prepares for battle. — The writing is ugly, but it has to be mine. The jagged letters make out my name on the small white patch I sew onto the back of my tunic. JAMES C. MERVIN I pray that Mama and Sis find me, if I am…

Word: chase – The crashing of tin and stiff paper sounds closer each time I hear him behind me. The noise chases the blood from my back and I don’t feel anything now. I don’t feel anything except fear and fear. How long is he going to chase me? It’s been an hour, it’s been…