Category Archives: Creative Writing

Mike Hampton’s short stories, descriptions and emotions on a slippery floor.

God’s new Commandments – you’d better behave!

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God can no longer be found in church because He hangs out on Facebook everyday @TheGoodLordAbove. When His Holy Spirit fills me, I press Like (’cause I enjoy giving back). God is wise, accepting that this is a post-slavery, Black matters, Me Too, Bill Maher era wherein (almost) everyone believes the Earth is round. Consequently, this week, God asked His followers what new Commandments He should create. As God expected, the response was better than the Bible (especially the first part). There have been a few nasty comments by conservatives … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Requiem for Love & Sex

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Tonight, I’ll visit Death. For days I’ve sensed the arrival of this juncture but only realised the precise time a few minutes ago. Knew it as I climbed the last flight of stairs, ten steps in all – a countdown i counted… ten, nine… and then so soon- three, two, one- -to where I’m sliding my guilty key into the iron gate’s lock. The rooftop is my special place. I will miss my stony friend. A glitter of stars ensure that I know which way to fall. The wind tugs … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

I call me Bitch but Mom calls me Claire

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A touch of paranoia keeps me safer than logic, she said. Suffocation and bleeding are fine so long as I’ve got the best view. I’ve travelled the longest distance but it wasn’t across the heart but the fall before and thereafter, where the weight of pain is fatter than any goddamn, fleshy fantasy. I’ve done words and drugs like fucking and dying. I know the mirror’s truth even when kissing the daemon’s lies. I’m the ultimate yo-yo girl, spinning in my head again, the fiction and the friction between the … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!