Lori A. A.

Joined November 2025

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Writer, Teacher exploring identity, human behavior, and life between cultures.

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Is having a boyfriend really embarrassing now?
I came across it this morning while scrolling through my phone, still half-asleep, my mind racing ahead of my thumb. “Dating men nowadays is embarrassing.”
By Lori A. A.2 months ago in Humans
IN THE SILENCE, I HEAR MY NAME AGAIN
Night wraps itself around my windowpane, reminding me of the words I never said. In the quiet, I hear my name again. You once whispered comfort when I was struggling;
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
WHAT WE LOST STILL FINDS ITS WAY HOME
I thought I had let the ache wander away, buried it deep, closing that chapter for good. But what we lost somehow always finds its way back.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
Where Yesterday Still Breathes
I keep returning to the road I should not take, even though every sign tells me that time has closed that door, the heart remembers more than it can break.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
The Sword of Damocles
Let me ask you something. Be honest, even if you only answer in your own mind: Have you ever dreamed of living someone else’s life, only to later realise you were blessed not to?
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Humans
The Road Less Travelled
There is a path that curves where no maps point, a quiet turn past the signs you know, a narrow path where few who are afraid will go,
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
One-Sided Love Is Slow Suicide
You keep giving, and they just keep taking. You hold onto hope, but they drift away. Yet somehow, you still call that love.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
What Echoes Never Let Us Leave. Top Story - December 2025.
The memory of you returns though the years have passed away, my heart still calls out your name. Some shadows hold on to the last bit of light.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Poets
The Vaulted Silence
For seventeen years, I stayed away from the room at the top of our family home in Nashville. Then a death, a key, and a fragile recording finally made me enter the memory my family tried hardest to forget.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Fiction
The Barber, the Butcher, and the Bone
One quiet morning in a small old village, the butcher opened his shop as usual. The sun was just coming up, and the smell of fresh cuts filled the air while he sharpened his knives. He had done this for years, and his hands moved with the steady confidence of someone who knew his craft well.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in Humans
The Cleanest Person in the Middle Ages Would Still Smell Bad Today
Think about this for a moment. Picture yourself not showering for a whole week. Now, imagine not showering for an entire month.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in History
What If Winter Never Ended?
We complain about broken heaters today; our ancestors didn’t even have windows. Have you ever stepped out of a hot shower in winter and felt that sharp, stabbing cold that makes you question all your life choices? Now imagine that feeling 24/7, inside your own house, with no way to escape it.
By Lori A. A.3 months ago in History