Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1376 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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The Black Scotland I Never Knew. Top Story - March 2026.
As most will know who follow my work, I’m rather fond of being Scottish. While it’s not a kind of horrific patriotism that puts other nations down, it is a sense of pride that I was born here.
By Paul Stewart16 days ago in Humans
Above the Blood-Red Sky
My dear, snivelling, wretched Robert Montague, Why did you flee by daylight—for “freedom”? Freedom in a straitjacket, behind locked doors? The doctors would have you believe you are safe from the monsters in your mind.
By Paul Stewart18 days ago in Fiction
A Kind of Stillness. Content Warning.
As spiders crawl upon your skin do you wince or lie still awake at twilight as spindles spin lacy traps across your window
By Paul Stewart19 days ago in Fiction
Velvet Sins . Content Warning.
As spiders crawl upon your skin Do you wince or whine Lie awake at twilight as spindles Spin lacy traps Across your window
By Paul Stewart21 days ago in Poets
Beneath the Blood-Red Sky
Dearest Count, I am afraid to tell you that I will not be able to fulfil my duties. I had thought I would kneel at your feet as you darkened the bright city lights of London with your terror, feasting upon the crimson sustenance so readily offered by wench and gentleman alike.
By Paul Stewart21 days ago in Fiction
A Swallae Less . Content Warning.
It was another heavy day of drinking and divebombing mentally before my funeral pyre of unopened bills and unread newspapers in the trashcan I call my alfresco fire or chiminea. I didn't have to pay B&Q prices either.
By Paul Stewart21 days ago in Fiction
Mors Invicta: Remembered Only as Footnotes
Unsheathed, my blade shone like the moon on the darkest eve as the sun rose above me. Though it had yet to meet the entrails of the beasts that threatened peace and sanity, my hands were bathed in the blood of legions.
By Paul Stewart24 days ago in Fiction
That's the Kind of Friend He Is
Awright, as most a yee ken, Ahm Tam — the best man an' wan a Frankie's auldest pals. We've been through a load a shite the years.
By Paul Stewart25 days ago in Fiction
John and Paul's Three-Word Haiku/Senryu Unofficial Challenge - The Results!
Well, fuck. That was every bit as impressive as I was sure it would be when we set this devious challenge. From this point forward it is worth noting that all the bracketed bits will be John's words, and the non-bracketed are mine.
By Paul Stewart25 days ago in Writers
Handshakes and Smokescreens
This is for ROCK's Unofficial Challenge Excuse me excuse me can we all just calm the fuck down For ... One ... Second
By Paul Stewart27 days ago in Poets
100 Top Stories and Other Accidents
On March 9th, an entry I published for the "Everyone Is Acting Normally" Challenge, Silken Chains, was awarded a Top Story. I was delighted. For various reasons. It is one of my best-written stories, and it helped me achieve another Vocal milestone.
By Paul Stewart28 days ago in Writers
Before the Release
Our bodies tremble We cling to one another Before the release * Thanks for reading!
By Paul Stewart29 days ago in Poets