🌱 Bloom 🌼

A man loses his mum and starts to live.

Maybe it's time to leave.

They will say that I have died for God, and not because of him.

A lithops or living stone watches on as its owner struggles to cope with a personal crisis. The power of the lithops is the crucial factor and as she succeeds, it blooms. [:ethos very rarely bloom.]

My feet are colder in Dija’s flipflops, and I can’t find the fern flower. Until, feeling around with stalking fingertips, there, poking out of the shrubs, dry as cat tongues, its powers gleam and glitter amongst weeds and soil. I pick up the fern, wisdom blossoming in my flat chest, and place it safely in the hairless cave of my armpit.

“The Gardener of Past Lives” touches the wounds haunting the carefully staged American suburban home of an Indian immigrant family. A daughter fades away as a mother sits with her own siblings around the kitchen table, while the father cultivates a garden worthy of his childhood envy.

Austin thought the apocalypse was bad. But this was so much worse. One mistake, and the course of humanity would be altered forever. The crystal bloom would destroy everything. Everyone.

What happens when you feel stuck? What makes it worse the cage or that you are your own captor? Would you fly or sink into familiarity? I guess you won't ever know until you try

A reunification of old school friends stirred with the feelings of sorrow and nostalgia.

Fido the puppy explores the garden as he experiences his first Spring.

Bloom has always had an obsession with attaining the perfect body, but how far will she go?

A single moonlit moment at an abandoned temple brings Aarohi face to face with the demons that dance in the dark. Drawn into a conflict between a grieving stranger and an ancient nightmare, she begins to realise he is not a stranger at all. As buried truths stir, everything threatens to unravel—her past, his humanity, and the memories neither of them can escape.

Short play featuring two ex-neighbours Hazel and June discussing the untimely death of Martin, Hazel's husband.

People say that dying for love is the most beautiful way to die. They aren’t wrong. It’s a beautiful death. Beautiful, but painful.

Diana who is lost , confused, people pleaser. But life pull her down, after mental breakdown. She start glowing again.

“Well, if we’re going to die, we might as well get drunk.”

A short story where a young girl finds out a peice of information that changes her perception

It’s September 2000 and there’s been a murder in the small town of Darkwood . Hazel and her best friend Lottie have just started a new secondary school, Raven academy for girls. As tensions run high, Clara the head girl go missing. It’s down to Hazel and Lottie to solve the mystery.

A poem featuring the prompt "bloom" It is about a teen girl battling with depression and finding hope in the flowers.

A poem featuring the prompt, "Bloom"

It's 1982 in Edinburgh and a painting thought to be a worthless copy turns out to be a genuine Van Gogh that was assumed to have been destroyed in World War Two! Two antiques dealers who are more used to dealing in Victorian candelabra than eight-figure priceless art have a task on their hands: can they make the trade of the century and get set up for life, or will they lose their nerve and face professional embarrassment in front of the cream of the international art scene? David meets Goliath.

Only 3 months in - what has Frederick done?

The healing power of gardening together, even long distance.

An aloof billionaire boss Arthur had a ninth degree karate black belt, a strict corporate contract to marry a mean fake heiress, and a terrible pollen allergy. Then he met Lily, a poor, witty clinic girl. They fell in love, got cut off, and moved into a tiny flat. Soon, Lily gave birth to genius quintuplets who manage budgets like adult CEOs! Turns out, a nanny swapped Lily at birth—she’s the real trillionaire heiress! Love and business officially bloomed!

The girl on the meadow wonders about life and asks questions about her feelings. She and her friends — the eagle, the owl and later the hedgehog are enjoying the scenario of the beautiful nature and explore deep but understandable topics about life. Through the dialogue girl will come to a realisation.

To impress my crush, Chloe, I bought a giant Monstera plant. It sat like a disappointed bailiff for months, then suddenly exploded on Tuesday morning—viciously capsizing and dumping black mud all over my landlord’s carpet. At that exact second, Chloe texted to say she was outside. I stood there covered in soil and toothpaste, completely doomed. Then, the doorbell rang...