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Book Reviews

80 stories

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Parenting/Family/Marriage/Self

103 stories

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My Non-Fiction

220 stories

Arpad Nagy

First Line Fiction

42 stories

A woman with strong facial features in a rowboat on a dark lake under a moonlit night sky. Film-like composition. Cast bronze surface. Dramatic, cinematic style.

A pyramid-shaped, blue-tinged, forested mountain looms mysteriously ahead of two men, wearing backpacks, who look at one another skeptically and with trepidation as they march into the unknown dangers that lie ahead.

On a steep forested slope, a haggard-looking man in his 50s clasps a younger, bearded man against him, saving him from falling over a cliff. Behind them is the rotting carcass of a grizzly bear.

Arpad Nagy

My Fiction

177 stories

A woman with strong facial features in a rowboat on a dark lake under a moonlit night sky. Film-like composition. Cast bronze surface. Dramatic, cinematic style.

A pyramid-shaped, blue-tinged, forested mountain looms mysteriously ahead of two men, wearing backpacks, who look at one another skeptically and with trepidation as they march into the unknown dangers that lie ahead.

On a steep forested slope, a haggard-looking man in his 50s clasps a younger, bearded man against him, saving him from falling over a cliff. Behind them is the rotting carcass of a grizzly bear.

Arpad Nagy

Duncan's Purse. A First Line Fiction Serial Story.

7 stories

A pyramid-shaped, blue-tinged, forested mountain looms mysteriously ahead of two men, wearing backpacks, who look at one another skeptically and with trepidation as they march into the unknown dangers that lie ahead.

On a steep forested slope, a haggard-looking man in his 50s clasps a younger, bearded man against him, saving him from falling over a cliff. Behind them is the rotting carcass of a grizzly bear.

An intensely dense boreal forest falls into twilight. A trio of two men and a woman, scared for their lives, bolt from camp, running into the dark forest, away from something unseen but sinister and powerful, snapping trees as it crashes through the forest behind them. Owls and bats flee the forest in fear. The mood is tense and terrifying.

Arpad Nagy

Read Next

40 stories

A woman with long hair sits at a wooden table, holding a coffee cup in one hand and writing in a notebook with the other. An open laptop rests on the table. Blurred figures and ambient lighting in the background suggest a cozy café.

A moment of contemplation as a middle-aged man in a U.S. Air Force uniform sits on a bed in a quiet barracks room. His hands are clasped, eyes lowered, with soft daylight from a nearby window illuminating his thoughtful expression. The scene conveys introspection, dignity, and the inner weight of moral decision-making.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Horror/Folklore/Paranormal/Thriller

44 stories

An intensely dense boreal forest falls into twilight. A trio of two men and a woman, scared for their lives, bolt from camp, running into the dark forest, away from something unseen but sinister and powerful, snapping trees as it crashes through the forest behind them. Owls and bats flee the forest in fear. The mood is tense and terrifying.

A bearded man in his 40s wearing a camping backpack stands amongst a dense, eerie forest. He stares at a line of pine trees with photo placards of missing persons. The mood is threatening, suspenseful and mysterious.

An aerial view of a heavily forested mountain where the woods look dark, thick and sinister compared to the warm evergreens surrounding adjacent areas. A man and woman, outfitted for the backcountry, approach the darkened woods from the left, while a distance away, a solo male hiker, similarly prepared for the backcountry, approaches the same woods from the right.

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BOOSTED! Top Stories and articles highlighted by Medium.

42 stories

In a high-class, professional kitchen, a scowling chef with a pencil-moustache, points and shouts at a young chef who stands seeing imagination bubbles showing Swiss Alps and Michelin stars.

Arpad Nagy

Music. Movies. Pop Culture.

61 stories

A montage of images showing variations of running. From running rivers, running soldiers, cowboys on running horses, to rock n roll singers running on stage.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Contemporary

30 stories

Beneath the glass atrium of the garden nursery, in an aisle bordered by cedar, oak and other hardwood and softwood saplings, an elegant, attractive, refined woman in her 50s, wearing a light summer dress, crosses paths with a handsome, rugged man in his 20s, wearing a white, sleeveless T-shirt, displaying muscular shoulders. He is wearing yellow rawhide gloves. He is a gardener at the nursery. Attraction lingers between their looks.

A handsome, fit, man with wavy dark brown hair, and an attractive woman with champagne blond hair, stand on opposite sides of a cafe counter, exchanging glances while having a flirtations exchange. The mood is romantic and playful.

A 50-year-old man sits at a kitchen table across from his 16-year-old daughter. A red dossier lies on the table between them, and the daughter, with tears streaming down her cheeks, reads from sheaves of papers in her hands.

Arpad Nagy

Favorites

65 stories

Multiple solar system planets hover just above the earth’s surface

A cardboard cutout of a paper heart, ripped in two, sits on a wooden tabletop.

Mass at Saint Monica Church for Pope Francis.

Arpad Nagy

Flash Fiction

30 stories

A row of school children, with pallid skin and acidulous expressions, stand in a staggered line on a school field with mist floating over the ground around them. The mood is creepy and nefarious.

The theme is gothic horror. A man stalks a dwarfish figure carrying a lantern on a crooked stick through a misty bog under the full moon’s light.

Gothic style. Under a full moon and foggy night, we see a yard with withered trees and dozens of cats milling about in front of an old house. In the doorway, an elderly woman holds a teenage girl who’s collapsed with her head against the matronly woman’s chest.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Romantic

34 stories

A handsome, fit, man with wavy dark brown hair, and an attractive woman with champagne blond hair, stand on opposite sides of a cafe counter, exchanging glances while having a flirtations exchange. The mood is romantic and playful.

A vibrant image showing a secluded beach off the coast of Greece. At one end of the beach there is a sculpture of Lamia, from Greek mythology. On the other end of the beach there is a depiction of Helen of Troy.

In a panoramic view we saw an older man with snow white hair standing in the water on a Mediterranean beach with the waves lapping his feet. He is accompanied by a woman with brown hair. Together, they are looking out across the sea. Hovering in the sky like a mirage, is the face of a beautiful woman with rose-gold hair.

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Topical - Important - Talk About

1 story

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My Food Stories and Recipes

129 stories

Completed and carved double-duck dinner, plated for eating!

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Off Market - Horror/Folklore -15 Chapters

15 stories

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The Solar Presidency - 6 Chapters

6 stories

A solid red oak tree in the center, encased by the Presidential Seal of the United States on a background of a solar storm.

A picture of the solar aura cascading in radiant colour over a leafless tree in the middle of the night.

A split-screen image shows a tense meeting in the Oval Office and football stadium with thousands of fans, all wearing red.

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When the Tattie Bogles Come - 4 Chapters

4 stories

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as an amorphous blur with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in an eerie mist on a farmer’s field, where a man is digging a shallow grave. Three burlap sacks with bones sticking out lie close by.

Create a realistic image of the following: In the fading light of sunset, a beautiful, pregnant woman of Scottish descent with long, wavy, dark hair stands at the fork of a wooded path, her hands raised to her mouth, calling out to her lost husband. She is anxious and very concerned. A luxurious log home, forest and open field can be seen in the background. The mood is suspenseful and ominous.

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as shadowy apparitions with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of an oak tree forest at night. They look menacingly at a man descending into an opening in the forest floor. In the background, a pregnant mother embraces her two young daughters, all fraught with worry.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Adventure/Action/Drama

20 stories

Gothic Style. Outside an opulent home, in the dead of night, an attractive woman watches a man in dark clothes climbing into the house through a bedroom window. He looks back at the woman with an expression of uncertainty. The mood is creepy and ominous.

Create an ultra-realistic image of the Deep Water Shoal Lighthouse overlooking James River, Virginia. A transparent view beneath the lighthouse shows a forgotten ICBM silo that glows with an ominous and foreboding fiery light.

A young army clerk sits hunched over a field typewriter. The background is a mash-up of the D-Day landing, the Vietnam War, and the 1956 Hungarian revolution

Arpad Nagy

Arpad Nagy

2024 Shortlist Northwind Writing Award NF/Fiction. Owner-First Line Fiction. Editor @ The Memoirist, AoE, Book Cafe, Sweary Mommy, Short Place, Kitchen Tales.

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