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Pets, The Weekly Post

Tortured

November 23, 2025 CJ Bowers

A creature bound in suffering's chains...

Tagged animal, Creative Writing, dog, help, life, neglect, pain, pet, Pets, poem, sad, sick, tortureLeave a comment
Parenting, The Weekly Post

Parenting: Now With Bonus Parent-Like Behaviours

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 CJ Bowers

My parents always warned me I’d “understand when I’m older.” Turns out “older” meant “the minute my toddler turned three."

Tagged age, chaos, child, children, father, help me, learning, older, parent, Parenting, son, struggle, wisdom1 Comment
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The Sound of Morning

November 9, 2025 CJ Bowers

A quiet remembrance for those who never came home.

Tagged conflict, contemplate, fight, peace, poppy, reflection, reflective, remembrance, remembrance day, soldier, struggle, thoughtful, war1 Comment
The Weekly Post

Ice, Ice…Maybe Not

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 CJ Bowers

Nothing says ‘first snowfall’ like brushing snow off the car while Vanilla Ice mocks you from the radio.

Tagged autumn, car, child, cold, decorations, fall, halloween, ice, kid, life, nature, parent, Parenting, radio, snow, weather, white, winterLeave a comment
Fiction, The Weekly Post

Pale in the Wheat

October 26, 2025 CJ Bowers

The fog never left that field—and something pale still waits among the wheat

Tagged autumn, books, creepy, fall, fantasy, Fiction, fields, fog, halloween, haunted, haunting, mystery, scarecrow, scary, short-story, story, wheat, writingLeave a comment
Fiction, The Weekly Post

The Crow on Ashfield Road

October 20, 2025 CJ Bowers

They say every town has one quiet place that remembers the dead. Ours is a narrow road with a black crow that never leaves.

Tagged crow, darkness, dreams, ghost, halloween, haunted, haunting, loss, memory, sad, storyLeave a comment
Fiction, The Weekly Post

The Quiet Among Us

October 12, 2025 CJ Bowers

In this town, no one speaks above a whisper — and the quiet watches.

Tagged assimilate, fantasy, Fiction, halloween, haunted, haunting, horror, join us, quiet, short-story, story, town, unwelcome, whisper, writingLeave a comment
Creative Writing, The Weekly Post

Silver Morning

October 7, 2025 CJ Bowers

There’s something about the first frost that always makes me pause. The stillness, the breath in the air, the way the garden seems to hold its last bit of color. It feels like both a beginning and an end.

Tagged autumn, cold, fall, frost, garden, leaves, lonely, love, memory, quiet, sad, sadness, story, whispersLeave a comment
Parenting, The Weekly Post

I’ll Remember This

September 28, 2025 CJ Bowers

The kind of moment you don’t plan, but keep forever.

Tagged child, dad, family, father, memory, moments, parent, Parenting, quietLeave a comment
The Weekly Post

Before the Sun

September 22, 2025 CJ Bowers

The days are shrinking, but there’s still beauty in the dark.

Tagged autumn, dark, darkness, days, fall, father, life, morning, nights, parent, parenthood, reflection, son, sun, timeLeave a comment

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