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| Michael Blighe |
Author has written 61 stories for Nature, Biography, Life, Humor, Spiritual, Horror, Fantasy, Humor, Politics, Essay, Love, Romance, Thriller, Sci-Fi, and Family. Born: 27/1/85 Currently: Studying English at Sunderland University. And failing. Specialities: Strange short stories and poetry. | |||||
1. My Happy Medium reviewsWritten during a period of self-loathing.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 220 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-4-062. Hidden Facets » reviewsThis was just meant to be another small story for my website, but it ended up developing into a full-blown story idea. I had a dream about being in a nuclear explosion (again, it's one of my common dreams) and I ran down into the nearest subway and it turFiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Mystery - Chapters: 8 - Words: 3,645 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-18-06 - Published: 5-19-063. Crossed Purposes reviewsWe're all born into a life where we're destined to die. Life is a funny game.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-14-064. Can't Complain reviewsAnother poem back from the dark old days. And considering that I lost my dad last night, it's quite fitting that it's one of my angst-ridden poems.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 239 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-17-065. Grabbed reviewsNot exactly typical romance poetry. More post-romance. What does thirteen days refer to? I loathe to remember.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 235 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-19-066. Thankfully Lost reviewsBack when I was trying to be political. Also, I was having a massive Radiohead moment when I wrote this.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-6-067. Good Cop, Bad Cop reviewsYou can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 139 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-22-068. One More Waste Of TimeI loved somebody once.Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Published: 5-15-069. Three Short Essays » reviewsI think and think and think on things so often, and occasionally I write things down. I number them as you see, (I), (II) and so on. There will be three in total.Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 437 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 5-13-06 - Published: 4-28-0610. Parvenu People reviewsI'd be lying if I said I wans't listening to the "Every Day And Every Night" EP by Bright Eyes when I wrote this all those moons ago. Simple words, simple words.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 189 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-8-0611. Vertically Magnetic reviewsHow cruel can I be to the world around me?Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 181 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-3-0612. Not That Bad reviewsA poem about death. I happens to us all.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-24-0613. The Receiver reviewsSix short pieces of the same tale. Try mixing and matching them, I think you'll find that whichever way you read this, the same story will ultimately unfold.Fiction: Thriller - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 416 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0614. Are We Impressed? reviewsA parody of the so-called governments that control our lives. I'm not keen on writing political commentarys, but this one slid out.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Drama/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-16-0615. The Quadrilogy » reviewsFour short stories revolving around four un-named characters and their struggle with modern society.Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,102 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-13-06 - Published: 3-24-0616. The Maker Was MadeHaving a constant inner war with oneself is never healthy. Especially a nuclear war.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 228 - Published: 4-11-0617. She Never Saw It ComingLong gone are the days when I write about such trivial thoughts and feelings. But this is still up for your perusal.Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Published: 4-3-0618. Living The Dream reviewsAnother poem about me and the being that doesn't exist. The being that I always sit down for a drink with, the being that keeps me company and so on.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-27-0619. MistookSo many different stories coming together to make one. This gets a bit confusing really, with all the words and terms I stick on to make things rhyme. Not one of my best poems, but I like everyone to see the full scope of my work.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Published: 3-20-0620. Shopping For DrugsThis short story is based on one of the weirdest dreams I ever had. I find it really hard to find good categories to put things in.Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 327 - Published: 3-17-0621. Vocally Challenged reviewsBack in the days when I used to write political poetry that managed to morph into something about me. I don't write like this anymore.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 222 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-13-0622. PrioritiesHow would you deal with it? What would your priorities be?Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 257 - Published: 3-11-0623. Reading ListA bad night leads to bad words.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Published: 3-6-0624. A Tale Involving That Old LineA book can reveal so many things, and destroy so many people.Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 360 - Published: 3-3-0625. TrickleThis is a poem about a girl that doesn't exist.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 175 - Published: 2-27-0626. Life reviewsA defiantly comical look at our everyday lives. Short but, as they say, to the point.Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-25-0627. FlickerWhy I always punish myself will forever remain a mystery to me.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Published: 2-20-0628. Self Therapy reviewsSometimes I find the hardest person to be around is myself. This is obviously a problem. This is a story told as if a person is being their own therapist. Their mind is diagnosing their own problems.Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 618 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-10-0629. Meandering reviewsIsn't it funny how something as simple as human emotions can destroy somebody?Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 193 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-6-0630. Time reviewsNothing to do with time itself, (for a change) this song is just another satire on politics, in a way. On the whole, it's just a collection of words that I quite like, but I guess you can read between the lines and find meaning and matter in here somewherPoetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Angst/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 208 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-0631. SupervisionWe are all susceptible to breakdowns.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 129 - Published: 1-23-0632. Silent Hill »Just a little Silent Hill story I knocked together after completing Silent Hill 2. I enjoyed it a lot more than the first one, and so far the third one has been too scary for me to complete. The town of Silent Hill is copyrighted to Konami.Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Suspense - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,546 - Updated: 1-20-06 - Published: 12-30-0533. Gum reviewsI had a troubled past.Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-16-0634. State A StatementThe obvious title is a reflection into the obvious words. Rather than paint over my words and feelings with subtle metaphors and such, this is a simple delve into my words and feelings. I quite like some of the images I use here, but I never like to blowPoetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Published: 1-9-0635. Fluctuation reviewsA poem that tries to depict me as best I can. I have a tendency to get bored of things easily if I'm constantly doing them. From playing a game to being in a relationship, I get bored. So I tried to get all of that down in this poem.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-28-0536. Some Trifling WordsI probably contradict myself somewhere in here, but bear with me.Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 557 - Published: 12-23-0537. Shallow ConversationA song I wrote in satirical response to other people's concern about me. Maybe I should start paying attention to them.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Published: 12-19-0538. SuitI can't really remember much about writing this one. I think I had too many other ideas flying around in my head at the time so I just wanted to get this one finished and out of the way. So sometimes it seems a bit clumsy.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Published: 12-12-0539. Demon Days reviewsThe other night I was listening to Demon Days (the second Gorillaz album) and was inspired to write a story based around it. It doesn't really go anywhere, but I'd like to share it anyway. "The four" and all title tracks are copyrighted by Parlophone.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 623 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-10-0540. Full CollapseA poem about the city where I live.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Published: 12-5-0541. ThirtyFour ThousandThis was written as a reaction to a third-world disaster some time ago. It involved aid workers being unable to reach flood victims because of, surprise surprise, the water.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Published: 11-28-0542. Tales Of The Wondrously Macabre » reviewsI have a habit of writing strange little stories, as any vistors to my site will have realised. There are five sets of these, and this is the first of them.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Horror - Chapters: 5 - Words: 4,313 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 11-25-05 - Published: 10-28-0543. The Things That Cause Madness reviewsI guess you could say this is the story of an agorophobic who is scared of the indoors as well. Autobiographical? Possibly.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 129 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-21-0544. Slow Down, Turn Around reviewsSarcastic and satirical. Sometimes laced with the truth.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-14-0545. Alone In This Century reviewsJust one of my older poems. I read through it and edited it slightly. It used to have a chrous since it used to be one of my songs, but now it's just an old, rickety poem.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 322 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-7-0546. Runways And Pathways reviewsI like the flow of this poem... I rarely say that about my work,Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 273 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-31-0547. Pedantic Pessimist reviewsI'm not as depressed as I seem. I like most people I meet. It's just having to meet myself every day in the mirror is getting harder and harder to do.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 196 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-24-0548. The Ways That I AmYou could see this as directly being me commentating on myself and other people, or you could see it as an unnamed attacker of everything around themselves.Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 958 - Published: 10-22-0549. Adventure Into Nowhere reviewsBasically, it's the story of a band. With a troubled genius at it's helm. Obviously The Wall is an influence here, but hopefully it doesn't ruin the mood.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,568 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-17-0550. A Cool Briefing reviewsThis story is meant to read like a safety pamphlet on what to do in case of armageddon. A parody of the "What To Do In Case Of Nuclear War" pamphlets that were handed out at the beginning of the Iraq War.Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 269 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-14-0551. Satire or How To Make A Difference reviewsThis is just a poem written about a song. A poem dedicated to Bright Eyes and my own madness.Poetry: Nature - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-10-0552. Playing In Traffic » reviewsThe full title of this is actually Abandoned In A Box by the Side of the Motorway. It's a story about modern society and it's effects on disillusioned youth.Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Angst/Parody - Chapters: 5 - Words: 3,087 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 10-8-05 - Published: 9-9-0553. When The End ComesA song about life and death and everything else inevitable.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Published: 10-3-0554. Digitalis reviewsA song I wrote whilst in the state of mind I have to be in to write things like this. Ocassioanlly I find that these type of songs by me get a little whiney and preachy, but I try to keep the tempo up and the clichés down. Don't know if I manage it thoughPoetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 203 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-26-0555. Hall Of Memories reviewsA song about death. And life after death. It could be a very lonely place.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 165 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-19-0556. Facing The Curtain reviewsOne of my songs that I started writing and then after the first verse, it just kind of took on a life of it's own. Whereas I usually know where my songs are leading to, this one kind of got out of hand and became something more than I thought it could be.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 210 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-12-0557. Aware reviewsI must admit this isn't one of my favourite songs of mine. There are some lines in it that I quite like, but on the whole I think it's a bit weak. It used to have a chorus, but I dropped it.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-5-0558. Phrases For A New Millenium reviewsI was finding it hard to place this anywhere, but I finally settled on Prose. Mainly because it really won't fit anywhere else. Anyone who's read any Douglas Coupland novels, especially Generation X, will get where I'm going with this. If not, I'm sure yoFiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 467 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-2-0559. Lying To Everyone reviewsMany of my poems are self-analytical or self-critical.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 153 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-30-0560. Father, Son and Husband reviewsIt's an old story I wrote last year sometime. My dad always seemed a little distant, and I tried to imagine writing from his perspective if he was alone. Well, my mum left a few months ago, and I'm at uni. So now he is alone for long perioids of time.Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 704 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-26-0561. Simple Uncertainty reviewsSince this is my first piece posted here, I thought I'd go back to some of my older writings. This piece was inspired by Radiohead's bleak outlook on society on OK Computer.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-23-05
