Featured Stories Issue #52
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 93,700+ readers on ILLUMINATION
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Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATIONmedium.com
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All writers are invited to join a writing challenge as proposed by Dr Mehmet Yildiz. These stories provide an opportunity for writers and readers to cross-pollinate.Invitation To A Writing Challenge
Share your concerns and aspirations in a storymedium.com
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three months: 100 Day Challenge For New Writers100 Day Challenge For New Writers
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three monthsmedium.com
Please enjoy our fresh stories.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dear Writer From New York City
Dear Writer From New York City
There are millions of inspiring writers from other cities toomedium.com
Keri Mangis
Standing Still, a Bat on My Shoulder
Standing Still, a Bat on My Shoulder
Because I asked for this transformationmedium.com
Michael Patanella
Memoirs of a Sober Birthday
Memoirs of a Sober Birthday
Date of birth, April 22, 1977medium.com
Samantha Lazar
You’ve Become All That’s Earth
You’ve Become All That’s Earth
Exploring Villanelle for National Poetry Monthmedium.com
Shawn Ingram
Shame
Shame
FLASH Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 25medium.com
Ann Venkataraman
America For Beginners — An Unexpected Ending
America For Beginners — An Unexpected Ending
Flashback Story Book Reviewmedium.com
Philip Mann
Real Growth Through Fiction
Real Growth Through Fiction
Let Your Reading Be Your Guidemedium.com
Veronika Kaufmann
French Glamour: Anouk Aimée
French Glamour: Anouk Aimée
“After each picture, her enigmatic beauty lingered” in the memories of her audience. — Life Magazine on Anouk Aiméemedium.com
Brian Lamacraft
What We All Can Learn About George Floyd
What We All Can Learn About George Floyd
What does this sad event say about our communities?medium.com
Shell St. James
Maggie’s Tree
Maggie’s Tree
A young girl’s journey through childhood to motherhood, as witnessed by her favorite treemedium.com
Randy Shingler
Meditations On Gratitude
Meditations On Gratitude
Grateful for this world we have
Natural beauty that can be seen
Blooming flowers, throes of spring,
Birds encircling…medium.com
Patricia Rosa
What’s Really With Those Baby Steps?
What’s Really With Those Baby Steps?
A Lawyer Explains the recent lawsuitsmedium.com
Faron Sage
Social Media Vs. Collective Consciousness
Social Media Vs. Collective Consciousness
How best to connect for a better world?medium.com
Liv Pasquarelli
I Leave the Evidence Around Because I Want You to Know
I Leave the Evidence Around Because I Want You to Know
A Poemmedium.com
Ulf Wolf
Holy Words
Holy Words
Trillions of Words versus Twomedium.com
S M Mamunur Rahman
Interview With A Rickshaw Puller
Interview With A Rickshaw Puller
“By the grace of God, I am doing fine.”medium.com
Alberto Lanata
How Information Asymmetry May Be Hurting Your Business? — Part 1: The Basics
How Information Asymmetry May Be Hurting Your Business? — Part 1: The Basics
Learning to listen to the market — and to talk backmedium.com
EJY
Are You a Victim of Stress Eating?
Are You a Victim of Stress Eating?
How to recognize and avoid this bad habitmedium.com
Teresa Kuhl
3 Solid Loving Tips To Become a Loving LGBTQ Ally
3 Solid Loving Tips To Become a Loving LGBTQ Ally
How You Can Be Your Loved One’s Supporter, Even When Your Beliefs are Differentmedium.com
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Unvisited
Unvisited
a tiny poemmedium.com
George Lamptey
Your colours
Jeff Herring
3 Deadly Content Creation Mistakes
3 Deadly Content Creation Mistakes
Which ones do you make?medium.com
Zahra Ali
Sorry, You Don’t Hold The Keys
Sorry, You Don’t Hold The Keys
poemmedium.com
Philip Mann
Crushed Under a Flawed Metaphor
Crushed Under a Flawed Metaphor
Rethinking the Iceberg of Effortmedium.com
Terry Trueman
Harold
Harold
Some guys deserve respect and love, some guys don’tmedium.com
Gary Buzzard
How To Enter the Flow State When Meditating (5 Easy To Follow Stages)
How To Enter the Flow State When Meditating (5 Easy To Follow Stages)
Meditate like Kobe Bryant played his 81 point game — locked into the present moment.medium.com
Lanu Pitan
Why You Need These Ten Superfoods To Avoid Becoming Another Cancer Victim
Why You Need These Ten Superfoods To Avoid Becoming Another Cancer Victim
Eat to beat diseases and stay strong, away from illnesses and debilitating diseases of modern lifestyle.medium.com
Skye Brooks
My Cat’s Abortion Made Me Pro-Choice
My Cat’s Abortion Made Me Pro-Choice
No circumstance made the killing of an unborn life okay. Until I met Matilda, my cat.medium.com
Tavian Jean-Pierre
How a Children’s Book Changed My Life
How a Children’s Book Changed My Life
Four Lessons for Adults From a Book Made for Childrenmedium.com
Sophie F.
Be One of the 20% of People Who Vividly Describe Their Goals
Be One of the 20% of People Who Vividly Describe Their Goals
You’ll be 1.2 to 1.4 times more likely to succeedmedium.com
Angela Phan
What Happened When I “Quit” Social Media For 1 Month
What Happened When I “Quit” Social Media For 1 Month
The positive takeaways I had when I went on an Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok “detox”medium.com
Siyan Li
Supercharge Your Morning: How to Wake Up Refreshed Again When Coffee Stopped Working — a 30-Day…
Supercharge Your Morning: How to Wake Up Refreshed Again When Coffee Stopped Working — a 30-Day…
I tested the effects of intermittent fasting, caffeine withdrawal symptoms, sleep cycle, workout time, and moremedium.com
America Zed
Let Me Count
Let Me Count
A micro poemmedium.com
Paul Douglas
That Wondrous Day
The scent of mown grass on the summer air
I shade my eyes from the blazing sun
Thoughts of you fill my mind
Of the way…medium.com
Chandrani Anantharaman
Ten Ways Having Patience Can Make You Successful in Life
Here is how practicing patience can help you live a successful and fulfilling life.medium.com
Terry Mansfield
The World’s Run Amok
A haiku poem about a broken worldmedium.com
Linda Kowalchek
My Third Month Writing on Medium
My Third Month Writing on Medium
I was thrown off track like a derailed train.medium.com
Bill Abbate
How to effectively stand out from the crowd
How to effectively stand out from the crowd
Take your life and career to the next levelmedium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 22
Day Tripping: April 22
Demonstration, Presentation, and Exhibitionmedium.com
Anthony Jackson
The Flower Who Held My Life
The Flower Who Held My Life
A narrative poem about a rose.medium.com
Danell teNyenhuis Black
My Dead Husband Mooned Me
My Dead Husband Mooned Me
Why observing death anniversaries doesn’t need to be somber.medium.com
Kemp MacKay
Dear Christians
Dear Christians,
An open letter from a post-Christianmedium.com
Steve B Howard
Fly Fishing in Eastern Washington
Fly Fishing in Eastern Washington
Rainbow Trout and Big Brown Trout in E. WA Small Desert Streams and Lakesmedium.com
Saad Ali Faizi
10 pm
10 pm
Finding an autorickshaw at 10 pm had never felt this dangerous of a task to Hajra before. As she kept scanning at the…medium.com
Nuno Fabiao
Booksellers Live in a Special Place, a Unique Address, an Exceptional Scene.
Booksellers Live in a Special Place, a Unique Address, an Exceptional Scene.
How community-makers have the power to change someone’s approach to life.medium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré
“Avec le Temps”medium.com
Madeleine Ann Lawson
Learning to Enjoy Hard-Earned Fatigue
Learning to Enjoy Hard-Earned Fatigue
Muscle is antifragile.medium.com
Riri Rites
Justice, Punishment, and Accountability
Justice, Punishment, and Accountability
The words we use when discussing Chauvin’s convictionmedium.com
Frank Larkin
When a Former President Becomes a PainterWhen a Former President Becomes a Painter
How brushstrokes can send a positive message on immigrationmedium.com
Jade M.
I’m Trying Kindle Vella
I’m Trying Kindle Vella
With the New Platform Comes New Opportunitymedium.com
Simon Spichak
What Do Hallucinating Mice Tell Us About Depression?
What Do Hallucinating Mice Tell Us About Depression?
Scientists can block the psychedelic effects without affecting the anti-depressant effects of psilocybin in micemedium.com
Mike Goldberg
Help me Name my Next Company
Help me Name my Next Company
The next chapter needs a titlemedium.com
Dr Sachin pandit
How I Used to Deal With the Depression
How I Used to Deal With the Depression
Depression is a Severe Disorder, But not Permanentmedium.com
Courtenay S. Gray
Bartender
Bartender
Flash Fictionmedium.com
Yaqoob ahmad
Want to Make $100 On Medium? Kick That Idea Out The Window.
Want to Make $100 On Medium? Kick That Idea Out The Window.
Don’t worry its ok. I started writing on medium for money too. And it’s ok to write for money. Just don’t let that be…medium.com
Xin Xin
Me vs. My Air Fryer — Let’s See Who Finishes First!
Me vs. My Air Fryer — Let’s See Who Finishes First!
In 45 minutes or less, find out who won the challenge, is it me the writer or the air fryer?medium.com
Ryan Justin
Don’t get stuck in a rut with your writing
Don’t get stuck in a rut with your writing
When it comes to writing everyone has their own go-to style, voice and technique. A format they like to stick to and…medium.com
Kieran Ahearne
Dragons Of Society
Dragons Of Society
Feeling old at 26medium.com
Deepthi Indurthi
Five things to learn from Toddlers
Five things to learn from Toddlers
I have often heard moms sharing their experiences on how difficult navigating the toddler years can be. I agree. This…medium.com
Fareeha Arshad
Things That We Do for Love
Things That We Do for Love
A lost treasure and a ten-year-oldmedium.com
Doug Foo
Tales from the Trading Floor
Tales from the Trading Floor
Fun and scary stories from a software engineer in the financial industrymedium.com
Sarah Seweryniak
Become a Likable Person in 5 Easy Steps
Become a Likable Person in 5 Easy Steps
Anyone can be loveable and likablemedium.com
Mr. Huseyin
10 Interesting Facts About the Human Brain
10 Interesting Facts About the Human Brain
The result of the human brain is the most important characteristic that makes a person amazingmedium.com
Marcus
You have that power Mark and you exercised it well writing this story, which I will cite in my…
You have that power Mark and you exercised it well writing this story, which I will cite in my…
I’m patiently writing it in the split screens of my INTP minds while the universe sends me additional synchronicities —…medium.com
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
A Tale Of The Pick City — Toulouse
A Tale Of The Pick City — Toulouse
More than its beauty, we focus on little things that craft the values of our city that makes it worth living — Episode…medium.com
Noah Nelson
My First 2 Months on Medium
My First 2 Months on Medium
My results and lessons learned.medium.com
Trapper Sherwood
Becoming Compassionate in the Workplace Leads to Positive Results
Becoming Compassionate in the Workplace Leads to Positive Results
How to avoid working against or in control of fellow teammatesmedium.com
Geetika Sethi
The Perils of Wrong Prayers versus The Power of Praying.
The Perils of Wrong Prayers versus The Power of Praying.
It’s rightly said, what you sow you reap, be it in life, your actions, deeds or prayers.medium.com
Tim Sussmann
The Hidden Key
The Hidden Key
Stealing awaymedium.com
Michael Horner
The Biggest Deterrent to You Crushing Your Day is Your Snooze Button
The Biggest Deterrent to You Crushing Your Day is Your Snooze Button
Once you defeat the snooze button, nothing can stop you.medium.com
Eric Sutherland
Changing Marketplaces
Changing Marketplaces
Farmers Marketsmedium.com
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