A writing update can mark a major shift in how an author shares their work. In “Blogging Here - Writing Update,” Greg Luti explains his decision to move all his content from Patreon to his own site, bringing unpublished stories and poetry with it, while planning a shop for books and editing services. Why I Started Blogging Here I decided to start a blog in order to update you guys on what I am doing with my books and other writings. Right now, I am all about adding more stori

A poem can explore the painful gap between real-life tragedy and the hopeful fiction a writer tries to create. In “Receipts in a Story,” Greg Luti examines the struggle of turning personal pain and difficult truths into stories that might inspire readers, while knowing the words on the page can never fully change the reality behind them. When I write stories, I write to solve problems. Give a character an issue, and then create a solution to it… Somehow. Whatever the issue ma

A poem can question long-held romantic ideas about creativity. In “The Creative Genius,” Greg Luti wonders whether society has killed the idealized image of the singular artist who spoke for all of us — or if that romantic notion was always just an illusion. Maybe we killed the creative genius. The one who is supposed to speak for all of us. The voice of the people. The author who walked among us. The singer who sounded like us. The smart person, who was somehow still for us.

An ironic poem can turn overwhelming anxiety into dark humor. In “Did I Miss Anything,” Greg Luti sarcastically lists every possible apocalyptic disaster — alien invasions, rogue AI, climate collapse, and more — while the speaker casually wonders if they really missed something important today. Let me get this straight, There are aliens trying to spy on us by hiding in plain sight, changing the very fabric of the reality we live in. AI is trying to manipulate mankind with its

Some of life’s harshest truths are the ones no one ever warns you about. In “They Don’t Tell You That,” Greg Luti captures a woman’s sudden emotional breakdown during an ordinary lunch break — the quiet regrets, aging fears, and unspoken anxieties that surface without warning. They don’t tell you about that day. The one you will question everything you are and, what you became, and where you will go. Where the world seems to stop for a moment, and you are uneasy about the

A flash fiction story can playfully reinterpret a classic novel. In “Gatsby Dies at the End,” Greg Luti follows a teacher who jokingly tells a student that The Great Gatsby is all a dream — only for the student to later repeat the same playful theory to his own English teacher. I am a pretty easygoing teacher, the kind of teacher who will look at the cover of Romeo and Juliet when the class begins and tell the kid that Romeo and Juliet die. I’d add a little note that Tybalt i

A flash fiction story can deliver sharp irony at a deathbed. In “Death of Michael Veil,” Greg Luti follows a detached legal consultant at the final moments of a renowned self-help philosopher — a man famous for preaching inner strength and self-determinism — only to witness a quietly ironic ending. Michael Veil was supposed to be dead when I got there. I was only there to sign some documents of his life away after he died. I wasn't supposed to see him die. In fact, I didn't k