My post for the Introduction to Hive initiative.

Part 11 of my longer short story about a reluctant coal miner's experience working inside a mine.

My entry to the 31 Sentence Contest, round 18

My entry for this week's PHC Contest by @zord189

Condition Recognition Just like that, things are thrown out of wack. Are opposite polars essential to living? Are questioning stares piercing your conscience? Will the time ever come, we’ve no right to

Under Ground By the time he’d been operating the continuous miner for a month, Carl felt completely at ease while at the controls. He was steadily gaining confidence in his ability to mine large amounts

The Nicknames I’ve Had I haven’t really had many nicknames through my time here on earth, but there were two or three that I can recall. One of them was my surname. I think that probably most of us have

Silvio It never surprises me when I visit my friend Silvio, and he and I will get into a meaningless argument. The arguments usually begin when Silvio will throw down some challenge, and in establishing

What Does Hive Mean To Me? What does hive mean to me? Well, up until this morning, it meant everything. It especially meant VICTORY. Since this morning, it doesn't mean much of anything to me anymore,

Long Live HIVE After two-plus weeks of going up against Justin Sun, his spokesmen, and his relentless lying and sock-puppet witness attacks, I was happy to see and 100 percent on board, with the announcement

Under Ground Now that he was officially the miner helper, Carl would be trained by Pat to learn how to operate the continuous miner. It was a Joy 12 CM model continuous miner that moved about on tracks,

Sweet Dreams He awakened in the middle of the night, extremely thirsty. Water. That’s what he needed, and it was the only thing on his mind at that moment. Soon after, he’d quenched his thirst, returned

Starting Over The first thing that I would change about my life, were I able, would be my dad’s attitude toward me, which, if I am to be realistic, would require that I had a different dad. It would have

Sandal On The Beach (To the tune of “Candle In The Wind”) Goodbye Justin Sun Though I never wanted to know You proved you are a narcisist Who wants to be the show You crawled out of a soft fork And went

Dear Justin Sun - (@justinsuntron / @justinsunsteemit) - My (@free-reign) open letter to you! Dear Justin Sun, being where you’re from, which happens to be China, I would not call you a businessman. I

Simply the Best I’m not much of a materialist. I like nice, well-made things if we’re talking about physical things, but once I have the things, I’m not even looking at anything beyond that. I’m not frugal

Under Ground Spending much of his time at the face, Carl and Pat got to know each other better, and as time went on, they became friends. There was a rapport building between the two men, in spite of the

This is the meme that I have made for Challenge! - Steem: The Honey Badger of Communities. I’m not really good at this stuff, but @anomadsoul encouraged me to try something, so this is it. I got the Honey

Origami Dragon “Origami on a shelf?” I asked of myself. “With all of my hues, so lovely in blues, why not enjoy me thyself?" What’s this; did it really speak? Did I think or hear it, I can’t recall;

That Dream I haven’t dreamed, or I guess I should say I haven’t remembered dreams, for quite a while. I used to have some pretty wild ones, but my dreams were pretty vivid and many was the time that I