The Storytellers Vol. 9

Every Monday we ask our audience to share their stories with us on Instagram. We would love for you to join us and share what each photo says to you. In August we explored images of mystery and our contributors didn’t disappoint. Discover how our talented photographers used their fantastic shots to draw tales from those who dared to look beyond the frame.

Photo Credit: Jeff
Story Credit: Rose

I am the rule breaker,
sitting in an empty theater,
waiting, smoking and wearing a hat.
No cares, except the wait…
waiting for people to come,
waiting for the stage to be filled,
waiting to be entertained or not and
waiting for her…

 

Photo Credit: Michelle
Story Credit: Leslie They tried to take her voice. She was to melt into the background of the world with all her gifts and talents hidden. But it was not to be…

 

Photo Credit: Shuko
Story Credit: maahline

I looked out of the train window as the old woman hurried away. Her words echoed in my mind: “You are not who you think you are.”

Photo Credit: Nao
Story Credit: Susan

Sounds of battle from beyond the tree line stopped him in his tracks. One week a deserter, Joshua hoped he’d left the battlefield behind him. The field stretched in all directions to the horizon, and the sky was a clear dome. Behind him was war, ahead of him was war… Joshua longed to be a bird on the wing, to fly away home to his family, last seen so long ago before he was conscripted into the army fighting for the rebel cause. ‘Not my war’ Joshua repeated to himself for the thousandth time. Not my war.