Krin Van Tatenhove - Words & Images

13/08/2026

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What happens when life brings us to the edge of what we thought we could endure? “The Sanctuary: Tales of Hope and Redemption” explores the unexpected moments, unlikely encounters, and second chances that remind us that even in our darkest passages, the door to something new may still be open.

08/08/2026

Steve Hansen wakes up naked beside a remote country road with no memory of the night before. Then a county sheriff’s deputy arrives and the morning takes an unexpected turn.

The first thing that registered was the smell. Not wh***ey or b**r, but damp earth. Somewhere nearby, a grackle screeched from a telephone wire and irrigation pumps throbbed in the distance. Steve …

01/08/2026

Some of my recent creations posted on Instagram

23/07/2026

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On a freezing December night, a struggling single mother walks onto a run-down used car lot with fifty dollars, two hungry children, and almost no hope. Sometimes the greatest Christmas miracles don't come wrapped in paper; they arrive disguised as ordinary people.

“It’s cold as a witch’s teat out there,” Jimmy “Fastball” Burns exclaimed as he bustled through the main entrance of Everybody Rides used car lot, passing out cheeseburgers, fries, and steami…

18/07/2026

Caste System

13/07/2026

July 1863. Two brothers enslaved on a Mississippi plantation discover that freedom may be only thirty miles away, but every step toward it could be their last.

July 1863, Mount Locust, MississippiBased on a true story Paris Martin paused to straighten his broad shoulders made strong by years of fieldwork. He wiped his brow and swept his eyes over the plan…

10/07/2026

Every story is more than entertainment. It's an act of creating a world. In this post, Doug Dalglish reflects on why the stories we tell, and the discipline of writing them down, have the power to change both ourselves and our shared reality.

I believe what we call reality is just a bunch of stories we tell ourselves. There are objectively real physical objects out there in the universe. But if we see the lights in the night sky and thi…

08/07/2026

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In "The Role of a Lifetime," David Clear blends humor, philosophy, spirituality, and imagination into unforgettable stories that challenge the way we think about life, death, and what may lie between them. Perhaps we're all playing the role we were born to play... until it's time for the next one.

22/06/2026

Some writers build stories. Others discover them waiting in the shadows between experience and imagination.

My grandmother was born in the late 1800s. She believed in the Spirit world which she introduced me to during my childhood summer stays with her. Evenings spent in rocking chairs on the front porch…

18/06/2026

Enjoy 39 seconds of color on the San Antonio River Walk, recorded on June 16, 2026