Catherine Kos – Author

a book a day keeps the people away

  • An Empty Grave
  • Contact
  • Searching for the Sun

    Searching for the Sun

    Sometimes we just need a reminder of who we are and what we’re looking for. Searching for the Sun It was a calamity. A disastrous affair. The kind that left me  stumbling through the dark, cold, rainy night with an aching in my chest.  I staggered, crumbling to the ground. One knee landed in the […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 16, 2023
    poetry
    anger, change, emotions, family, growing, growing pains, growth, life, love, pain, people, rage, relationships, sadness, writing
  • The End

    The End

    For me, like most people, 2022 was a hard year. It was full of a lot pain, and a lot of emotion that I would have chosen not to go through if I had the choice. But it happened. And it took a while to realize that it had to happen. I had to go […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 2, 2023
    Novels
  • I Am

    I Am Over time, I have learned that I am a cup filled to the brim with all these emotions. It’s just a matter of time before I’m spilled over. A mess, waiting to be cleaned up.

    catherinekosauthor

    November 20, 2022
    Novels
    bitter, death, family, life, love, people, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • Crying a River

    Crying a River

    Happy Sunday! I hope you like the poem below. Crying a River It’s the isolation that’s the worst.  Where the quiet and the darkness bleed together. Like two thick streams of sludge intertwining, unbearably hard to pull yourself from. It’s when the voices seep in,  telling you that the silence that comes from those surrounding […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 31, 2022
    poetry
    Anxiety, bitter, death, family, life, living with anxiety, losing, losing people, love, loving, missing out, missing people, people, relationships, romance, running scared, struggling with anxiety, writing
  • A New Toaster

    Howdy! It’s been a while. Life has been, well, life. But here we are, back again with a new piece of writing. This poem goes to all the people who have been living with something subpar. Something underwhelming, but we tell ourselves that it’s okay. We don’t need the best. Maybe we don’t even deserve […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 17, 2022
    poetry
    best, bitter, deserving, family, life, love, teen, worst, writing
  • Birds Must Fly -A Novel

    The past few years have been pretty rough in terms of my writing. In 2020, I had a hard time finding the motivation to write anything – even a text to friends. But I still was able to write a little. 2021? Even less. But this year, I was able to change some things around. […]

    catherinekosauthor

    September 11, 2022
    My Novels, Novels
    adult, age, college, dangerous, experience, family, freshman, learning, love, new, relationships, risky, teen, writing, young, youngadult
  • Better Days are Coming

    Better Days are Coming

    Because everyone needs a reminder sometimes. And in case you didn’t know – better days are coming. Better Days are Coming Better days are coming, they said, but can I trust them? How do they know? How can they be sure? Better days are coming, she said, offering her shoulder as a pillow. Lending a […]

    catherinekosauthor

    August 28, 2022
    poetry
    anger, Anxiety, caring, family, friends, help, life, love, moving on, oain, pain, people, relationships, teen, writing
  • To Burn a Bridge

    To Burn a Bridge

    A poem. To Burn a Bridge. I’m alone. The only thing to keep my company,  Keeping me warm, is the rage in my gut. I light the match, and it echoes my anger. My eyes are glued to the flame.  I could drop it, burn away the overpass  that leads me to them. Until there […]

    catherinekosauthor

    August 15, 2022
    poetry
    birdge, bitter, burning bridges, candles, death, family, fire, life, lighting fires, love, matches, people, relationships, romance, writing
  • I love you

    I love you

    This is a poem I’ve posted before – a few years ago – but it’s one I completely forgot about, until now. And, it’s important now more than ever, because the girl who wrote this… I don’t think she believed what she wrote. And to be completely honest, I’m not sure if the person I […]

    catherinekosauthor

    July 31, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, family, life, love, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • Third Time’s the Charm

    Third Time’s the Charm

    Third Time’s the Charm Hello, he said Hi she replied.  Quickly, Damn near instantaneous.  And she was happy for a moment. She was hurt before,  But it wasn’t intentional.  And it had cut deep But she lied, Telling everyone she was fine. She played the fool well. Hello, he said. This time, She answered,  But […]

    catherinekosauthor

    July 4, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, family, life, people, relationships
  • A girl i Used To Know

    This is to the people we used to be and the people we haven’t met yet. A Girl I Used to Know there was a girl I used to know she was silly and strange a child growing into herself who trusted too easy and saw kindness in everyone the girl I met next was […]

    catherinekosauthor

    June 6, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, death, family, life, love, people, relationships, teen, writing
  • Beating a Dead Horse

    Beating a Dead Horse

    I expect that we’re all familiar with this saying. ’Beating a dead horse.’ When you dredge up a situation over and over again, even after it’s long dead, but it’s like you can’t stop. You just can’t stop talking about it. Even as you speak, you can feel yourself being annoying and yet, you just. […]

    catherinekosauthor

    May 23, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, death, family, life, love, people, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • To the Boy from Frankfurt, I Hope You Get This

    To the Boy from Frankfurt, I Hope You Get This

    To the Boy from Frankfurt, I Hope You Get This there was a boy who lived out in Frankfurt i thought i had his heart but turns out, that was six feet Under and when i told him i was done he pulled me back, always so Cunning but then i had to cut the […]

    catherinekosauthor

    May 2, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, death, family, life, love, people, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • Standing On the Line

    Standing On the Line

    One of the hardest things to remember, is that even on the rainiest of days, the sun still shines. I’m trying hard to remember that tonight. This short story… Has a lot of emotions. I hope it makes you feel something. Stay rad. The song meant to be playing with this story a The Day […]

    catherinekosauthor

    April 18, 2022
    Novels
  • Afraid Of the Dark

    Afraid Of the Dark

    It’s been a while since I rolled over in the middle of the night, on the verge of a very deep sleep, to write quickly write a thought that came into my head. But the other night, I did just that to write the beginning of this poem. It was nice. Kind of like I […]

    catherinekosauthor

    March 21, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, death, family, life, love, people, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • Bubbly

    Bubbly

    Bubbly He called me bubbly, like a bottle of champagne he desperately wanted to drink and drink he did, chugging the contents until the bottle was empty and the bubbles were gone with just a piece of glass left in its wake

    catherinekosauthor

    February 27, 2022
    poetry
    bitter, death, love, people, relationships, romance, writing
  • Alone

    The moment Avery woke up that quiet morning, there was something heavy weighing on her chest. She tossed and turned all night with anticipation for what was coming the following day. She knew what was going to happen. Everyone did. She lived in a small town where nothing happened and when something did happen, everyone […]

    catherinekosauthor

    February 14, 2022
    Short Stories
    bitter, family, life, love, people, relationships, teen
  • Make or break

    Make or break

    I wasn’t going to post this short, but then I thought, why the hell not? It’s just a story. Here’s a short story about embracing pain and experiences, while not letting them break you. Hope you enjoy. -Catie Make or Break Make or Break  There’s a moment – we all experience it, and if you’re […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 24, 2022
    Short Stories
    Acceptance, anger, bitter, Crush, Crushed, family, friends, hurt, life, people, rage, Rejection, relationships, teen, writing
  • Wishing You a Happy New Year

    Wishing You a Happy New Year

    Happy New Years Eve. I have a lot of reasons to be sad. And angry. And anxious. Along with many other negative emotions. But a friend once told me, we wouldn’t be anxious if we didn’t have things to lose. And I think about that tonight, on the eve of the new year. I think […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 1, 2022
    Projects
    death, family, love, people, relationships, romance, teen, writing
  • Lets play a game

    Lets play a game

    Here’s to the long nights of staring at the ceiling, praying for your mind to shut off, to just fall asleep. Here’s to the countless hours spent waiting for… anything. Anything but chasing a rabbit through the dark, endless corners of your mind. We’ve all been there. And we’ll all get through it. Let’s play […]

    catherinekosauthor

    December 13, 2021
    poetry
    Anxiety, bitter, darkness, family, fear, late nights, life, love, relationships, writing
  • Better days are coming

    Better days are coming

    A quick repost this week because everyone, including myself, can use the reminder that better days are always coming. -Catie Better Days are Coming Better days are coming, they said But can I trust them? How do they know? How can they be sure? Better days are coming, she said offering her shoulder as a […]

    catherinekosauthor

    December 6, 2021
    poetry
    better days, bitter, death, family, heart, hurt, life, love, people, poetry, relationships, romance, teen, writing, youngadult
  • Monster

    Monster

    Monster – A Short Story I had heard the story before. I would say that everyone in my town had. Especially the kids. I didn’t believe it, though I know some people, like my mother, did. He was just a boy. In his late teens, the legend said. He was told to be the sweetest […]

    catherinekosauthor

    November 21, 2021
    Short Stories
    anger, bitter, death, family, featured, fiction, friends, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, people, poetry, relationships, romance, selflove, shortstory, storytelling, teen, truth, writing, youngadult
  • Bad First Dates

    Bad First Dates

    In honor of Halloween, here is a piece of flash fiction I wrote a few years ago about a bad first date that falls on Halloween. Hope you enjoy! Happy Halloween! “So, Alec, what is the worst date you’ve ever been on?” My sister, Sarah, asks me from across the table. She, and I along […]

    catherinekosauthor

    November 1, 2021
    Short Stories
    bitter, creepy, date, first, first dates, flashfiction, Halloween, relationships, romance, truth, weird
  • Generation of Liars

    Generation of Liars

    A new week, a new poem. Generation of Liars No one ever told me The appropriate response For when someone says “Bad day, huh?” Dare I be honest, And say, “Bad day, Bad month, Bad year, Bad life?” But no, Because even I know That’s not what people want to hear, So I paste on […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 25, 2021
    poetry
  • Worth Writing Home About

    Worth Writing Home About

    In honor of my best friends birthday last week, here is the poem I wrote for her. I’m so lucky to have met her and to have her in my life. I truly have no idea what I would do without here. Happy birthday, Kaptain. This one’s for you. 💙 Worth Writing Home About Mama, […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 4, 2021
    poetry
    adult, beautiful, caring, family, friends, happy, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, missing, people, poem, poems, poetry, sad, scenic, selflove, sorrow, soulmates, story, teen, truth, writing, young, youngadult
  • A Note to my Friends

    A Note to my Friends

    There’s something to be said about the people that you meet and it’s like you’ve known them for your whole life. It means something when you can go weeks without talking and it’s like no time has gone by at all. Or when you plan the future together. Plan vacations, and weddings. Talk about children […]

    catherinekosauthor

    September 20, 2021
    poetry
    aunts, belonging, bitter, depression, friends, happiness, kids, life, love, mental health, parents, people, relationships, vacation, writing
  • Better days are coming

    Better days are coming

    Better Days are Coming Better days are coming, they said But can I trust them? How do they know? How can they be sure? Better days are coming, she said offering her shoulder as a pillow, a hand to wipe my tears Better days are coming, he said because he knows how convincing a mind […]

    catherinekosauthor

    September 6, 2021
    poetry
    Anxiety, bitter, caring, family, friends, Helpful, life, love, mental health, mind, people, relationships, teen, writing
  • Lost

    Lost

    I found this poem that I had written awhile ago, and after a week full of anxiety attacks, I thought it was fitting to share it. Below is my poem, Lost. Lost Today I am not simply wandering Today, I am lost.  Floating in the cloudy space of my mind. Swimming through the muddled thoughts, […]

    catherinekosauthor

    August 30, 2021
    poetry
    anger, Anxiety, family, life, love, pain, people, relationships, sad, sadness, teen, writing, yourself
  • Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday

    A piece of flash fiction by Catherine Kos. Happy Birthday I wake up to the sun shining through my window, and my radio alarm singing a pop song next to me on my nightstand. Today is my eighteenth birthday. Part of me feels like I shouldn’t be excited but there is another part of me […]

    catherinekosauthor

    August 15, 2021
    Short Stories
    birthday, bitter, family, featured, fiction, flashfiction, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, people, relationships, shortstory, storytelling, teen, truth, writing
  • Sunshine, mixed with a little hurricane

    I am not one thing. I am not just happy, nor am I just sad. I’m both of those things and everything in between. It’s hard to explain sometimes when some days I feel nothing and other days I feel everything. I feel all my emotions swirling around me like it’s a gamble on what […]

    catherinekosauthor

    July 12, 2021
    poetry
    bitter, family, life, love, relationships, teen, writing
  • A note to my mother

    This is a repost, but the past two weeks have been riddled with anxiety about my mother, among other things. The one thing I envy my family members for, is the fact that they don’t worry about things like I do. This poem is for my mother, and this post is dedicated to her as […]

    catherinekosauthor

    July 5, 2021
    poetry
    bitter, family, life, love, people, relationships, writing
  • Core Memories

    Core Memories

    Happy Sunday! It’s almost June! It’s hard to believe we’re almost halfway through 2021. But, as long as it’s better than 2020, I’ll take it. Today, I have a peice of flash fiction about remembering things you’d completely forgotten. About how something you don’t think has meaning, totally does. Happy reading! Core Memories I never […]

    catherinekosauthor

    May 31, 2021
    Short Stories
    abandoned, anger, building, change, down, friendship, growth, hurt, lost, love, makespace, past, rebuild, relationships, sisters, torn
  • On a hot summer day

    On a hot summer day

    Happy Sunday! Here’s another short story based on the first glance of a random photo. Here goes: On a Hot Summer Day It wasn’t supposed to happen like that. It was a hot day, and when Trevor went to the pool, he was intending to have a nice relaxing day by the pool. He just wanted […]

    catherinekosauthor

    May 10, 2021
    Short Stories
    anger, cops, day, lifeguard, past, pool, regrets, revenge, sheriff, summer, trouble, water
  • The Letter

    The Letter

    Happy Sunday! I’ve recently begun trying something new to get my writing going. Over the past few months, I’ve struggled with finding time and motivation to write, so I started using a random photo generator and writing whatever comes to mind when I first see the photo. This is the first photo I’ve written about. […]

    catherinekosauthor

    May 2, 2021
    Short Stories
    college, fear, happiness, highschool, joy, letter, nervewracking, omg, shock
  • Poems for my mother

    In honor of my mothers birthday here are two poems that I wrote for her. Untitled I really lucked out with you. Out of all the flowers in the garden, you are the one that gave me life. A note to my mother If I should die before I wake know that I love you […]

    catherinekosauthor

    April 19, 2021
    poetry
  • An Empty Grave, part 2: Chap 9

    An Empty Grave, part 2: Chap 9

    Happy Sunday! Here’s the next installment of An Empty Grave. Happy hunting! An Empty Grave, part 2: Chap 9 Chapter Nine – Chase “You found her?” Duke asks. “I said I’d call if I found her, didn’t I?” I answer as I lean against a tree, waiting for Bianca to reappear. “That was fast,” he […]

    catherinekosauthor

    March 29, 2021
    Novels, Projects
    bitter, death, family, featured, fiction, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, people, poetry, relationships, romance, selflove, shortstory, storytelling, teen, truth, vampires, writing, youngadult
  • I am

    I am

    Hello there! I hope you all have had a great weekend. Here’s a small poem. Hope you enjoy. Happy reading. Stay rad, Catie I am. over time, i have learned that i am a cup filled to the brim with all these emotions. it’s just a matter of time before i’m spilled over a mess, […]

    catherinekosauthor

    March 22, 2021
    poetry
    anger, Cup, filled, happy, hate, love, overwhelming, pain, rage, sadness
  • A New Poem

    A New Poem

    Sorry, I haven’t been posting as much. As for most of the world, the last year has been rough. I have had a bad case of writer’s block. Like, I went months without writing and that was the longest since I started writing as a pre-teen, so as you might imagine I feel a little… […]

    catherinekosauthor

    March 8, 2021
    poetry
    anger, cry, death, dying, hurt, learning worth, love, movingon, pain, rager, selflove, worth
  • Kat’s Reconcile

    Kat’s Reconcile

    Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you had a great day full of chocolate and sweets. It’s been a while (the writers block has been tough), but tonight I’ve got a short story that I first wrote when I was back in college. It was for my creative writing class. I can’t remember what inspired me […]

    catherinekosauthor

    February 15, 2021
    Short Stories
    adult, anger, bitter, creepy, family, featured, fiction, flashfiction, friends, heart, hurt, life, love, pain, people, relationships, romance, shortstory, teen, writing, young, youngadult
  • Be Careful What You Wish For

    Be Careful What You Wish For

    A short story by Catherine Kos Be Careful What You Wish For One day, a young girl, Amanda, the young age of seventeen – went to an old antique shop with her mother. Amanda’s mother was trying to find some furniture, though she wasn’t quite finding what she was looking for. Amanda on the other […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 18, 2021
    Short Stories
    bullying, creepy, fiction, karma, monkey, paw, scary, shortstory, superstition, teen
  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year! I sincerely hope that this year is way better than 2020. Honestly, let’s just pretend that last year didn’t even happen. I think that might be best. Tonight, I’m reposting my short story I’ve Known You For Five Years! I feel like it’s fitting in the sense that it’s about a young […]

    catherinekosauthor

    January 4, 2021
    Short Stories
    adult, anger, beautiful, bitter, death, family, featured, fiction, flashfiction, friends, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, people, photos, poetry, relationships, romance, selflove, shortstory, storytelling, teen, truth, writing, young, youngadult
  • Lies

    You taught me how to cover lies with pretty words. You’ve created a monster, and now no one is safe. Not even myself.

    catherinekosauthor

    December 27, 2020
    poetry
    bitter, featured, heart, hurt, lies, life, love, monster, monsters, people, poetry, relationships, truth, writing
  • The Prank

    The Prank

    A piece of flash fiction by Catherine Kos The Prank It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I sit in the cop car on my way to the police station, feeling numb. How did it get like this? The cops, they think they know everything, and they’re going to charge me with murder. Murder. I’m […]

    catherinekosauthor

    December 13, 2020
    Short Stories
    bitter, bully, bullying, death, family, featured, fiction, fighting, flashfiction, hurt, lies, life, love, mean, monster, people, pranking, pranks, relationships, revenge, shortstory, standing up, teen, thrill, truth, writing
  • Bad First Date.

    A piece of flash fiction by Catherine Kos Bad First Date. “So, Alec, what is the worst date you’ve ever been on?” My sister, Sarah, asks me from across the table. Her and I, along with a few of our friends are playing a game of truth or dare. “Well, I had a first date […]

    catherinekosauthor

    December 6, 2020
    Short Stories
    featured, fiction, first dates, flashfiction, Halloween, life, love, people, shortstory, storytelling, truth, writing
  • An Unwanted Advance

    An Unwanted Advance

    A piece of Flash Fiction by Catherine Kos An Unwanted Advance Jerry’s boss told him she wanted to talk to him in her office. Her office is located at the end of the hall. No one wanted to go into the office, well, because Jerry and his co-workers were convinced there was a door in […]

    catherinekosauthor

    November 30, 2020
    Short Stories
    bitter, boss, fiction, flashfiction, life, people, romance, shortstory, truth, worker, writing
  • Miss You

    Miss You

    I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you.   I chant it. I cry it. I scream it, looking up at the clouds, hoping, maybe one day you’ll hear me. I miss you. Catherine Kos    

    catherinekosauthor

    November 23, 2020
    poetry
    death, family, love, missing, people, photos, poetry, Projects, scenic, writing
  • An Empty Grave, Chap. 9-10

    An Empty Grave, Chap. 9-10

    Hi all! Hope you’re having a great week. im currently in bed rest for a bad back, so I’m uploading from my tablet tonight. Forgive me if the formatting is a little off, Hope you enjoy these chapters! –Catherine Chapter Nine Chase I walk off the elevator at Haven, carrying my books, and Rose’s class […]

    catherinekosauthor

    November 18, 2019
    Projects
    love, romance, vampire, vampirehunter, vampires, vampireslayer, young adult
  • An Empty Grave Chap. 6

    An Empty Grave Chap. 6

    Greetings Earthlings! I hope everyone had a good week and is having a nice and relaxing Sunday! It’s a beautiful day in Chicago. I’ve got my window open, the sunlight streaming in, and Friday Night Lights going on in the background. Anyways, I’ve only posted one chapter today, but it’s a long one. Please remember […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 20, 2019
    Projects
    adult, buffy, buffythevampireslayer, high school, hound, hunters, huntress, love, teen, vampires, werewolves, young, youngadult
  • An Empty Grave, chap 4-5

    An Empty Grave, chap 4-5

    Hello all! I hope you had a good weekend. We’ve got a new character. HAYDEN. What do you think about her? And what do you think is going on with Bianca? Remember what happened at the end of The Huntress and the Hound? Any thoughts on what might happen later on in this book? Here […]

    catherinekosauthor

    October 7, 2019
    Projects
    adult, family, hound, huntress, love, vampires
  • An Empty Grave, Chap. 1-3

    An Empty Grave, Chap. 1-3

    Book 2 – An Empty Grave. Sequel to The Huntress and the Hound, chapter by chapter. Today, chapter one through three is available. Happy Hunting!

    catherinekosauthor

    September 15, 2019
    Novels, Projects
    action, adventure, buffy, family, fantasy, fiction, love, romance, teen, vampire, vampirehunter, vampires, vampireslayer, werwolves, youngadult
1 2 3 … 22
Next Page

Proudly Powered by WordPress

  • Follow Following
    • Catherine Kos - Author
    • Join 111 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Catherine Kos - Author
    • Edit Site
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar