Greg Luti

Author, poet, editor.I write novels, flash fiction, poems, and writing advice. Free stories + workbook: gregluti.com Literary Club + editing: gregluti.com/pricing-plans

When no one shows up to the reading, don’t treat it like the end of the work.If you promised an hour, read the hour. Even in an empty room. From “When No One Reads You” gregluti.com/post/when-no-on…

Everyone I know is a teacher. Except me.I write. That is the stupid decision I made with my life. All in the name of my own happiness. From “Wrong Answer for the Teacher” gregluti.com/post/wrong-answ…

The monsters are in therapy.Where are the scared kids? Where did they go?From “Monster Therapy” gregluti.com/post/monster-th…

There is a stigma that the average single male of a certain age is more likely to be a predator. Don’t worry, kid. I got you. It’ll be alright. From “I Guess I’m a Ghostbuster Now” gregluti.com/post/i-guess-i-…

When I write stories, I write to solve problems. My characters always win. Even though, maybe they should not have. From “Receipts in a Story” gregluti.com/post/receipts-i…

Who do you go to when the system fails you? When your heroes can’t even defend you anymore?Where do you go when there is nowhere to go?From “The Limit” gregluti.com/post/the-limit-…

Let me get this straight. Aliens, AI, climate change, and the Devil waiting on the sidelines. Is there anything else that I am missing? From “Did I Miss Anything” gregluti.com/post/did-i-miss…

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“We know time is going by you. It is going by us all. We appreciate that you are here with us as we live. ”From “The Song That Wasn’t a Song” gregluti.com/post/the-song-t…

Sometimes I want assurance from people who I shouldn’t get it from. Like people who want my money.I get scared when I hear the word collections.From “The Workers Are Going Home” gregluti.com/post/the-worker…

I’m tutoring a kid for the SAT and we hit a passage about peanut butter and love.“ The test that will determine your future has you reading about peanut butter and love?” From “Peanut Butter Question” gregluti.com/post/peanut-but…

What will a future civilization remember about us? The laws. The buildings. Not the office lobby, the cake, and a room singing “Happy Birthday” off-key.From “The Song That Wasn’t a Song” gregluti.com/post/the-song-t…

Maybe we killed the creative genius. The one who is supposed to speak for all of us. Or maybe he never even existed at all. From “The Creative Genius” gregluti.com/post/the-creati…

The beginning can make or break a story.If the opening doesn’t grab them, the rest of the piece never gets a chance. From “Don’t Underestimate the Beginning” gregluti.com/post/don-t-unde…

I don’t believe in psychics. Then a student I’m tutoring stops me. I said the exact line she said all day yesterday. From “Why I Am Psychic” gregluti.com/post/why-i-am-p…

I got so used to them losing that I never thought I would see them win.Then the clock struck zero. They won. I won. We won. From “They Won” gregluti.com/post/they-won-p…

I noticed an unusual pattern where I work. Most of the guys in their 20s leave without much of a hint. One day they quit, and that is that. From “Unusual Pattern” gregluti.com/post/unusual-pa…

He wakes in a gray corridor and a stranger tells him he has gone out of time. One platform gets him back. The stranger knows which one. He just isn’t taking it. From “The Man Out of Time” gregluti.com/post/the-man-ou…

A man hears the ovation and assumes Redman was a legend on the field. Then the ceremony starts. He was a teacher. The room was cheering the man who stayed. From “The Ovation” gregluti.com/post/the-ovatio…

“I wonder what they are making that building.” From “The Parking Lot” Full poem here: gregluti.com/post/the-parkin…