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by KateHardy in Poetry » General
Try to Light a Match in the Rain and Other May Poems
by KateHardy in Poetry » Romantic
Call Me Icarus (Shoot Me Down Before the Sun Does) and Other May Poems
by WeepingWisteria in Poetry » General
i can't talk to my mother anymore
by farq4d in Short Story » Health
Broken to Healing
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Forums » Art & Photography
My character designs. <33Josefina’s Grandpa (shadow with eyes and hands) (from my story “Josefina’s only wish”):
vampricone6783 - 17 minutes ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Literature, General
Lions GateHi there! I'm reviewing using the YWS S'more Method today! HELLO THERE! I stumbled upon this piece of work and decided to drop a review. This was posted quite some ...
NoOneInParticular - 3 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Health, General
Broken to HealingNice poem written by the author. "All those days I felt worthless, Came back to the surface." The feeling of being unhappy about whatever is happening with you is an ...
KaavyaK - 5 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Realistic, Technology
Digital NervesHello! I absolutely love this story. I’m not even a big fan of video games, but I totally relate to this social anxiety. From the first few sentences, I kind ...
Isbah - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Romantic, General
Whispers of the soulHey!! Ava here... I'll just start with the review. I could immediately tell that how genuine these feelings were as I read the poem. I loved the choice of words ...
Semicolon - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Romantic, Science Fiction
The Meet Cute: Behind The Scenes Edition Part TwoHello, Kate! Wist is finally here to review part two. This is a nice sequel to part one, but I will say this part felt much more exposition-heavy than the ...
WeepingWisteria - 6 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Storybook Sanctuary
Island MagicJay stood stiffly at the edge of the dancefloor, looking around the most bizarre arrangement of people with too-powerful magic and too-raging of hormones. The lights were bright, the dancefloor ...
soundofmind - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Romantic, General
Whispers of the soulHello! The idea behind this poem is really nice. I like the repetition of the lines, “I will listen to the sound of your breathing, And you can listen to ...
Isbah - 6 hours ago
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Short Story » Realistic, Technology
Digital NervesI tried to capture social anxiety. I don't even play video games, can you tell?
branchingout - 7 hours ago
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Forums » Lounge, The
Review Spotlight for May 2024Review Spotlight for May 2024 Top 5 Reviews: Re: 3AM by @Coffeewriter Re: i hope i pass my ap exams by @Bluepanther512 Re: Box Children - Chapter 3 by @Roxanne ...
Big Brother - 7 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » General, General
Thank you YWS!Aww! This is such a sweet poem!!! I love the expert weaving of the letters into the body of the poem! Not something all acrostics can do well, but this ...
OrabellaAvenue - 7 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Fantasy
The Last Spell 35.1Ahh I can't believe I'm nearly three whole months late but still first here. We must fix this! I’m on my phone, so quoting ability is limited and typos are ...
IcyFlame - 7 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
LSS: Total Party KillI'm fine with all of them but the way you set it up was shocking lol. I'm excited to see where this goes
Book - 7 hours ago
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Forums » Lounge, The
Literary Spotlight for May 2024Literary Spotlight for May 2024 Top 10 Overall: to be known is to be loved by @LadyBug i hope i pass my ap exams by @yoshi mama says the worst ...
Big Brother - 8 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Teen Fiction
Choice of Chosen - Ch. 2 - Darkness be his homeHi!! Dropping for a quick review here! I read your previous chapter too, so that I would have the correct context for this installment. I want to say that I ...
khushi17bansal - 8 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Storybook Sanctuary
LSS: Before the Wave BreaksIt was the first of Sol. On this day for the past ten years, Alan would begin packing up his violin and personal belongings to make the long trek to ...
Carina - 8 hours ago