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Forums » Writing Activities
Haiku TrainSharp-ringed gazing love Pierces my heart and my soul Let the forest burn
Kelisot - 16 minutes ago
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Forums » Writers Corner
Lim's Poetic NotesText Analytics Abcedarian Alphabet soup left to dry becomes an alphabet fossil. Clusters of words coalesce, dancing dust motes overhead. Effortfully meaningless, the eater must find the head and tail ...
Liminality - 1 hour ago
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Reviews » Short Story » General, General
When Crickets CryGood Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world), Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!! Anyway let's get right to it, That night, even the crickets ...
HarryHardy - 2 hours ago
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Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Science Fiction
The Lie that Saved the World Chapter 6: Day offSteve and John have a talk about their most recent recruit.
VengefulReaper - 2 hours ago
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Reviews » Other » General, General
BlankIn further reflection based on @AriesBookworm's recommendation to dig a little deeper, I'm back with a real review! :) So I usually have a pretty broad definition of what qualifies ...
lliyah - 9 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
The Rainwater Society [OOC]Hey have we done any more planning? Is there any more needed?
GrandWild - 9 hours ago
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Poetry » Humor, Humor
The Great God of WritingThe woes of writing personified.
Horisun - 11 hours ago
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Poetry » Realistic, General
Why did I ever leave?Uh...
Phillauthet - 11 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Roleplay Lounge
Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree [meme thread]Both of those are so yes
GrandWild - 12 hours ago
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Forums » Writers Corner
potatoes in a dishwasherv. i am obsessed with appliances this is my "entry" for alliyah's NaPo Time-Traveler Contest . of course, the deadline has long passed, but I still wanted to write something ...
starlitmind - 12 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
LSS: The Last Word OOCEveryone's going to puzzle through the clue and what they learned at the apartment, and I think I'm going to have Julian discover that Grant was stealing funds from the ...
Plume - 12 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
Macabre Schematics Maniacally Shattered [OOC]excus u i am the husband Oop sorry, forgot you were waiting on me my bad. Unfortunately my work is trying to murder me and I can’t tonight and prolly ...
Shady - 15 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Storybook Sanctuary
LSS: The Lifecycle of a Heist\ money /Dwyn Souza\ money / After Dwyn blew up at the two of them about never understanding what she was actually saying, everybody finished their food in silence. The ...
winterwolf0100 - 15 hours ago
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Short Story » Fantasy, Other
Lucas’ pastSince I’ve been getting comments on “Lucas-The one behind it all” that it should be more detailed,I made this story which focuses on him growing up.
vampricone6783 - 15 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Fantasy, Narrative
Selkie MaidensWhatever story this might be an introduction to,I’ll stay tuned.The narrator calls the selkie maiden a child.How old is she? How old is the human? Is it a metaphor for ...
vampricone6783 - 15 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Fool Without A Master (Chapter 19 Part 2)Hello again! Salis here with my final review for this story!! I was smiling for most of this half of the last chapter and that is proof that I am ...
SalisRuinen - 16 hours ago