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  • Poetry » Culture, Spiritual
    A Walk with God
    3

    The streetlights were dim on the harbour as I walked with God. The walk was peaceful and I enjoyed it, but then the lights went out. From the pitch black ...


    Skellingtom - Oct 1, 2012 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Culture
    Lost God
    9

    Lost God In the blessed land He is king In the blighted land He is king When all fails We blame him When all succeeds We praise him In his ...


    dallythejester - Sep 23, 2012 - 1 min read

  • Novel / Chapter » Culture, Supernatural
    Cascades of Time (Chp 10)
    2

    Chapter 10: Battle breaks the silence (Location: Valcarry 1) Valcarry 1 continued to move deeper into the clouds. When it was completely out of range of the city, it remained ...


    mystogan - Sep 15, 2012 - 11 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative, Culture
    Firstborn
    1

    I am firstborn, so I’ll always see them; see the good, indifference, and evil. It’s not like they’re too different from humans. They’re what we would be if we, for ...


    Cspr - Jul 26, 2012 - 18 min read

  • Poetry » Narrative, Culture
    Selkie
    2

    Free verse poem.


    Cspr - Jul 24, 2012 - 13 min read

  • Other » Culture, Health
    From the Outside Looking In
    2

    In a large, bright room, sunlight streams through a wide window, casting shadows over wooden floors and open doors. The walls are painted vibrant, daring colors, and the room is ...


    EmilyofREL - Jul 20, 2012 - 4 min read

  • Poetry » Culture
    Another Lost Generation
    2

    I. Peace be to all the haters. They're the content children, pulling globs of clay from their foundations and throwing fits, throwing things on the floor. They get what they ...


    StoryWeaver13 - Jul 18, 2012 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Spiritual, Culture
    Seeking
    3

    I was spending a bit of time thinking about God and religion. Would love it if you could review it! Confusion sweeps through my mind I try to act not ...


    Nargles - Jul 9, 2012 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Culture, Dramatic
    Deer
    1

    Free verse poem.


    Cspr - Jul 5, 2012 - 9 min read

  • Poetry » Culture, Historical Fiction
    Us and Them
    3

    You first knew the truth about us and them in a California ranch house with a pulp in your lap. In the other room, your grandmother coughed up phlegm and ...


    Cspr - Jul 3, 2012 - 13 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic, Culture
    Frigid
    2

    Seeing the world through different lenses is a conundrum. Left eye pink, right eye blue— neither rose-tinted All is somehow stainless steel, boring and rather bland, when it comes to ...


    Cspr - Jun 28, 2012 - 4 min read

  • Poetry » Spiritual, Culture
    Silver light
    6

    I sway my arms, bathed in silver light. I cannot move but am content To sway. Though the ground moves, I do not. Our tenants race through us, Until ...


    samegreeneyes - Jun 25, 2012 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic, Culture
    Alien
    10

    Alien Why do you think I'm so different? Aren't I a human just like you? Don't I have feelings and emotions? I promise I have a heart too. Why ...


    KeiPie - Jun 22, 2012 - 3 min read

  • Novel / Chapter » Humor, Culture
    confused
    3

    june 1 Its so hard having a relationship especially when you have no job no family and no future, yeah i get to tour with a band even though half ...

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    dankomalfoyd - Jun 18, 2012 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Culture, Humor
    Hercules: The Age of Heroes
    11

    Hercules: The Age of Heroes They write no headlines when you're old; Pan is dead. Megora menopausing, but nobody cares where the old heroes go. I might save a damsel ...


    Rydia - Jun 12, 2012 - 3 min read


It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language
— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey