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  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Thanksgiving
    4

    thieves driving big trucks This isn't really needed. Well-composed, and, although it was predictable, I enjoyed it. Not much to say here, so I'll leave it blank for now. If ...


    xanthan gum - Nov 27, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy
    Untitled
    9

    This is a writing exercise I've been working on for a week or so. I hope you like it. Chapter 1 The gates to the fence were quite impressive, heavy ...


    TheEccentricScribe - Nov 27, 2006 - 11 min read

  • Short Story » Science Fiction
    the game
    5

    On Monday 6 January Hugh Mullins was getting ready to teach 8D. The young English teacher was newly qualified, and 8D was the most challenging class in Moreland School. Back ...


    GRIM-SLEEPER - Nov 27, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Nightmares in waking hours
    8

    I dont know, it needs work i think but i'm not sure what to do with it. I lay my head to rest sleeping can caress my sins away. I ...


    fanatic_dadaism - Nov 26, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Fly Dance
    3

    The night swelters, Hot and loud, Alarms screech like electric cicadas And frantic dusty wings grope for light, A long day has passed ripe with beauty and ache I've walked ...


    Meta-Messiah - Nov 26, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Short Story » Action / Adventure
    A Lifetime of Regret
    4

    Hi there, i am a new member and i have been dying to upload this extract from a story i am currently working on entitled 'A Lifetime of Regret'. Please ...

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    Nikiller - Nov 25, 2006 - 10 min read

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    Disclaimer (just in case): I do not own, nor claim to own, the song "Twelve Days of Christmas." I am not making money off of this endeavor. _________________________________ On the ...


    Luxor - Nov 25, 2006 - 3 min read

  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Barns are Noble
    3

    We emerge from the seditary rain, shrieking laughter into the empty halls of bookcases, where echos are snitched in the middle of aisles, on the bottom of paper cups. Here ...


    xanthan gum - Nov 25, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Eulogy
    14

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    TheEccentricScribe - Nov 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Short Story » Romantic
    The Other Brother
    7

    Sam Collins' sand-coloured hair weaved itself through the crowd towards me, my knees shook, my heart raced and I felt sure that if he got any closer I would surely ...

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    Vashman - Nov 24, 2006 - 4 min read

  • Article / Essay » General
    17?
    4

    Here I stand on the eve of my birthday. Finally, I'm about to rise up to the ripe age of...17? Who ever heard of one being excited about that age? ...


    mariannne - Nov 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Blue
    11

    The teacher sighed and stared at the little children coloring in the blue jay. He sees only blue and not vibrant mixtures of colors. But he is the one that ...


    moosiegirl - Nov 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Script » General
    phsmy kid sisteryco
    4

    *Set at my place, a large house with quite a few bedrooms… a bit like a maze.* Story of the annoying sister. Parris: Mee Maw Mee Maw Mee Maw *Parris ...


    lexy - Nov 24, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    You've gone away
    7

    Cry alone, you’ve gone away, No more nights, some much pain You’ve gone alone, took all my strength I’ve had my world changed, I won’t see you tonight. [CHOURS] Sorrow, ...


    Patrick - Nov 24, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Short Story » Historical Fiction
    Evil Knows No Buckeyes
    10

    (This story's based on one told to us by a Korean War veteran at our Veteran's Day celebration at school. I thought it was an interesting perspective, and I think ...


    Sam - Nov 24, 2006 - 4 min read


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price