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Handcuffs
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Featured Member April 20 - May 4: chikaraCongratulations!! You definitely deserve it, @chikara!
Liebensteiner - 37 minutes ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Realistic, Other
Letter To A Lost OneThe first thing that struck me about this piece was how accurately it portrays grief. The subject seems very close to heart for you and Rebecca's emotional progress is so ...
TheClosetWriter - 3 hours ago
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Poetry » Dramatic, General
strangled.
Yoshikrab - 3 hours ago
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Poetry » Romantic, Dramatic
The Nightmare BeggingA dream I had
MellyBourne - 3 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Prophecy of Thieves [chapter 14.2]Wow...I should have waited longer and then I'd have more to read!! I can't believe I'm already on the last one :( Ren still seemed pissed about the entire heist—likely ...
Honora - 3 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
The Sisterhood Syndicate [OOC]Ooh okay there's a ton of cool ideas here!! Yeah, Raya's main human villain (Namaari) was reformed, and I'd like to keep her that way. (She's a princess too, and ...
Spearmint - 4 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Realistic, Other
Letter To A Lost OneHey there, hope you're having a fantastic day :D This is a very powerful short story. I could feel the emotion behind everything, and there was this swelling of sadness ...
stygianmoon17 - 5 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Realistic, Other
Letter To A Lost OneHi RandomTalks, Mailice here with a short review! :D Your first paragraph is wonderful. It's emotionally charged, intense and has a very good shift between sentence structure. It feels like ...
MailicedeNamedy - 6 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
So.. You Think You Can Time Travel: The OOCREADY WHENEVER
Carina - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Prophecy of Thieves [chapter 14.1]Aloha! :D The clamps were still attacked at the end, and she vaguely wondered how she hadn’t seen him hide them within his clothes. I think you meant to say ...
Honora - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Prophecy of Thieves [chapter 13.2]I'm running out of ways to greet you...I feel like the good ol' "Back again" is getting overused :-P So Ren’s words had all been intentional. It wasn’t just misplaced ...
Honora - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » General, Realistic
King of the Court [Chapter 8]Hi Yoshikrab, Mailice here with a short review! :D Quick note on your post: the link didn't work for me. Maybe it works for others and I'm just a magnet ...
MailicedeNamedy - 6 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Prophecy of Thieves [chapter 13.1]Back again!! For better or for worse... :-P His hand continued to twitch to his hip as though he would find it there. This is more of a personal opinion ...
Honora - 7 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Other, Realistic
TuesdayHello, here to leave a quick review! It was a good read, and you really bring out the character of your protagonist with your words. It was simple and short ...
RandomTalks - 7 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
Prophecy of Thieves [chapter 12.2]Hey mordax! I'm back again and will be catching up on your book so be prepared to hear from me a lot! I finally have my laptop back so I ...
Honora - 7 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Realistic, Dramatic
HandcuffsI can't begin to express how incredible this piece is. The notion of being limited by youth in a suffering world is such an original idea to write about. Additionally, ...
TheClosetWriter - 8 hours ago