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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Steampunk Plot bunny

    A balloon drifted lazily overhead the city of Masaan. A figure in the basket below lounged against the wicker railing with the confidence of a veteran navy man. He looked ...

    Jul 21, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: The Bubble Theory #1

    Wow. Right off the bat, I love the first paragraph. Take the setting, turn it into a watercolor of words, and showcase it before the reader. I love the description ...

    Jul 20, 2009
  • Official Polls Re: What Are You Writing Now?

    Steampunk Spies. Need I say more?

    Jul 20, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: MechaNet (Part 1)

    Ah, Medical drama. And I don't mean that in reference to the shallow day-time TV stuff. I have always appreciated dark hospital fiction. I kind of wish we had a ...

    Jul 20, 2009
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members! [2]

    Hi! I'm new here, and I was told by everyones friendly neighborhood internet voices (not the voices in my head, those are a different story) that this was where I ...

    Jul 20, 2009


I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom