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Dark Sploosh

  • Novel Workshop Re: The Blood, Book 1: Rubedo

    This novel is the first in a series of four that I've planned, and also it's the first novel I've ever completed. This is the third draft, and it still ...

    Jan 28, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: King of Babylon- Chapter 8

    Chapter 8: Hail the Conquering Heroes The sky was green that night, a dark emerald that twinkled with the spirits of far off flames and invigorated the entire village. Oburos ...

    Jan 11, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: King of Babylon, Chapter 7

    King of Babylon By Dark Sploosh Chapter 7: Fallen Jinn burst through the door, sending it flying off its hinges. Daylight seared his eyes for but a second, and then ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: King of Babylon- Chapter 6

    King of Babylon by Dark Sploosh Chapter 6: Three Devils “Go,” Jinn uttered. He turned me around with one massive arm and nudged me towards the stairs. Shanzi and Anna ...

    Dec 13, 2009
  • Romantic Novels Re: Breena (Two)

    So here I am, checking this out like I promised. Starting with chapter one, I can see a bit of a familiar story here. Two sisters who both like some ...

    Dec 11, 2009
  • Fanfiction Short Stories Re: Fear Monologue

    Hello Astrid. I took a look at this like you asked, but to be honest it's nearly impossible for me to give an honest opinion on it. I've never even ...

    Dec 10, 2009
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Being Me in a World Where 'Me' is Not Accepted

    Where do we start? You have a good first person viewpoint here. It sounds like a teenage girl should without becoming unlikeable, and flowed well enough that I didn't find ...

    Dec 7, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: The Blood, Book 1: Rubedo- Chapter 4, Third Draft

    Chapter 4: Crunch The phone clicked dead. Nicholas stared at it in stunned silence, unable to believe what had just happened. If that guy was telling the truth… if that ...

    Dec 3, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Fire On Water: Chapter One (edited)

    Hey, giving your story a look like you asked, since you were so kind to give mine a look. Now then, there's good and bad in this first chapter. The ...

    Dec 3, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: The Blood, Book 1: Rubedo- Chapter 3, Third Draft

    Chapter 3: Females Nicholas couldn’t figure out if the stare she gave him was confused or not, since she had been staring for all of the half-hour he had known ...

    Nov 28, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: The Blood, Book 1: Rubedo- Chapter 2, Third Draft

    Chapter 2: Cops The officer came plodding down the stairs a few minutes later, defeat upon his reddened face. “What’s wrong?” Nicholas asked, trying to restrain his smile. The cop’s ...

    Nov 25, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: The Blood, Book 1: Rubedo- Chapter 1, Third Draft

    Author's Note: I put up the first two chapters of the first draft months ago, and while people wanted to read the rest, I found myself too busy rewriting the ...

    Nov 25, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: Do you ever wish the world was in a more primal state?

    I find myself wishing this from time to time. Whenever life feels too easy or boring, I wish I lived in a time that had more struggle in it. Where ...

    Nov 22, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: .:Second Nature:.

    Hello again, Wolf. Taking a look at this fantasy piece, as a fragment I would say it's good overall. By it's nature it's confusing because I have no idea who ...

    Nov 18, 2009
  • General Fiction Novels Re: flesh : part one.

    Wolf, I'm very impressed. Although I have to be honest and say the subject matter is of little interest to me personally, I'm struck by how clean your writing is. ...

    Nov 18, 2009


Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus