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  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Land of Sky, Land of Rain (Chapter One)

    I can't even begin to tell you how impressed with this I am. I've been looking for a well written multi-chapter work here, and I think I finally found it. ...

    May 2, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Ayzik Chapter #1

    Here we go again. I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but roll my eyes at your protagonist's name. As this so far seems to be set in a realistic and ...

    May 2, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The legend of Leo: Chapter 1

    I'll tell you right now, I'm interested by whatever you mean when you list the genre as gender blender. That initial impression aside, here's what I think. I haven't seen ...

    May 2, 2009
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Ælëd

    Okay then, let's see. I'll admit I'm not used to short stories at all. Whenever I read something like this I instinctively assume it's the first chapter of something, so ...

    Apr 26, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Meditating Ophelia

    Okay then, this was my thought process as I read this piece. That first huge paragraph had me thinking that you were falling into purple prose, and my ability to ...

    Mar 31, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Intimation [2]

    Well, after reading through this and the reviews that are already here, I realize that the reason it's so hard for me to find stuff to criticize is because you've ...

    Mar 26, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Intimation [1]

    This is the first story I've given a gold star on this site so far. I think that sets the mood for this review, or at least I want to ...

    Mar 24, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Bloodlust - Chapter One

    Well, this is a nice bit of antidote after Twilight destroyed vampires for me forever. This review is going to be shorter than the ones I usually write, chiefly because ...

    Mar 22, 2009
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Little Girl in the Basement

    I never bother to go through a chapter play-by-play and point out every little error (tried it once, hated it), and there are always other people who do that, so ...

    Mar 19, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Savior

    Hey. Usually I don't have a lot of great things to say early on in anything. I only gush about stuff I like after I've become engrossed in a story ...

    Mar 14, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Contagious

    Hmm...this one threw me off at first, because I'm not used to reading something in the present tense. Not that I'm going to hold that against the work, of course. ...

    Mar 14, 2009
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Love's Consumption

    Alrighty, here we go. I'll start with some advice that I give a lot of my peers' work, and that is: SLOOOOOOOOOOOW DOWN. The pacing is much, much too quick. ...

    Mar 10, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Shepherd's Lamb (working title) Prologue

    Good enough, although I noticed quite a few spelling errors. Also, the pacing seemed off at times. When you start out, it seems to be from Steven's point of view, ...

    Mar 10, 2009


I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
— Alexander Pushkin