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  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Survival Techniques

    I intend on including this, or something similar, within a longer story (note that it is not supposed to be the beginning), but I have written this so that it ...

    May 3, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Loved Ancestor

    So where are you now, loved ancestor? Do you wander about the purple-topped mountains of your birth, Your flying spirit taking the form of your youthful self? Or as the ...

    Apr 23, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Section of a story

    I'm assuming this isn't intended to be the beginning of the story? If it is, then I have to say it is a bit confusing - who are Andrea and ...

    Apr 5, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The last night

    This was a good attempt, but personally I found it a bit mediocre and "samey". There's a nice rhythm in this poem, enhanced by your use of rhyme, but I'd ...

    Apr 5, 2009
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Love's Conquest

    In the days to which no memory can be traced, In a land of which every grain is now buried under the abyss, By the hands of the champion of ...

    Mar 27, 2009
  • Narrative Poetry Re: My Fair Maiden

    I can't honestly say I understood this, but that doesn't stop me from liking this. I liked your use of archaic language (making the modern wording of the final stanza ...

    Mar 26, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Burn Book: A True Story

    Not really a lot to say after that last review, but just thought I'd say; good job! This was great. It's bad that it actually happened, of course, but as ...

    Mar 13, 2009
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Anything...

    4:30 pm "So you're definitely sure you want to go through with this?" Jack raised his eyebrow as he waited for an answer. He attempted to make eye contact with ...

    Mar 10, 2009
  • Other Re: The Purpose of Humankind

    "Civilised" and "saviour" are British variations of their American equivalents. But thank you for noticing my the mistakes that were mistakes.

    Mar 5, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    Fred woke up, and looked at his watch. It was eight in the morning, and he had slept through the ball. "Oops." He got up, and decided he couldn't be ...

    Feb 27, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    *Oh dear...I wan't online yesterday, and this thread has virtually doubled in size since then! As I don't have the time to read what I've missed, could somebody PM me ...

    Feb 26, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    As Adam walked out of the room, Fred wondered who he would ask to the ball. He decided he couldn't be bothered - he didn't care much for the tradition ...

    Feb 23, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    Fred gritted his teeth. He knew that Adam had been drinking, and he wouldn't be surprised if he had taken drugs. But Adam's description of the punishment he could receive ...

    Feb 21, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    May stared at Fred and Adam, and for a moment Fred thought she was going to chuck them out. "You're the boy who found Alyse, aren't you?" "Uh, yeah," Fred ...

    Feb 21, 2009
  • Archive Re: Boarding School

    Fred As they entered the cinema, Fred realised he was with the group he had seen leaving the school in the two cars. Shouldn't have cycled, now I won't be ...

    Feb 21, 2009


You got rid of them. Yes, that's just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it.
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World