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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Deleted

    I went through and edited for punctuation, etc. for you so you can see where you erred. You really seem to like your comma key, but you don't really use ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Cousin Mary - revised!

    Well, everyone else has jumped all over everything I was going to say, so I am left to sweep up what's left. And there isn't much. This was a great ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the Avatar Above You! [2]

    7/10 Loving the frames and hat. And the angle is sweet!

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Mutts - Storm

    12/11/07 070 – Storm THE WASHINGTON POST April 21 GE SOLDIERS TO BE UNLEASHED - Mark Crete Man’s best friend just got a whole lot better. Howland Industry’s Genetic facility ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: Aim for the Heart

    When your English teachers says sonnet, this isn't what he means, is it? ;) This was beautiful in a sort of sick way -- I don't know how to describe ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Football: the Pains and Joys

    I really liked this. I'm not much of one for sports stories, but this captured and held my attention admirably. The only thing that bothered me were the italics. They ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: A Study of Birds

    Usual disclaimer: I am not much of a poetry writer and certainly not a critic, but I like to read it. This was really nice. Your imagery was beautiful and ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Making Up Words

    It depends on whether or not the meaning of your words will be understood. If you read Lewis Carrol, you can see he came up with a lot of words ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Mindstorm

    Interesting work. It reminds me somewhat of the character of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby." It was mainly the image of the pier and the person standing on it looking ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Empty Summer

    Wow. This was extremely powerful. I wasn't quite sure what his 'fiction' was in the beginning: whether it was a book or a movie or something. Then when you mentioned ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: My true friend(WARNING: you may cry.......)

    I'll write a disclaimer right now that I myself am not much of a poetry writer and certainly not a critic, but I do like to say what I like ...

    Jan 25, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: The Serpent(warning this may hurt......)

    I dunno about the critique that Via gave. I'll admit right now that I am not much of a poetry critic, but I liked the places that the lines were ...

    Jan 25, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: A Message (WARNING: if you dont like the truth, read this!)

    This was quite beautiful, with its stark simplicity. I liked it, but I do agree that the last line threw off the balance. It was still a nice poem with ...

    Jan 25, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Memorize Another Golgotha [Parts One and Two]

    *mouth hangs open* This was so gorgeous. I really have nothing to critique, and anything I could have dragged up with a nit comb, Mat beat me in mentioning. Your ...

    Jan 25, 2008
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Mutts - Triangle

    12/11/07 042 – Triangle No one saw the first red blip on the backpack light. Tom was telling about his wife, who was pregnant back home. At least, she had ...

    Jan 24, 2008


Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins