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GummyWorm

  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Lachrymose and a Clock Tower

    Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! I'll be sure to go back and edit out some of that nitpicky stuff, but to answer your questions, azntwinz2, I picked 7:32 because ...

    Jul 27, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 5 best books you've ever read.

    In no particular order: 1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: Ok, it looks like a 1400-page brick, but it really is one of the most stunning and beautiful books I've ...

    Jul 27, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: The OCD author's pledge.

    I ought to make this into a plaque and frame it on my desk, right in front of my face to remind me while I'm typing... Inner editor just crushes ...

    Jul 27, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Lachrymose and a Clock Tower

    The night cried. It wept without restraint. It cried fat, gloppy tears that dropped like lead marbles from the sky, landing on her frazzled hair and ruddy cheeks. She walked ...

    Jul 26, 2011
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Burning Skies

    Like confetti said, this is really adorable, but bittersweet (in a good way). I love your use of dramatic irony throughout the story in how the little girl doesn't understand ...

    Jul 26, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Because I Promised

    Wow, I have to say, this piece really hit me. Your writing really did justice to the surrealism of the dream and it reminded me a of a fairy tale ...

    Jul 26, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Watercolor Skies

    This is an older piece of mine from English class a few months ago. Hope you like it! She remembered the days sitting under watercolor skies fondly, Soft pastels painted ...

    Jul 25, 2011
  • Fanfiction Short Stories Re: Birth of the Three

    Hi Redrum! I'm a big fan of the Warriors series and, like VuzzyCat said, I think you did a good job with the characterization. The piece sounded very true to ...

    Jul 25, 2011
  • Welcome Mat Re: Greetings Earthlings!

    Hi everyone! It's nice to meet you all! As far as genres go, I used to do all fantasy, but now I've started to poke around in the horror and ...

    Jul 25, 2011
  • Welcome Mat Re: Greetings Earthlings!

    Hello Everyone! I'm GummyWorm and (seeing that this post in in the Welcome Mat) I'm a newbie here. I love reading and writing, short stories in particular, but I do ...

    Jul 24, 2011


I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights