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Kafkaescence

  • Romantic Novels Re: A Cold Grey Memory, Prologue

    Uh, yeah. Firstly, this is not a prologue. Or, at least, should not be labeled as one. Character development, story development, and all that good stuff happens while the actual ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Heads Up About Things Happening in June

    I was just wondering if you ever get breaks. Have fun!

    May 29, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Lost In the Prayers

    Hullo. I. In our railroad novel, we break between the blasts of rattling carraiges, turning our eyes to the stars, warped by old, scratched plastic windows. We fall into the ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: Literary Journal Cover

    Hey. So, these were...interesting. They are dark-ish, but, contrary to what the previous reviewers said, I think it would work excellently as a cover for a compilation of works (as ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Death of Old Man Messier

    Realized I had this stored away in my drafts, and figured I might as well post it as is. Sorry that it's a bit unfinished. Have you ever been down ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: larynx

    Finally got to this. Okay. Under oaken arms, we can't help but bend and break; and so here, right now, we fall into hoarseness and frustration, crying out "we don't ...

    May 28, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: YWLJ Cover Submissions

    I love the first one, but, like Persy mentioned, the rigidity and shadowed quality of the pencils contrasts a bit too sharply with the placid blue background and delicate writing. ...

    May 28, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: unlit

    Nightshade finally got me to start writing poetry again, so I thought I might whip something together. I'm a bit rusty, so I wouldn't mind some harsh reviews. in the ...

    May 28, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: The words are only rain.

    Eesh. Hopefully there was no rush to this. To be honest, I found this a bit...cluttered. You have an interesting idea in mind, but it is unnecessarily difficult to grasp ...

    May 27, 2011
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Applebeans

    Wazzup. Corrections/my comments will be in red. Monday, April 26, 1999 Dear Hannah, Your father sent me pictures of you from the Passover Seder, and I can not cannot believe ...

    May 25, 2011
  • Official Polls Re: How'd you discover YWS?

    Patty and I are pretty close.

    May 21, 2011
  • Other Re: Frustration

    Well, I'm here. Told you it might take a while. Well, this was...interesting, I suppose. I've never really been a fan of prose that is stuffed to the tearing point ...

    May 19, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Behind The Cloud Of Dreams

    Hullo! Kafka here! ...I'm late. Really late. Oh, well. Here goes. Behind the cloud of dreams. Don't think you want a period here. Isn't really grammatically correct, and kills the ...

    May 18, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Imagery

    Mmm...was your word "lion?" Very well done, by the way. Something is pressing against your leg. It is a subtle observation, as if the pressure had been there for hours, ...

    May 17, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Mirror prologue

    Here I am, finally. Corrections are in red. "What's with you and these crazy ideas?" "Haha, you're like some sort of fairy tale!" "Calm down! Stop twirling around every which ...

    May 17, 2011


No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
— John Donne