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Maximilia

  • Poetry » Realistic, Lyrical Re: Hart

    It's been a while since I was an active member here...i think i might have forgotten how to review. This is kind of surreal, lol. Um, but anyways -- this ...

    Jun 19, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Newsflash: falling in love is (almost) synonymous to having gum wrappers attack you from within

    I've read this repeatedly: both with enthusiasm and intrigue. This is a strikingly unconventional piece -- the abundant but effective use of parentheses, alongside the thematic motif: gum wrappers. If

    Jan 26, 2014
  • Poetry » Horror, Mystery / Suspense Re: The Monsters in the Closet

    I really dug this. I dug the dictation of the cycle of "monsterhood"; the evolution of the narrator from tormented child into the very thing which had tormented him/her in ...

    Jan 23, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Threatened by the dragon, saved by the snake

    Heya, Syntax! Got that review for ya: To begin, I'll refute the first reviews claim that this isn't poetry. I heartily disagree. There is such thing as a prose poem ...

    Jan 22, 2014
  • Short Story » Realistic, Literature Re: The Year of Ice

    So, if I were reviewing for a magazine/newspaper: "...this is a piece that comes alive with its deadness. We as readers are dropped into a world frost bitten and quietly ...

    Jan 20, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: A Happy Place (prose poem)

    Hey, Katherine:) Here's a hopefully sufficient review for you: Alrighty. Right off the bat, I noticed there was a very developed mood throughout out the piece: lethargy; tranquility. All simulated ...

    Dec 18, 2013
  • Short Story » Realistic, Literature Re: I Survive

    Wow. Hey, Life. You hit really hard, writing this. I can very deeply relate to this, when it comes to the depression -- however, that's where my experience and personal ...

    Dec 17, 2013
  • Poetry » Literature, General Re: He Will Not Yield Today

    Hey, Farah. Yeah, actually, I thought this was a fairly vivid piece. Personally, I've always found that great poetry is the kind which expresses itself not with an explicitness of ...

    Dec 15, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Relapse

    So, I think it's obvious I was scouring through your stuff...hehe. Back again! Except I think we're both under the bed, now -- this is an incredibly gritty poem. Mostly ...

    Dec 12, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: ..

    Hey there, Monster! What are you doing away from beneath my bed? (...that was really hard to phrase for some reason...) Oooh man, I really like this poem, here. My ...

    Dec 12, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Dramatic Re: I Dream

    Hiya, my wyrdsista! I had the immense pleasure of reading this at 4a.m today and, now, here is my review for you -- poppin' fresh out the oven. So, this ...

    Dec 11, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Narrative, General Re: Reality.

    Hey, Prince:) Cheetah is right: this is interesting. I'd love to see how all this about thought and perception tie into this, I'm assuming, romantic experience, and how you'll do ...

    Nov 29, 2013
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, Dramatic Re: Would you like to know how you died?

    I have absolutely no footing in science fiction. First statement. Second: This piece has some very provocative elements and ideas (the title the giveaway after being, first, the bait) and ...

    Nov 26, 2013
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Moths and Butterflies

    Dear MysteryMe, So. It really is odd writing a letter -- awkward even. But I find the most difficulty with the typical anxiety of reviewing and finding the proper angle ...

    Nov 7, 2013
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Take our bones, make us new

    This is the stuff I subconsciously look for in any form of literature; the stark imagery. Bleak abstractions. Petals of raw emotion, beautiful in their simple honesty. This is truly ...

    Oct 10, 2013


Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind