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Merkava120

  • Short Story » Satire, Realistic Re: Suburbia

    This is a really interesting story. Probably the most characters I've seen in a short story in a while. Like susanne said, you've really got the short story form down. ...

    Aug 5, 2016
  • Short Story » Narrative, Realistic Re: What Doesn't Kill You

    This is excellent writing, and a beautiful story. I'm glad your mom is okay. My mom is a cancer survivor, too, although I was too young to remember it. I'm ...

    Apr 23, 2016
  • Short Story » General, General Re: another another story

    My first reaction as reading this was just "Yeeee-haaaw!" I love this idea--because it's good, developed, and, best of all, [i]completely original[i]. I've never seen anything like this anywhere befor

    Jul 3, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, Teen Fiction Re: Chapter 1-- Lone Voice Radio: Part I

    Merkava here! I'll jump right into it. I like the character you've created. She knows a lot about the Novites, she knows it's vitally important for her to record the ...

    Jul 3, 2015
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: The Burning of the Books

    Merkava here. Holy cow, I love historical fiction when it's written this well! That was very, very good. To start with, here are the things I liked most: The Uniforms ...

    Jun 2, 2015
  • Poetry » General, General Re: The Soul of the Writer and Artist

    Really great poem! I did connect with this a lot, especially the "imperfect, as always/but who can get it right?" and the very last stanza. If I take the last ...

    May 8, 2015
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: My Story

    Hi, welcome to YWS! Awesome story! You had really great imagery throughout the whole thing, and I didn't get hung up on any clunky descriptions or vague wording as I ...

    May 7, 2015
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, Other Re: Knackered Bloodfists

    This is a great story! There are a few things I'd like to mention here. First, I love how you wrote the story in second person. Few authors could do ...

    Apr 11, 2015


If you don't know it's impossible it's easier to do. And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.
— Neil Gaiman