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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: A Cup of Blood and Kindness

    This is actually a sort of excerpt from my novel-in-progress, The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism , but don't let that scare you away. Rather than being a continuation of the ...

    Oct 2, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism (Rewrite) - Prologue

    Decided to rewrite TGE, and this was the best prologue I could come up with. I know a lot of books begin with the in media res thing (even [sigh] ...

    Sep 11, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism - Chapter Two (2)

    PREVIOUSLY: Dwight's in a cellar, about to get his throat slit by a punk kid named Alexander. Never mind that Alexander's dead body lays slumped right beside them; dead or ...

    Aug 15, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Run, Fat Boy, Run! Part 2

    Paul here! but when she transferred into my class at the semester It should be "at the start of the semester." The way it is, it doesn't really make any ...

    Aug 15, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism - Chapter Two (1)

    I went back and changed the opening line from "Approximately three hours" to "Approximately ten minutes." By the end of the chapter, the reason should be disturbingly obvious ;) . ...

    Aug 14, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Daddy's Gone Away

    Paul here! I finally decided to procrastinate doing schoolwork get back into the habit of doing some reviews! I really liked this piece. It felt poignant, and sad, honest somehow. ...

    Aug 9, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism - Chapter One (3)

    RECAP: After the death of his father, Dwight Markos and his mother move to a small town on the gulf of Alabama. It's not exactly clear why yet. Dwight doesn't ...

    Aug 9, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Run, Fat Boy, Run! Part 1

    Paul here! Really digging the writing style here. I know this has been said over and over again in the comments, but "refreshing" is the first word that comes to ...

    Aug 3, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism - Chapter One (2)

    Not a lot of action here, but definitely building up to something BIG and totally AWESOME. I can't wait to share it, but right now my computer is lagging and ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Teenager's Guide to Exorcism - Chapter One (1)

    The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who ...

    Jul 30, 2011
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: (No Title Yet) - Chap. 1, Part 1

    Paul here! (cue dramatic music) I really liked the writing here, which is good because they're really isn't that much in the way of plot besides building up the two ...

    Jul 17, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: On the Border - Prologue

    To her sisters, she was known as Raquel. Good, sweet Raquel from a faraway land up north where the grass was green and the weather fair. A girl from the ...

    Jul 15, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: One of the lucky ones

    Paul here! This was a neat story, though I didn't love it as much as I liked it, if that makes any sense. I'll go ahead and get the critique ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Art From Adversity (Contest Entry)

    My story is about a freelance writer in a Martian canyon listening to evil jokes. "Sir, I was thinking – more like wondering, really – um, do you think it ...

    Jun 28, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A Deadly Occupation [contest entry]

    Paul here! First off, I truly loved the story here. The idea of a dentist lured into a castle of vampires is hilariously ironic, and the generally playful tone helped ...

    Jun 27, 2011


There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
— Arthur C. Clarke