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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Changing Religion

    There seems an aspect of religion which is very much like ethnicity, in that--raised that way, in that environment, one is always part of it. Naturally, that's putting it merely ...

    May 20, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Epitomes In Pretend

    There's still something frayed in the finish--as if it doesn't quite set its feet down again, after the flashback/recurrence of what happened. And yet what precedes it is definitely more ...

    May 20, 2008
  • Welcome Mat Re: Greetings, Humanoids

    Ah, well, the certifiably insane do insanely well around here, so no doubt you will fit right in. ^^ Welcome to YWS! It is--aside from Bedlam--a brillantly lucid sort of ...

    May 20, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Machinations #1 (part 1)

    Oy, Kylan, as an introduction this drew me in immediately. Taut narrative and layered dialogue. ...I'll be back to say rather more than that, with any luck. ^_^ But since ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 042. Tinfoils, Earth Sans Soil [rewritten]

    Thanks--again--Snoink, very much. ^_^ Ah, it seems both you and Icaruss have caught that one paragraph. And I rather felt its disorder went with the order of the piece. Er, ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Title yet to be determined

    Hullo Stockmar. There's not too much one can say to something this brief--at least, no in-depth. You have a beginning. You have a character. All that struck me was the ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Epitomes In Pretend

    Do you know, part of its pacing--especially the oddity in sentence length, or added adverbs--sounds like you're trying too hard . Let it be. If you go back to it, ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Epitomes In Pretend

    Ha, oy...very brieftly, my impressions. Or perhaps I began that backwards... 'Lo Chernobyl. And on to brief impressions, specifically tied to pacing, sentence structure and character. To begin somethi

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 042. Tinfoils, Earth Sans Soil [rewritten]

    Oy, don't apologise for your impressions, da? Any earnest response is worth at least the time it takes to listen. Anyhow, thanks Icaruss. Doubtless, it's an aspect of our preferences ...

    May 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: We are all Sociopaths #1 - Prologue

    Hullo Aedomir. As the first thing then--is this "Other Fiction"? It seems, rather, in its archaic use of language and diction more apt to fantasy. ^_^ But that is slightly ...

    May 16, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: Poem

    'Lo Gahks, I rather like fragments--or poetry so brief as to leave doors open and minds meandering. When it comes to full-description, or exploring an idea through depth and out ...

    May 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 042. Tinfoils, Earth Sans Soil [rewritten]

    042. Lost. Tinfoil Looks Like That The previous a draft--ten minutes done at five-thirty AM. This one, with rather more time, this morning. CL's contest . Thank you, Snoink. On ...

    May 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 042. Lost

    Ha, I rather think you're think you're right, Snoink. Er, very much so in the area of similes and needing to be a larger idea. Somehow, it came out as ...

    May 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 042. Lost

    042. 'Lost'. -- You can't fall in love with death there, a moment away, on the line. It's like wiring up a broken bulb--and no broken heart works better than ...

    May 16, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Boring Avatar Club

    Oy, mine's not boring. ...Though it is the same I've had since joining. Naturally, fencing never gets dull. ^_~ IMP

    May 14, 2008


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