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RacheDrache

Drache's Den

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  • Knots. Prelude, Pt. 1
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  • Doing Well (Contest Entry)

    This is a contest entry for Trident's Three-Pronged Contest. All thoughts appreciated! I hope you enjoy.*****This one is anxious. That one is sad. That one—that one has meat. It smells ...

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  • Honor's Gauntlet (1.1)

    (Thanks for stopping by! This is the first part of the first chapter to my new novel, Honor's Gauntlet. This'll all be rewritten one day, so I'm not too interested ...

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  • Honor's Gauntlet (1.2)

    This is a continuation of chapter one. Rated 12+ for alcohol use. While I appreciate any and all comments, I'm most interested in what you think of the story, the ...

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  • Honor's Gauntlet (2.1)

    Author's Note: Spoiler! : This here is the first half to the second chapter of Honor's Gauntlet, a fantasy novel of yet undetermined size and scope. The first chapter is ...

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  • Honor's Gauntlet (2.2)

    This is a continuation of the first half of the chapter. You might want to read that first. You can find the first chapter through the link in the blue ...

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  • The playground is burning

    The playground is burning. The rubber of the swings is melting, the paint is peeling, and by morning, there’ll be nothing left but blackened metal and ash. The police tape ...

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  • It is yesterday

    It is yesterday, and he’s swimming in the river. He bobs in and out of the water, laughing, splashing his brother. Sometimes he climbs out and swings back in from ...

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  • Asking forgiveness for misplaced loyalty

    This is one of the few poems I've written in my lifetime, and it's certainly the first one I've posted on YWS. It's safe to say I had no idea ...

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Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
— Elias Root Beadle