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I should've known it was Daffy Duck all along. Those black eyes, pinholes in a blanket of white; the black coat, a symbol of darkness and a shining bill, the ...

[Hells Tools is part of a new trilogy I am writing called "Daggered Heart", Vericon city slums are based on the Victorian London slums. Crits welcome] PROLOGUE Vericon City was ...

[Right i quickly did this in Notepad so excuse the spelling errors etc... Its a character sketch for a character that I havn't really thought about and he is fairly ...

Well, after waiting two weeks fo Amazon UK to get the book to me I thought I would have a peek at the first chapter on opened the parcel. I ...

Start of a short fantasy.... --- Chapter One - Creation The mauve sand swept onto the dunes and formed spiralling eddies around the feet of the Master. The sand was ...

When I started Hells Tools it was the only time I had done an outline to a story. Im posting it here just to see if I actually did it ...

The Magicians Guild by Trudi Canavan is the first in an epic adventure of a small girl named Sonea who has been sighted and caught having magical powers by none ...

Well those from character group will recognise Jazool who has been revamped and been placed in a different world and story. Others just read and critique. ____ CHAPTER 1 – ...

CHAPTER 2 – In the heart of the enemy. Neya missed the soft forests and rolling hills of her homeland, Ravintrov. She missed her family and her friends and basically, ...

Chapter 3 – Advance! Neya’s father, Atroyn was dressed appropriately as always. He wore nothing elaborate for the capturing – just a plain black cloak. Several others over dressed. Neya ...

Im not a poet but heres one I wrote several years back ----- When I see your ghostly figure, I know it cannot be real, For you are torn forever, ...

My heart burns pationately for your desire The truth eats at my soul Both, they burn on fire But still there is that peice of my heart, a huge, gaping ...

CHAPTER 1 – The Thief’s Torture A thrash of power cut through the skin on Jazool’s left cheek. He stumbled backwards and clutched his face, feeling cold blood on his ...

Ok Ive ripped a character from another oldie worldie fantasy and placed him in a modern day world. Ive gone for something I don't usually do: simple! ITs a simple ...

Again, italics arnt present in the forum version __________________________________________ CHAPTER 1: Man of the Fourth World “Work!” Aiden slammed his hands onto the keyboard of his computer in

Chapter 2: Boy of the Third World Aiden’s chilled breath purred from his mouth and made a swirling eddy in the air. He watched intimately as the breath turned to ...

The End Ward The frothy liquor burbled, Synthing surely into mead, Gurgling, sucking, wrenching, As the old nurse said. She was a women of passion, Medicines sliding through her hands, ...

Hark, a whistle on high, A sweet, cool chirp from the clouds above, Those clouds that shine on the human race, Illuminating souls and lives outright, Yet, in the darkness ...

Ive tried to calm down purple prose in this one by getting rid of rambling imagery. Its quite simplistic and if you dont think it is then say. Im not ...

David’s Lament The soldiers massacred, leaders have fallen, Do not speak about our loss, Do not make the foe rejoice. May Gilboa’s land be always wasted, For good soldiers have ...

Age is not death but growth, It nobles and mystifies one With scars of mar and flight of sons Growth is not life but decay, It wrinkles and withers you ...

The Christmas Future I flicked my eyes open. My curtains twitched, letting a strand of sunlight ship across my room. I wriggled under my duvets, trying to get comfortable to ...

The King's Painting: A snake, bitter, in his right hand, A dagger in the other. His mouth is burdened with a black heart. This heart, beats, pulses and darkens the ...

Over one thousand years ago four of the greatest Witches and Wizards of the age put their qualities together to form a school of magic so all could learn the ...

Something really spontaneous I wrote, Its a half poem and half narrative story of a mans psychopathic battles in life. ENjoy The Five Battles Zittermore Your eyes are so sweet, ...

Rated for Language All those who reviewed Scall's Magic. Thank you. That story is still on going and Im making slow progress. However the problem is that it is the ...

Well I got Mister Monday by Garth Nix free with my Potter preorder from WHSmiths. SO I read it, it was a little juvenile but quite light hearted and really ...

//* Hi everyone. This is the tale of how my fantasy world was created and the main character entered the world. I'm considering using it for a prologue, however its ...

Chapter 1Blueman Life was cyclic, Kwin mused. He got up, he went to work, he mined, he carried, he went home and he went to bed. The routine was infallible ...

Chapter OnePrime and Dawson Limited Slizik punched the man to the floor and belted his stomach with a volley of kicks. Taking a handkerchief from his inner suit pocket, he ...

Chapter TwoThe Cabbie and the Cartographer Maver took a seat at the round table in the cellar of a derelict public house. The large meeting room was illuminated by scented ...

Yesterday, I completed for the first time arguable the first and finest fantasy epic of all time. I stopped in the middle of the two towers for about 6 months ...

Great book, if a little saggy in places. Momentum was good with a cross section of Fantastical Horror. Basically its about a woman named Rose who leaves her abusive (and ...

Political science fiction from one of the great founders of the genre. Its interesting, unique (although not the best writing, the idea is more than enough to make up for ...

Ok, for my Advanced Level English Literature course we have to complete a "wider reading" project and answer several questions in an exam, based on our findings next year. So ...

The Way the World Ends 1 am Guards watch. Greasy hair, snake faces, granite eyes; armed with rifles. They do not move. Not even for Death's Concerto: first, the base ...

Call this what you will, I just had an idea for a story and thought it would be cool to express it through poetry. Wifey My wife's a cheating know ...

Ok, this started out as a short story but it worked way better as a 10 minute play. Its a quirky little piece, feedback is appreciated.

1 Scall stalked the demon like a shadow. He sat in a small coffee shop on the sixth floor of a London shopping centre, watching the six foot something, brown ...

--I've not proof read this. I just wanted some feedback about the early parts of the story before I plow on. 2 Karl Sim knew nothing about gifts, magic or ...

Abel walked away from the fight. He gathered some sticks, about twelve and bashed them together. A splint shot from the sticks and into the tinder. Fire. He sat, feeling ...

Julian stopped rowing for a second to catch his breath, and noticed that the world was about to die. He wiped the rainwater from his face and looked up at ...

CHAPTER 2 He smoothed out the sandy dirt that lay around him. He opened his eyes, and with great effort sat up. All around there was nothing but sand. Purple ...

A single rose loomed amongst weeds:A bloody head, shading pygmy greens.A creature climbs the rose-stem,struggles, then slides down into the mire.A fatted antelope grazes,fowl beasts lying, preparing t