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The Gambler

  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    She looked up as a man walked out of the shadows - at a quick estimate, she reckoned that he was about as tall as a six foot three inch ...

    Feb 6, 2007
  • General Articles Re: Fly Swatting

    Actually I'm working on something about life in a bank. Good idea, though.

    Feb 5, 2007
  • General Articles Re: Fly Swatting

    More the same kind of stuff as seen in Fly Swatting Whit Monday, for so many just anther excuse to litter areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty with paper bags, holds ...

    Feb 3, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Denying Dusk

    This is really nice - you've handled blank verse rather well. The way you write, though, suggests that you might do better at slightly more formal types of poetry - ...

    Feb 3, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Journal of Martin Delver

    This is very interesting, with some good ideas. :D The only problem I can see is that you can be a bit too clunky and awkward for something written in ...

    Feb 3, 2007
  • General Articles Re: The Joys of Indoor Golf

    Thanks! I'll get it up very soon.

    Feb 3, 2007
  • General Articles Re: The Joys of Indoor Golf

    I'm writing another one on Fly Swatting. Thanks.

    Feb 2, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: My first short story

    You know my name... Reading this properly for the first time, this is damn good. There are some phrases in there that crack me up (the bag is catless now), ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • General Articles Re: The Joys of Indoor Golf

    A tribute to P.G. Wodehouse: The Joys of Indoor Golf I was once accused, when I was found mixing nitro-glycerine in the potting shed, of having nothing decent to occupy ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • General Articles Re: Life is Like Playdough

    I like! It's got big serious ideas in it, but you stop it sounding overly pretentious by using "playdough". Very clever, and rather neat.

    Feb 2, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Real Story of the Three Lil' Pygz

    There are so many adaptations of the 3 Little Pigs story out there that it's quite nice to find one not trying to be hillariously satirical. You've got the style ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members!

    Hi, I'm the Gambler. I'm 15, and have been writing for a long time. I'm currently into light-hearted satire stuff, but I used to write pretty much everything.

    Feb 2, 2007


The poetry of the earth is never dead.
— John Keats