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  • Lyric Poetry Re: Just One Second

    Just One Second The moon is half full. Around us, the streetlights wear a halo of grime. Ahead, an old friend waits for us. But right here, Right now, There ...

    Aug 15, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Hounds of Autumn

    The Hounds of Autumn Autumn’s hawk flies free, Shredding the rain. Each inconsequential fleck of water falls, Unmissed, With nary a ripple into the ditches. It clings to my hair, ...

    Aug 12, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: How DO you write?

    The only thing I can say about my prefered genre is that it always inhabits the blunt end of fantasy. I will draw in threads of horror, romance, sci-fi, historical ...

    Aug 10, 2011
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: R.I.P Real Music and Creative Genius

    Good music isn't hard to find. You just have to step off of the beaten track. Try bands like Abney Park, Escape the Clouds, and Voltaire.

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: The Most Disturbing Book...

    It was nearly pet Semetary [sic] by Steven King, but I can imagine reading that again and (sort of) enjoying it. Nightingale by Alistair Reynold's, however, was just too much. ...

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Archive Re: RP your character here!

    Theomundus frowns at the sudden lack of smoke. Oh well, it isn't up to him to work these things out. He steps closer to the wolf girl, his incredible sense ...

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: The OCD author's pledge.

    I should probably try to stick to this pledge. Editing is what holds me back at the moment.

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 5 best books you've ever read.

    In the interests of balance, we should also list our five favourite books of all time. After all, too much negativity can get you down. These are mine. 1: Mr ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Things that go boom

    Pundit has a good one. Or you could go with something like: "There was a thunderclap, and the sky was filled with falling shards of (depends on the era)" Actually... ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Archive Re: RP your character here!

    Not necessarily. This cafe/bar/thing is of course an entirely fictional entity, and, as authors, we are effectively gods of this domain. If we all agree that we don't like what ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 5 Worst Books You Ever Read

    1. The Peppermint Pig by Nina Borden. What do you get when you remove the plot AND the prose from a book? This. It is poorly written, and leaves you ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Archive Re: Post your pics!

    This would be an accurate representation of Brother-Chaplain Theomundus. Well, almost.

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Archive Re: RP your character here!

    ((This is a character from a story I intend to submit to the 40k Black Library. To fit in with the 40k universe, he would be considered borderline god-modding for ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Randomosity Re: A list of things to do when you are bored

    Read a book. Write a book. Read the book you've just written. Burn the book you've just written. Write in a surrealist manner. Research surrealism. Squirrel. Attempt to find the ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Randomosity Re: Bad Clone

    A lump of frozen strawberry yoghurt is a bad clone of a failed skydiver.

    Jul 22, 2011


You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind