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We shall write deeply and eloquently, we will weave colourful tapestries of words for our adoring readers, we shall lead them through the fragrant forests of our imagination... yet in ...

The characters were well developed, the plot was interesting, the format was fresh (if sometimes a little difficult to read), and in general, the journey to the end was worth ...

The words are woven well, and there are a few sections that really made me nod in appreciation at how well they were written -- and how well they fit ...

Another day, another story written for a homework assignment. Though, I suppose, a writer writing for money isn't very different from writing for a homework assignment -- same motivation to ...

The first paragraph of this story is very well indicative of the rest of it. There is an inconsequential event that is dragged out for too long, ultimately turning out ...

This was a bit of a pain to read. Not because it's bad or anything -- the story itself is good, in fact. However, this good story is built on ...

In the twenty-four years I have lived, I have never lit a single cigarette. I very well understand the importance of an opening line. This one is about 75% there, ...

"Will you step forward with doubt or with faith?" Considering these are tattooed on one's feet with permanent ink, it seems that one will alternate between stepping forward with doubt ...

Switching between different perspectives is an interesting idea, but if it's between two characters who are fawning over one another anyway, I have to ask: is it really necessary? Both ...

This piece leaves me torn. It starts ponderously slow, and the bit where I got to the reveal that Neeran is an incarnation of war made me eye-roll hard enough ...

I will try to answer the question to the best of my ability. Haiku is a form of short poetry originally written by poets inspired by nature. At its core, ...

I praise this piece for being complete: a beginning, a middle, and an end are all present and accounted for. It flows like a story should, and wraps itself up ...

What a wonderfully pre-broken toy Kai is. So rough, so bad ... he just begs fixing, doesn't he? Staring at you across the dance floor with those deep, hurt eyes, ...

Not at all bad! I enjoyed the mysterypunk atmosphere of this piece. Strange architecture and people living where people aren't supposed to live always get to me and catch my ...

The whole meniscus metaphor was quite lovely. It related the situation in a sparse, but elegant way, and was a pleasure to read about. The old man also has a ...