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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 150 Words of Fragility

    Contest entry: 150 Words FOR SALE! Rare Indian Krait; cheap. That is what it said at the top of the page. This for the most part is very concise, you ...

    Aug 19, 2011
  • Questions and Answers Re: Regarding Contest Judging

    I started a contest and the prize structure wasn't typical. I wanted a winner and three runner-ups/highly commended awards. I assumed, because the competition was approved, that the judging format ...

    Aug 19, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Adventures of Emperor Dog the Penguin Dog

    Wow, this isn't bad. I'm not going to critique this with any depth - I simply don't have the time. The writing itself needs a lot of work. I was, ...

    Aug 18, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Love, the Problem

    Thanks Charlie. Very thorough, insightful and you have surfaced a few errors that I will address. Only three points I am still a little confused about. 1) 18 rating. I ...

    Aug 18, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Most Awesome Story Ever

    Okay Mike, I concede. 'liked' - It would be rude not to!

    Aug 17, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Lord Confection

    I don't know why I read this. It was all a little silly for my taste, but the fact I read it through without stopping for errors, means it was ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Love, the Problem

    A/N: This is part of a series of short stories I am writing all with a common theme 'What happens when people fall in love.' I wish to draw upon ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: Rebirth. "chapter one"

    Laura seems to have been pretty thorough so I won't nit pick. I will say this though - by the time I finished the first sentence I was done with ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Inter

    Hi there, I wanted to be comprehensive and really weed out the little distractions that blight this piece but it's bed time in Vancouver, and I stumbled upon this by ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Two Flashes on Overcoming Prejudice

    Wow. This is amazing, I think I prefer the first one of the two. With such a demanding word limit even the title has to be carefully considered, and designed ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Two pieces of flash fiction (Redux)

    This looks great!

    Aug 15, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: What Becomes of the Reluctant Hero

    Thanks for the advice. It is all very helpful and I will amend the mistakes. I will briefly make two points about the story, I was hoping I wouldn't have ...

    Aug 13, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: What Becomes of the Reluctant Hero

    A/N: This is part of a series of short stories I am writing with a common theme, What happens when we fall in love What Becomes of the Reluctant Hero ...

    Aug 12, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Fear of the woods

    Oh and by the way, Welcome to YWS!

    Aug 11, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Fear of the woods

    I will assume this is for my contest so I will be reviewing the final product later on. I must ask, what theme did you select? It could be one ...

    Aug 11, 2011


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