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  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Professor Morgenstern

    Ha HA! Fantastic. It's so wild yet so dark, it's like Grimm's Sci-Fi Fairy Tales. anything is possible with enough time and resources. Then he invented his Matter Converter, and ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Dreams in Red

    The descriptions are good and thorough, but it often feels like you're describing the same thing or the same kinds of actions, that it begins to feel redundant and like ...

    Sep 16, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: All the People We Loved

    Until I met her I was the kind of guy to roll down his window and start yelling at the other drivers for not driving the way I wanted them ...

    Sep 15, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Fog - Part 10/10

    May I give an "in-summary" review instead of 10 little ones? 1) Use contractions more. It's really jarring when they're intense or panicking and they say, "We will do this" ...

    Sep 13, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Loyalties

    First: Dialogue punctuation. Check out this website. It pretty much contains everything you need to know about punctuating dialogue properly. Go back through and find any and all instances like: ...

    Sep 13, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Good Boy

    Pretty goood. Pretty good. *clicks follow* Some general comments. 1) I know it might be because we only know as much as the main character, but I just feel like ...

    Sep 6, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 313

    Just going to give my overall thoughts and impressions, because line-by-line, the story arc is good. I do enjoy the ending very much, how their grudge manifests into wrestling over ...

    Sep 4, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A night at the automat

    A rather interesting piece. Here's what I took away from it: The girl is afraid of being let down. That feeling that comes after the momentary climax where it's all ...

    Sep 1, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Old Man

    Agreed with confetti. The first line gives the false allure of a hook, but then there's nothing to substantiate it and then we're just watching someone cook and read the ...

    Aug 26, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: With Every Breath There is a Dying Wish

    An interesting premise, but something feels off about it. The words you use don't quite evoke helplessness. With my shaking hand I picked up hers and felt for a pulse. ...

    Aug 21, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Who would have thought that Jesus was a stalker?

    The beginning was great. You really capture the whole "uneasy, what the heck is he doing, aaagh the things he says are super weeeird!" Something else I hadn’t noticed before, ...

    Aug 12, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: R & D

    Hilarious! Some comments: -Not entirely sure if you're effectively "challenging gender roles." I know the voice doesn't necessarily lend itself to thought-provoking analysis and questions that stick i

    Aug 8, 2011
  • Mod Squad Jungle Gym Re: The JM Banning Game

    Banned for contributing to the suddenly ridiculous number of Notifications at the top of my screen.

    Aug 5, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Two Flashes on Overcoming Prejudice

    The Apple From The Tree I think what lends to the confusion is some of the sacrifices made to squash it into 150 words. For example: She was the old ...

    Aug 5, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Please Help Us Catch Spam Reviews

    Spam reviews can come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes, the reviewer simply quotes the entire work then either adds nothing or adds only a little bit. Other times, the ...

    Aug 3, 2011


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