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Dearest of Snoinks, it has been a very long time since I've read a piece by you, and this was the loveliest of re-introductions. This is fantastic stuff. A really ...

This is fantastic. I read it yesterday and didn't have an opportunity to comment, so here goes. Your writing is a lot stronger than I remembered it to be; you've ...

It's hard to find fresh perspective on a time in history that is so thoroughly documented -- in literature and film as well in news articles and photographs and history ...

I think my first recommendation to you would be to read extensively on the Salem witch trials -- read about the victims and the perpetuators, and the circumstances that surrounded ...

I found myself enjoying this story a lot, particularly because you have some clever ideas and neat mythology packed into it. I'm also a bit of sucker for family betrayal, ...

It's hard to tell whether this is the first chapter of a longer work or the first half of a short(ish) story or something similar. No matter what the case ...

I tend to advocate against prologues, mainly because the majority of them are superfluous and kind of dull. This prologue is not particularly an exception to that rule. The first ...

I love your title and enjoyed your occasional nods to Doctor Who-related things, but I found this piece to be all over the place and incoherent. I am all for ...

So I didn't love this, which is a pity because it has lots of my favourite sci-fi flavours, and some really pretty writing to boot. The starred text drove me ...

Hey! I'm just dropping by mid-exam study and I just wanted to quickly(ish) mention a couple of logic things that were bugging me about this story. 1. Commissioner's assistant - ...

Hullo, there! Here as requested. I'm going to go through the nitpicky things first and then talk about one or two (or maybe just one) of the issues I had ...

Hey! I'm here as requested, to take a look at the story. So you've got a premise here that you can have a lot of fun with, and plenty of ...

Um, omg, I'm sorry it's taken me such a disgustingly long time to get back to you. I didn't check my critique thread till a week or so ago and ...

Hey. First of all, you don't need to keep bumping your thread up: people will read it eventually and start commenting. Just give them some time. (Also, the multiple posts ...

Hey. So a couple of things to start off with. Dialogue punctuation. Learn it, love it, use it. I can't stress how absolutely imperative it is to know this stuff, ...