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A couple short stories.
Jamey spoke between drops of water. I had been with him for 2 and half hours. Legs bunched up between his bathtub and a small stool-I was growing increasingly uncomfortable. His words did not help. The subject of his stifled ramblings included, but were not limited to: dystopian futures, suicide, anti-government conspiracies, and for some reason, ( Read more... ) -
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Title: Evil Eyed Snarls
Status: Applicant
Genre: Crime Fiction
Word Count: 1,200
Yet another muggy San Franciscan afternoon passed through. The sultry weather enhanced the citizens’ characteristic cruelty. While the heat wave augmented the paranoia of men and women, I kept unnoticed; my nose clean and out of trouble.
I returned to my office of ( Read more... ) -
Please read the userinfo before pressing 'join this community'
I used to write polite little notes saying "Read the userinfo" to people who pressed 'Join this community' without putting in an application. I don't do it anymore because nobody I wrote I polite little note to ever made an application. If you'd like to join this community, please read the userinfo. Otherwise I'm just going to press 'decline', ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Title: The Birthday Party
Status: Applicant
Summary: Beginning, middle, and ending - now available at one low price!
Genre: Short story?
Word Count: Just under 4,000 words
EXTRA SPECIAL NOTE: I'd love some constructive feedback. I think my pacing is particularly lackluster.
The Birthday Party Jake’s mother Sharon holds his birthday party ( Read more... ) -
Whistles, Ears
I am writing a short story. In an alternative present, airports use whistle signals instead of e-tickets. There are two scenes I have in my mind and I love these two scenes, but I can't seem to fit them into the story for the life of me ( Read more... ) -
My new short story
This is my first completed short story in a very long time. I welcome any feedback and criticism. It has approximately 4,500 words. Thank you.
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Maintainer list updated
I finally got around to updating the maintainer list today, since somerled and sanguinity seem well-supported by the membership. Some other maintainer has already made them maintainers! Thank you, mysterious maintainer! -
Maintainer list
I looked at the maintainer list today and felt that it was out of date.
If anyone knows of any reason why sanguinity and somerled should not be listed maintainers of this community, let them speak now, either as a comment against this post or by contacting me privately. As maintainers, they would have the ability to make decisions with final authority, and we ( Read more... ) -
Tags
So, somerled made a post a while ago about tags and nothing much came of it in the end, and I read it half an hour ago and in a frenzy of authoritarian whimsy, I decided to make it happen. The most humbling part of the process was realising that I'd told everybody else that they should read the previous discussion when I hadn't read it very carefully ( Read more... ) -
State of the slamming
It's about time we had one of those 'where is everything at' posts, although we haven't really needed one with things being pretty quiet over the last few months. (Many thanks to those who have kept the community alive during that time, although it has been quiet, I think we've also been closer to living up to the original vision of the community ( Read more... )