Jack, Schuyler's Giant Killer
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Migratory Species
The phone rang, and Troy hated himself. He licked the back of his hand, trying to get the acid out of his mouth. Spat into the days old coffee cup on his desk and pulled the wet part of his nightshirt away from his body. He'd rinsed it clean of vomit...
As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)
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Red Roses mean love, White Doves peace: Srsly (6 Icons!)
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Other people are there for you: Srsly (Get 5 Beta Readers!)
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Poetry's Easy and Prose is Powerful: Srsly (My heart was 3)
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Beating A Live Horse
The starting gate dropped with a thunk, and that started the thunder. Flying chunks of turf and track pounded into dust by a legion of hooves and twitching muscled flanks and short little riders who didn't even look twelve years old. They hit the curve...
You ARE a writer! : Srsly (2nd step on the road to success!)
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Gaid 2 riting gud: Srsly (episod 1)
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A Correspondence of City Mice: York.
//: A Correspondence of City Mice: York. Dear Brothers, "You okay, kid?" York shook his head, looking up at the store owner. His tail stiffened vaguely, not sure if he was being accused of something or not. "Uhm." "You're that mouse kid, from the...
City Mouse: 4 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. Beach section five, semi-restricted admittance. The difference between outright panic and calm could be quite subtle, made up by the small things. In this case, the small things were a few cooked and prepackaged meals from a...
City Mouse: 3 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. 'Furry' district. The canyon was a twisted city planner's solution to problems with street space. A multi-tiered canyon had been carved almost a hundred feet into the ground under the streets of San Iadras. Up above, to a...