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Novel Rankings as of: 04:19 AM, 09/07/08
1. STREET OF ROGUES by whatta
2. STATIC MAYHEM by Sherman_Bierce
3. Motor Dolls by modobenny
4. Project 235 by sonny
5. Alzheimer diary by mishmont
6. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
7. Painting The Summer (first edit) by payge turner
8. THE SHAKER PROPOSAL by gem
9. Skeletons II by sumthinirote
10. The Willow Tree of Tullamaine by Roisin Moriarty
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Writing Successes
»Jul '08 : Bibbulman was a joint international winner of the Criminally Short Short story award from Fish Publishing (Ireland). The awards were announced in July with a prize of 250 euros and publication in the 2008 Fish anthology. The piece "Midnight Mark" can be read on TNBW under the new title of "The Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye #1".
»Jul '08 : "Conversation with an Idiot" by Kat Nove apperared in Poor Mojos Almanac in July.
»Jul '08 : Site member Onike was selected to guest edit the Liberian literary magazine Sea Breeze.
»Jun '08 : "The Seventh Magpie" by Brian Lancaster has been accepted for publication by the site You Read Online.
»Jun '08 : Insolent Rudder published Nonimou's story "She Never Noticed The Flowers in their Summer" in their 2008 edition.
»Jun '08 : "Stone Stories" a short story by Nonimou will appear in the first issue of Patchwork Path in November.
»Jun '08 : "Reflections From A Outdoor Dunny" and "True Confessions - Vivaldi The Rat" by Cadfael will be published in the December and January editions of IT'S A RATS WORLD.
»Jun '08 : "Her Time" by Kirk was published in the current edition of POOR MOJO'S ALMANAC.
»Jun '08 : "Breakfast with a Psycho", a psychological thriller Flash Fiction story by tina_cd_hayes appeared in the May 2008 edition of Apollo's Lyre.
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