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Recently posted/Reposted Writing
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| Novels |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 6 by workquick, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Shadow Cast: Of Airships and Shapeshifters: Chapter 5 by Alethearia Moon, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Shadow Cast: Of Airships and Shapeshifters: Chapter 4 by Alethearia Moon, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Impetuous Heart: Chapter 11 by brosna11, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Fragile Demons: Chapter 18 by Erndog, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Tierra Tree: Chapter 7 by j l mo, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Good at Dying: Chapter 16 by Memphis Trace, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Secret of Betrayal: Chapter 5 by NMwritermom, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Ronan Island Last Rewrite: Chapter 16 by dagnee, Feb 3, 2012 |
| The Reluctant Spy: Chapter 8 by sonny, Feb 3, 2012 |
| A Common Virtue: Chapter 27 by JHawk, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Client Relations: Chapter 29 by GPyrenees, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Client Relations: Chapter 28 by GPyrenees, Feb 3, 2012 |
| THE MEDUSA PARADIGM: Chapter 15 by t.m.hobbs, Feb 3, 2012 |
| The Mandates of Magic: Chapter 6 by amy s, Feb 2, 2012 |
| Poetry |
| Gladys Where AreYe? by dagnee, Feb 3, 2012 |
| A CONVERSATION WITH A SMALL BOY by flowing pencil, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Nonetheless... by Odin Roark, Feb 3, 2012 |
| Crazy by Odin Roark, Feb 2, 2012 |
| A VISIT FROM SHAKESPEARE by flowing pencil, Feb 1, 2012 |
| A PROMISE by flowing pencil, Feb 1, 2012 |
| INTRUSIONS OF THE MIND by Friends on fire, Feb 1, 2012 |
| Little Red Dump Truck by Odin Roark, Feb 1, 2012 |
| Thunder, the coach by theo vanguard, Jan 31, 2012 |
| Oases to Dunes by Odin Roark, Jan 31, 2012 |
| BROWNEYED SUSANS by flowing pencil, Jan 30, 2012 |
| The Long Slow Journey by flowing pencil, Jan 29, 2012 |
| Amorphous Paths by Odin Roark, Jan 29, 2012 |
| Confessions Within by Don George, Jan 29, 2012 |
| Pretty Weeds by Don George, Jan 29, 2012 |
| Short Stories |
| The Storm Approaches (revised) by bargeafloat, Feb 3, 2012 |
| A Tough Man by workquick, Feb 3, 2012 |
| NOVEMBER IS COLD ENOUGH IN THE SOUTH TO KILL A HOG by Justi Moody, Feb 2, 2012 |
| THE ANSWER TO MARIE'S QUESTION by rlvs, Feb 2, 2012 |
| All For Hope by Zer0, Feb 2, 2012 |
| How to Find Your Own Cardiologist by brosna11, Feb 1, 2012 |
| RUPERT DOES HALLOWEEN by rlvs, Feb 1, 2012 |
| Funny Politics in the Family by j l mo, Feb 1, 2012 |
| A Final Victory by theo vanguard, Jan 31, 2012 |
| Coffee Klatch by tina_dc_hayes, Jan 31, 2012 |
| "It's Only Make Believe" by NicoletteH, Jan 31, 2012 |
| Waiting for Irene by clwriter, Jan 31, 2012 |
| The Year The Bucs Went All The Way by sycamore flynn, Jan 30, 2012 |
| HAPPY SIXTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY by kyla, Jan 30, 2012 |
| You Always Hurt by Chisel, Jan 30, 2012 |
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3. brosna11
4. JHawk
5. Cadfael
7. wordsmith
8. Odin Roark
9. payge turner
10. Susan Stec
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Susan Stec is a longtime member of TheNextBigWriter. She is a Top 10 Reviewer and her novel, The Grateful Unead: They're So Vein was recently published by Black Matrix Publishing, LLC.
theNextBigwriter Rankings
Novel Rankings as of: 01:23 AM, 02/03/12
1. FULL BLOWN ADDICTIONS by vsworld
2. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
3. The Merrow of Lake Michigan by madison
4. THE BLACK SONG INSIDE by knighthawk
5. Raven's Mark (Formerly Evolution of Janie - new Revisions) by penang
6. Saving Gracie by Lucy Rice
7. A Common Virtue by JHawk
8. The Guardians: Witch Child by LouLou S
9. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn
10. The Missionary's Wife by The Coffee Lady
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The Cloud
In August 2013, the sun disappears over Las Vegas.
WorldMaker Media and iPOV Books proudly present The Cloud, a book of short stories by members of TheNextBigWriter. The book centers around a dark, ominous cloud that moves over Las Vegas and doesn't leave.
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Published Books by TheNextBigWriter Members
Static Mayhem , by Edward Aubry(Sherman_Bierce). On My 25th, nearly everyone in the world disappears. Winner of the 2008 Strongest Start Novel Competition.
The Coffee Diary, by Caroline Kellems (The Coffee Lady). Two years after her father's brutal murder, Veronica returns to Guatemala to decide whether to sell her family's coffee farm.
Alzheimer Diary: A Wife's Journal, by Michelle Montgomery (mishmont). "The doctor tells me I have Alzheimer's." The truth of my husband's words shook our world. This is my diary written for a time during the ten years of his spiral into another space.
What Scottland Taught Me by Molly Ringle (lemonye) Fresh out of high school, Eva Sonneborn is headed to Scotland with her best friends. But when Eva meets Gil, a local bartender, she figures a little innocent flirting won't hurt her relationship with Tony, her ever-faithful boyfriend back home.
Fallen, by Ann Simko (Annie). Dr Dakota Thomas isn’t prepared for the gunshot victim that rolled through his emergency room doors. Winner of the 2007 Strongest Start Novel Competition.
My Writing Life is comprised of ten winning stories from members of TheNextBigWriter. Across the world, millions of people write every day. Why do they do it?
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