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 | Repercussions | deb | Novel | Literary Fiction | 6 | n/a | Oct 17, 2011 |
Summary:This is the first chapter of a novel about Helen, a middle-aged woman with a borderline personality disorder, an alcohol, nicotine and tanning addiction, and a long suffering husband twenty years her senior. The first chapter begins with a crisis in which she falls down the stairs, requiring a trip to the emergency room. Chapters: |
 | Alone in My Nightmares (revision 1) | QWLauren35 | Short Story | Commercial Fiction | 11 | 1.11 | Jun 2, 2011 |
Summary:I originally wrote this a year ago, and got a LOT of facts wrong. So I've tried to go back and clean up the facts. I think I lost the power of the story, though. So, let me know if it has any power left, if you feel sorry for my protagonist, and can accept why he drinks. Chapters: |
 | The House on Miller Street | anneperry | Novel | Literary Fiction | 3 | n/a | Jan 3, 2011 |
Summary:After her grandmother, Jenessa, flees her home in terror, Anna takes over as the caretaker of the property. Only 18 years old, and having just left an abusive home, Anna soon finds that the troubles she'd experienced up to now were nothing compared to what waits for her at The House on Miller Street. Will Anna survive her encounters with the malevolent being? Or will she, too, flee in abject terror?
NOTE: As of 2/22/2012, chapters 1 through 16 have been revised, and Chapter 10 and 11 were combined to give them a better flow. With this in mind, comments posted prior to this date for Chapters 11 through 16 pertain to the prior chapter.Chapters: |
 | No Place Like Home (part 2, conclusion) | skeptikoi | Short Story | Literary Fiction | 17 | 1.59 | Oct 24, 2010 |
Summary:same as part 1. This is the conclusion of a 6,500 word story.Chapters: |
 | No Place Like Home (part 1) | skeptikoi | Short Story | Literary Fiction | 15 | 2.50 | Oct 24, 2010 |
Summary:A man whose life is in decline gets a chance to make a difference. How do you respond to Bill. Does the story keep you interested and, of course, do you enjoy it? Candid comments please. Thanks.Chapters: |
 | Wives of Alcoholics | QWLauren35 | Poetry | Poetry | 10 | 0.68 | Sep 21, 2010 |
Summary:Say whatever comes to mind, short or long. I'd love to hear from you. Just fill the rest with x'es. X x x x x with each x as a word.Chapters: |
 | Simple Math | Chalice Divine | Short Story | Memoir | 8 | 0.62 | Aug 29, 2010 |
Summary:When you are in the grip of an addiction, you find yourself in positions you cannot refuse to play in. This is the demoralization of the disease. This story is a slice of that bitter pie, from the history of a recovering alcoholic.
Please give me everything you have. I am trying to polish this story to the bone, in the hope that it might become a perfect piece of prose that marks a critical event in the life of a drunk.Chapters: |
 | Refractions | BukowskisMuse | Short Story | Literary Fiction | 8 | 1.02 | Mar 14, 2009 |
Summary:Does the title help or hurt the story? I don't exactly want to call it "Ocean Tale" or "Squid Story" or "Nightmare in a Trailer", but if you have a better idea, let me know.Chapters: |