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Andrew searches for a way to save his sister from death in the bleak Arizona refugee camp his family now calls home. I originally wrote this as a writing exercise--I'm putting it under "Novel" because I'm not sure if I want to leave it alone or expand on it at some point.

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What if the zombie apocalypse happened but it didn't end the world? What if civilization was able to endure the initial outbreak and retain some semblance of order and control? How would our lives change? These are the questions I asked myself as I wrote this piece and my attempt to answer them for my poor protagonist Allen Weathers, a pathologist who was unlucky enough to be at work, in his morgue, when the outbreak happened. This is a finished novella coming in at just under 30k words to qualify for the Kindle Singles program at Amazon. I have finished the first draft and initial rewrites. I'm looking to polish this piece for publication so tear it up please.

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Just something I came up with while I was bored. I wrote it in one sitting, so it's still very raw. The theme of this one is materialism. Please let me know if you think this story has any potential. Thanks!

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Trying to catch emotions with this. Without sameo sameo.. Perhaps a bit more originality? Or is it just a repeated overdone subject? Capturing emotions is what my writing is all about. Whether it be dark or filled with chaotic laughter. All have moments of joy and all have darkness visit. Perhaps a few lucky ones escape. I know many who these words encapsulates and whose battles I recognize easily. Sometimes it helps to know another is aware of life's battles and those who internalize everything. This is for all who know this room within. I read it out loud and seems to have a decent rhythm .. any and all feedback What I don't want is it to simply sound corny etc..

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It's a little humor and a little horror. Not sure what genre to put it under. Anyway, I'm putting together a book of short stories from the zombie, halloween, and other short stories I've published here for various contests. I do have to warn you that you shouldn't read a couple of the zombie stories with a mouthful of milk. I never write serious zombie stories. I'm thinking I'll break the book down by sections: Missing Parts, Dark Hearts, and No, I'm Sane, Honest!

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The chase and executing of Bin Laden.

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Fifteen-year-old Cate is fuming at the sucky ‘we r ova’ text from her loser ex when everyone around her suddenly freezes. Breathing, but still like statues. Then three teenagers appear out of nowhere. One hoists a bus over his head while another safeguards the future leader of the free world. Their words, not hers. The third one disarms a bomb planted under Cate’s bus. After decapitating the a guy who's only crime was to move, they vanish. Cate says nothing...to anyone. She has too much to lose. The teens show up at her school. No one is frozen this time, but everyone at school acts like they've know these strangers forever. It’s like they’ve always been there. What the hell?

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OKAY.. Hit me hard as Shakespeare did visit and this is what poured out and I mean poured out! It is a ten minute or less write and I haven't a clue from where it came... Maybe I should begin to entertain the belief in muses even if they might be old rusty ones??? Do not ask me to remove the 'woe' or any old fashion term as Willy might get pissed. Only kidding..

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This short piece was for a flash fiction competition and I really don't know what, if anything, to do with it now. There was a hard word limit of I think 800 or 850, but if I work on it some more I can extend it. It is a short short though so I probably wouldn't want to make it longer than around 1,500. I'd be interested in what folks think on length, plot, characters, POV etc.

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My take on a Faustian love story that I wrote for a little girl who loves fairy tales. This is my first installment in a series of short stories I am writing.

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A child is discarded, left to die in a dumpster.

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Title actually says it all. I have a hard time with depression at times and never quite know why or when? BUT what I have learned is this... "I WILL NOT BE ITS VICTIM.. I WILL USE IT AND ABUSE IT!.." I WRITE .. therefore I am. Any and all feedback Still learning!

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Thanks to everyone for the excellent feedback on the 1st draft. I have tried to incorporate some of your suggestions in this second draft.

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AMERICAN WOLF is a modern tale about the strange and troubled life of Jake Stanford, an unmotivated, cynical young man trying to make a life for himself in Chicago, while struggling to control his drinking and the tendency to occasionally change into a monster and eat people. Living hand to mouth and self medicating have gotten him by in the past, but recent events in his life have taken several turns for the worse and everything seems to be coming apart at the seams. Jake's meds that have allowed him to enjoy a modicum of control over his condition are starting to lose their efficacy, he's been accused of a murder he's not sure he didn't commit, and something is trying to kill him. Can Jake control himself and his other side in time to clear his name, or will he succumb to his own destructive nature and that of the shadowy assassin dogging his every move? A dark secret from his past may hold the key.

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Just a silly poem with a Halloween theme. Hope it makes you smile.

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Please do not feel the need to leave another review. The first piece was actually posted accidentally and while it was well received it was not the piece I had in mind and was only a outline of sorts. I didn't even know I had posted it until the I saw a review! aaaaaagggghhhh. I am conscious of reviews and rankings so a little uncomfortable doing this. Will work that out later. I have saved the original.. But this was what I saw. I is metaphorical in nature. I see many in this peril.. It saddens me. I have no rope to cast... Any an all feedback always embraced. I hope you find this one as emotionally impacting as I wanted it to be.

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None needed really. This was a piece I wrote for my daughter who was more or less under attack on her stand against the hate monger Glenn Beck. All Christians... coming at her and all in laws!!! aaaaggghh All feedback is welcome but not written to really get reviews just my venting.

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This is a fantasy story... It tells of ancient abilities, long forgotten by most of us, to harness the powers of light and dark matter in the here and now... But such power begets revenge, jealousy, murder, slaughter... Can it be harnessed for the good of mankind, or, can it be stopped before such powerful abilities are misused by a few...???

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I'd better explain a couple of things which may have you scratching your head. Muti = Af for medicine, poison, etc etc. Sun-downer = a drink (or 3) imbibed at about the time the sun’s going down, being 5:30 – 6:30 around these parts. I look forward to comments.

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His entire life is spent paying for the sins of his conception and birth. Charged by his grandmother with exterminating the blood line of his father who caried a gene created by the elves for use as a wepon in their war to exterminate the dwarves. He is comeing to dislike the world nearly as much as he dispises himself and resents his grandmother. In the end he is forced to except her wisdom and pursues the evil of his kin with something close to joy. and that only serves to make him like himself less.

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Hi. I thought I needed some practice with first person so I invented a voice. Not someone you'd want to meet at the mall. His name is Pat. What do you think of him?

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Amongst the humans live people with talents; people like the Knowledgeables. A small percentage of the population are Special People, and only a small percentage of them ever become aware of their gifts. In a world where races such as Hunter-Seekers, Wingsmen, Curets, Tick-Tocks, and DeathWatchers mingle with the human population, only the uncooperative and stubborn Knowledgeables truly know how these gifts can be used to rule the world. A combination dark fantasy, thriller and present-day character/relationship-driven story.

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Okay I am back once again on an expiramental basis. This is a comedy but a rather dark one. If you could think of everything that is right and good about the Emergency Medical Services then throw that out the window, you are coming close to what my novel is about. For those that remember Beavis and Buthead, they were everything you did not want your teen to be all rolled up into two characters. In everything about those two boys was a grain of uncomftorble truth. I am writing about, no exploiting that grain of uncomftroble truth. As to feed back first and formost I want to know if it was funny and enough to hook you into reading more. Then hit me with the nits. Just don't look the other way, look at what I have to say. Lost Lost Soul

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any and all feedback welcome

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Warning: this is a little on the messed up side. This is another poem that one of my "characters" wrote. He is deeply traumatized, 22 years old and has pychotic breaks/flashbacks. I don't want to give too much away because this is from book 3. The character has constant suicidal thoughts, but is unable to act on them. I'm really trying to work on refining the poetry style, becasue I've never written poems before.

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I am not a poet at all, but one of my characters is. He has a large role in book 2 and book 3. At the time in his life where he writes this poem, he is an abolute mess. His family was murdered, and he was beaten nearly to death. Before the tragedym he was a quiet gentle hearted artist, who wrote and sang songs for children in his spare time. Now he's unstable and a ittle psychotic.------------------- Feel free to rewrite the poem if you'd like, as long as all his thoughts stay in it. I'm not talented enough to pull off poetry, and I want him to sound talented.

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Dealing with depression.

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