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A short novel about a tragic romantic triangle. Carla, Tom, Steven... First three chapters are on site. I think it's pretty good. How do I make it better? It is either high commercial or low literary. How do you see it?

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I was listening to Neil Young's song and wondered about the the kind of man who would need a maid, "just someone to keep my house clean, cook my meals, and go away." So I came up with my version of this man's story. This is how I think it went down.

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This is a short story I wrote recently for a class. I would like to 'perfect' it, so any feedback would be appreciated.

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In October, 1951, we meet five year old Louise Stokes, a product of a very dysfunctional family comprised of an alcoholic, abusive father, a mother who is basically a doormat, and a sister, older by fifteen months who is sometimes protector, sometimes nemesis. Just before Louise's tenth birthday, her parents, Riley and JoEllen, leave her and her sister, Christine, in the care of their grandmother while they go to Chicago to escape the scandal caused by her father's illicit affair. Louise settles into a quieter way of life, but when the school year ends, she is transplanted once again, reunited with her parents. As a teenager, Louise meets an older man and begins a relationship with him. When she finds herself pregnant, she must make a choice. Will she have the baby and give it up for adoption, have an illegal abortion, or marry the man responsible and try to have a normal life?

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Re-worked and heavily edited for another round of submissions. Any help/advice/criticism welcomed...

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The Waiting Room, set in modern day Cambodia, is an explicitly erotic story that explores the journeys of two strangers in a land, and the ways in which power explores identity. This is actually a novella (approx 50,000 words) which I wrote about a year ago. It's time to get into shape and get it out there, so any help in polishing it would be much appreciated.

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Eva Camilla seeks immortality through an oblivious Hotrodder/a short from a series of shorts all interlinked by her, The Queen of the Damned.

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Johnnie is perplexed by his beautiful wife's silence at a breakfast bar. The reason behind Mavis's quietude proves to be maddening, and an argument flares.

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There's a doorway into the not-too-distant future. It's right there... you can see it at the end of the hall. Behind it, the matrix of thinking computers and lustful futurists bent on creating the perfect human being. Lean down and take a look through the KEYHOLE. --- AS A RESPECTFUL REQUEST, PLEASE START ANY REVIEWING WITH CHAPTER ONE. JUMPING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A NOVEL IS RUDE AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO BOTH WRITER AND READER. IGNORING THIS REQUEST WILL RESULT IN MY IGNORING YOUR REVIEW, AND AN AUTOMATIC 1 RATING FOR LACK OF RESPECT.

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