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| Novels |
| Do Holograms Make Love?: Chapter 3 by RaphiHails, May 25, 2012 |
| Stranger to a God: Chapter 1 by Earthgod, May 25, 2012 |
| Something Else: Chapter 2 by Macfaerie, May 25, 2012 |
| The Mandates of Magic: Chapter 18 by amy s, May 25, 2012 |
| It Never Rains In Paris: Chapter 8 by Rory Noel Hawk, May 25, 2012 |
| It Never Rains In Paris: Chapter 8 by Rory Noel Hawk, May 25, 2012 |
| Theo & Me: Chapter 2 by ashley wilde, May 25, 2012 |
| A World Split Apart: Chapter 2 by LeDoux, May 25, 2012 |
| THE THATCHER HEAD - REWRITE: Chapter 4 by maxkeanu, May 24, 2012 |
| The Orphanage: Chapter 17 by maryapryl, May 24, 2012 |
| Moby's Dick: a picaresque account of the absurd life and death of a modern day rogue: Chapter 20 by Jeni Decker, May 24, 2012 |
| Moby's Dick: a picaresque account of the absurd life and death of a modern day rogue: Chapter 19 by Jeni Decker, May 24, 2012 |
| Catching Stars In Jars: Chapter 11 by Ammari Sky, May 24, 2012 |
| Broken (working title): Chapter 9 by deb, May 24, 2012 |
| Something Else: Chapter 1 by Macfaerie, May 24, 2012 |
| Poetry |
| Memory of mine by cyeote, May 25, 2012 |
| I AM A PRISONER BEHIND THESE WALLS by Bhopk06, May 25, 2012 |
| Life is Beautiful by Ventipoet99, May 25, 2012 |
| Fast Machine Short Ride by Odin Roark, May 24, 2012 |
| Chasing Words by Dan Philips, May 24, 2012 |
| The Acts by Ellis, May 24, 2012 |
| Beyond Memorials by Odin Roark, May 24, 2012 |
| A New Day (Poem) by Ventipoet99, May 23, 2012 |
| A Wonderful Life by Oldwarrior, May 23, 2012 |
| Lament For Lost Words by jpb2ndchance, May 23, 2012 |
| WITHIN THE SILENCE by flowing pencil, May 22, 2012 |
| I have Sailed the Seas of Sorrow by Oldwarrior, May 22, 2012 |
| Drought in Waiting by Odin Roark, May 22, 2012 |
| Before by kiwi, May 22, 2012 |
| "Darkness" by Mark Joseph, May 22, 2012 |
| Short Stories |
| Summer Moon '69 by duchesnay, May 25, 2012 |
| ROBERT MARSDON AND THE QUEEN ANNE CHAIR (part one) by rlvs, May 24, 2012 |
| Tendencies by JElizabeth, May 24, 2012 |
| All Is Fair In Love by Benjamin Card, May 24, 2012 |
| 1949 . . . "Choices" by Filliam, May 23, 2012 |
| Ontogenesis by Daniel_M, May 22, 2012 |
| Sue, the Wooly Lesbian by brosna11, May 22, 2012 |
| Always A Sucker For A Pretty Face by caseyg, May 22, 2012 |
| Ummm... by John Hamler, May 21, 2012 |
| WONDEROUS LOVE AT THE BIJOU by rlvs, May 19, 2012 |
| PAINTING WITH CHUCK CLOSE by brosna11, May 18, 2012 |
| GLADYS KIDNAPPED FIFTEEN - Part 2 by kyla, May 18, 2012 |
| "THE EAST SIDE NURSE KILLER" by worldbeat99, May 18, 2012 |
| "LOOKING FORWARD" by Filliam, May 17, 2012 |
| The Watcher by Sven, May 16, 2012 |
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Michelle Montgomery's book Alzheimer Diary: A Wife's Journal is in the All-Time Top 10 list for the novel category on TheNextBigWriter and is often in the Top 20 on Amazon.com for books on aging.
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Novel Rankings as of: 01:24 AM, 05/25/12
1. FULL BLOWN ADDICTIONS by vsworld
2. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
3. The Merrow of Lake Michigan by madison
4. Ronan Island Last Rewrite by dagnee
5. A Common Virtue by JHawk
6. THE BLACK SONG INSIDE by knighthawk
7. Raven's Mark by penang
8. The Guardians: Witch Child by LouLou S
9. Alzheimer Diary: A Wife's Journal by mishmont
10. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn
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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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