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Hide And Seek
'I've been watching, I've been waiting, in the shadows'
- The Rasmus.
'Every step you take, I'll be watching you'
- The Police.
You run down the halls of the dark mansion desperately looking for a place to hide. Your breathing is becoming more and more laboured with every step you take. The floorboards beneath you moan loudly underneath your heavy footsteps. Your blind panic is evident through your
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Caught Beneath the Landslide
Sometimes, I thank God that I cannot smile. Days like today, happy would just be too difficult to fake. I'm not depressed, I'm just in pain. Depression is a mental disorder, and pain is what happens when you get hurt. I am hurting a lot lately, but that is life. Isn't it?
Life is being terrified. It is wondering every night if tomorrow will be the day that the guy you live with finally kills you. You don't want to die but sometimes you just wish he would go ahead and do it so you won't have to suffer anymore. And the people you confide to, they don't understand. It's easy to say it, but you can't be the reason your kids father is lo
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Pyromania
The girl stroke the match. Sparks flew, then the matchhead caught fire in a bright light and an acryde smell filled her nose. After a moment the bright light and smell of the chemicals were gone and a natural flame was born, living on its own, feeding only on wood and air. A tiny flame first, but still emitting a pleasant light and smell. She felt a relieve as she watched the flame grew to full size, and slowly consuming the wood.
The girl smiled. The flame reflected in her eyes, she felt the warmth as the fire comes close to her fingers. Before it starts to hurt she took the matchstick gently between the thumb and index finger of her other
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EDIT 18th January 2014: I made minor corrections in some of the sentences, and I expanded part IV. It still keeps the essence of the story, and overall I'm satisfied with it.
Revision March 22 2013: Added roman numerals and made changes in the text as per 3wyl's critique... much delayed critique response actually . At any rate, I hope that people like what I've written here. cheers.
I had been meaning to write some kinda short fiction for quite sometime now but as was the case I got fucked by opportunities all the time. FINALLY, its here.
Its something I'm considering of getting published so if you like it let me know. I'm curious over how much I've improved (relative to other stuff I've written)
by the way this is based off a poem I had originally written. here's the poem's link fav.me/d5k1p1o
heh, yeah so here's it. Happy reading
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I honestly want to thank you for directing me to this story again. I planned to read it a while ago, but it disappeared into the background...
This piece grabbed me and it wouldn't let me go until I had read all of it (which, admittedly, was a lot). I read it 5 times and I'm sure there is still more that I haven't caught yet, but if I dwelled on that this critique would never be written.
The first line is striking. Perhaps it's the fact that it says my world and not 'the' world that caught my attention.
I felt as if this story took me on a journey to see and hear things I never would've imagined on my own. Sometimes the words kept on flying by like a train, so it made it hard for me to follow, although I'll partly blame that on my own lacking vocabulary. I was relieved to see that this piece contained less of the more difficult words, if I can call them that, that you use in your works.
There were a few sentences that could do with some punctuation, for example: And don’t lie you’re feeling the same way as I am (I'd suggest a semicolon).
Also, there are some sentences that I feel would do better if you split them into two, such as No point looking like a faggot in front of her that’d only make things worse. These are just suggestions, though.
The relationship between 'you' and the girl is beautiful in all its descriptions. Especially the dialogue. It actually hurt me to read about her passing, and the fact that she never finished her sentence.
I have to be honest and tell you that I had never seen that ending coming. It truly surprised me at the time of me first reading it, but looking back, it makes perfect sense. Would he happen to be getting on the boat to cross the Styx? It left me wondering who grabbed 'your' hand at the end. My interpretation would be that the protagonist committed suicide to be reunited with the girl, although I suppose you're not going to tell me whether that is true or not.
The fact that the cemetery is described as nice rather than depressing was refreshing to read about, because you usually read about them being dark, haunted or forsaken and whatnot. With your description I felt a sence of peacefulness. The fact that this consist of two stories woven into one made it more difficult to follow, but also added more depth to the story. Actually, I was blown away by all your descriptions. They're perfectly worded yet they remain very raw in what they're actually describing.
I felt as if there's a lof of pent-up anger flowing from the main character. Anger and disdain for others, maybe for 'society' and despair at the way things go. There was a sense of hopelessness coming from the MC, but in situations like those, I can imagine that's what most people will change into.
What puzzled me a bit is the part where there appears to be a fight between them. I thought the first lines were her speaking, but later, it's said that she said her first words. I think Then there was the first thing spoken, from her... could be changed into something that would suggest she was the first to speak after the silence, rather than remaining silent up to now.
Sometimes the change in tense threw me off a bit, such as 'I view her hand with scorn.' It would imply that he's viewing it right now. That seemed a bit off to me. But overall it wasn't bothersome and I wouldn't put effort into changing them as the story works just fine as is. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/>
This piece quite honestly made me feel as if I understand nothing about the world, but I do understand this - these are words that will be understood by those who have gone through a similar thing and wondered about their meaning by those who haven't. I know for certain that this piece will haunt my memory for at least a bit longer.
I have nothing else to say about this. Thank you for writing this. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/c…" width="20" height="20" alt="" title="Clap"/>