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For a contest
by IrishYndina
<100 words, 2 comments,
on Nov 12 6:14 AM
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Not a story - just an entry for a contest contest *winks*
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This is a practice query letter for my novelette-in-progress, Jazz Blackside and the Case of the Cliche Charlie.
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There were five generations of Lawley women in the hospital room the night Kit Lawley died. The lights were low, but everything glowed an effervescent shade of white. Just outside the room’s door, nurses bustled from patien
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This is not a story - it's set up for a contest and that's all.
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No story here - for a contest
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I liked the place, despite what Ike was always saying. The bed was comfortable, the cable was complimentary, and there wasn’t a bad view o
by IrishYndina
4400 words, 31 comments,
on Jul 20 9:46 AM
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As writers, we love putting words in other characters' mouths. This will help you use correct punctuation when writing that dialogue.
by IrishYndina
1600 words, 38 comments,
on Jul 3 7:53 PM
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It’s official - as of today, Mexico is no longer a country. We knew it was coming, but I think you will all agree with me that this is a he
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A bio of Morrigan Ironink. It's possible there's a spoiler or two in here, but I tried my best to keep it clean.
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Are you ready for the next writing trick to put your writing skills over the top? Try this!
by IrishYndina
2100 words, 23 comments,
on Jun 12 8:20 PM
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This is part 3 of a collaboration - you'll have to visit the list to see the beginning!
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Well I'm not sure where this is going...but it might be the start of a story.
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I decided to pay a visit to the man with the biggest stones in town. Or at least that’s what he’d always tell you.1 / Serges Tshwaane, kno
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 This is the ultimate spoiler - aka it tells how the story ends! Read at your own risk! 
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Still unfinished...
by IrishYndina
1500 words, 3 comments,
on Apr 28 10:22 PM
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She took the bus to college, a twelve hour cross country drive with her suitcases riding in the vehicle’s belly. Her parents had wanted to
by IrishYndina
3500 words, 10 comments,
on Apr 19 8:15 PM
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I smelled a rat. No, not the cliché metaphorical kind, although there seemed to be plenty of those in my life these days, too. This rat w
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The streets of any city are the same after dark: shady, dank, and dangerous. Hulking thugs crawled out of the sewers like mutant rats, an
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The dried banana slices clicked hollowly as Siobhan folded them in an origami-inspired leaf envelope. She stuck one in her mouth before sh
by IrishYndina
3000 words, 13 comments,
on Apr 8 9:49 PM
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It was a Tuesday. Of course it was a Tuesday. Only Tuesdays brought the cases that really bit me in the ass, and this one bit long and ha
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Boston could hear the animal snuffling somewhere ahead. They were quiet sounds of breathing and of nosing around for food. Warm organic sounds, sounds that promised a feast. He had seen the animal only moments ago, running
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Morrigan was bad at sitting still, especially when there wasn’t food or drink to distract her. She and Athyne had stopped along the smooth
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Black runs through soil, thick as swamp mud and pulsing with an awful convulsion. Watch as it splays across this land, a mass of dark bugs, a lava flow boiling with apathy, snaking across our world until Adam shrinks from th
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A query letter for one of my short stories, written for a contest.
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How do you stand there1 / And belt out your poems,2 / Your own creations,3 / The very babies of your mind,4 /
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Santiel Morreae loved his daughter to distraction. It’s true that he had money, respect, and anything else a man could desire, but she was
by IrishYndina
3400 words, 10 comments,
on Mar 8 12:38 PM
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It was winter in the western hemisphere, and definitely winter in Minnesota. In Florida, however, winter is just another word for balmy in
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At the very end of Elm Street is a little house where two little old ladies lived. They are the spry blue-haired variety, always bringing
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Mount Olympus was not at all as he had imagined it. Instead of dramatic olive trees and sunlit meadows, it was bare, rocky, and covered in
by IrishYndina
900 words, 21 comments,
on Feb 9 9:15 PM
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A small round drop of rain spun through the air, flipping, turning, and shining. For half an instant, light shot by, flinging rainbows thr
by IrishYndina
500 words, 4 comments,
on Feb 4 10:53 PM. In
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The idea for the story hit him like a freight train, fast and hard. It rushed through him with a brilliant intensity that left him panting
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