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Mazuurek

  • Short Story » General, General Re: Childhood Horrors Revisited

    I'd like to point out that the Chicago Manual of Style indicates that there is no problem in starting a sentence with conjunctions like "And" or "But", and that the ...

    Jan 31, 2016
  • Short Story » Dramatic, Supernatural Re: Rejection Sequence

    I didn't notice any paragraphs that were particularly long, save for that describing the girl. Then again, I suppose people have varying standards of long and short paragraphs. Actually, a ...

    Sep 18, 2015
  • Short Story » Realistic, General Re: One More Second

    Thanks for the review! I'm glad when readers finish the story and ask questions, because that was my intention when writing the piece. Okay, not to ask questions, but rather ...

    Sep 18, 2015
  • Short Story » Realistic, General Re: One More Second

    Thanks for the review! First off, thanks for pointing out the mistake with "wishful thinking". I never actually noticed. I'll be on the lookout for it in future writings! I ...

    Sep 18, 2015
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: A Hundred Reasons

    Thanks for the welcome and review~ The point about detachment is correct. I've gotten used to writing detached stories (mostly in the unnamed third person perspective too), and this story ...

    Sep 18, 2015
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: A Hundred Reasons

    Thank you for the review! You're correct on those two points for improvement. That piece of dialogue is a bit oddly arranged, and that paragraph could afford to be broken ...

    Sep 18, 2015


The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices; to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicions can destroy. A thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own.
— Rod Serling, Twilight Zone