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  • Lounge, The Re: How did you find the Young Writers Society?

    2008 Writer's Digest top 101 websites for writers.

    Dec 25, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Memento Mori

    Short story finished 12/7 MEMENTO MORI There was blood permanently ingrained under my fingernails, a symbolic reminder of my occupation. A scarlet letter marking me as one of the dregs ...

    Dec 25, 2009
  • Welcome Mat Re: Bon Jour

    Hi...Um, yeah. I'm supposed to be introducing myself. I'm Samantha, but please call me Sammy because the only people that ever call me Samantha are teachers, and only when I'm ...

    Dec 24, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: A Poem Lacking Originality

    Writer's block put into poetry...that's fantastic. The sort of depressing humor that speaks to the irritable author inside us all. This is great, great stuff. You might want to pay ...

    Dec 24, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: I'm my worst regret.

    Wow...very awesome. The grammar is lacking in parts, but others have already gone into individual mistakes, so I'm sure you know that. It's almost lyrical and very emotional. Sort of ...

    Dec 24, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Anna

    It's good, but I'd suggest cutting out some of the description. Try to rewrite this entire thing using a set number of adjectives, and with more paragraph breaks.

    Dec 24, 2009


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