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Short Story Day Nineteen - Eyes of a Blue Dog

Bill Chance wrote 5 hours ago: 19. Eyes of a Blue Dog Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/bluedog.html This … more →

Tags: Books, Dreams, García Máquez, Passion, postaday, Reading, Short Stories, Short Story Month, writing

The Spirit of Ireland 2012 Wall (calendar) [Wall Calendar] [Calendar]

gycilenupyqss wrote 11 hours ago: You can buy The Spirit of Ireland 2012 Wall (calendar) [Wall Calendar] [Calendar] here. yes, we have … more →

Tags: The Spirit of Ireland 2012 Wall (calendar) [Wall Calend, wall calendar, Brandeis University, New York, Lois Greenfield, Recreation and Sports, Michael Parkes, Waltham Massachusetts

Book Review: City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte

JohnAdcox wrote 14 hours ago: Read City of Dark Magic: A Novel Magnus Flyte is a pseudonym for the writing duo of Meg Howrey and C … more →

Tags: book review - mystery, Book Review: Romantic Comedy, Book Reviews: Fantasy, Book Reviews - Fiction, Book Reviews: Literary Fiction, Book Reviews: Magic Realism, book, Books, city of dark magic

Alfred Lawn Tennis On

grimbeau wrote 21 hours ago: Cledgy, mired coach clay, flint, chipping stone way Or road Demi light with stars Open Big front win … more →

Tags: Blogging, Flash Fiction, humour, Journal, Music, Poetry, Postcard, prose poem, writing

The Ring

barelyherenorthere wrote 1 day ago: I found a ring on the floor, the other day. It looked expensive; a solid gold band, with a thin thre … more →

Tags: Short Story, Short Fiction, Marriage, Middle Age, Ring of Gyges, Fantasy

Welcome To The Urban Sprawl1 comment

awkwardtreed wrote 1 day ago: “And the dead will rise from their graves.” “Don’t worry about that too much, they do that a bit aro … more →

Tags: Fiction, Melbourne, writing, urban sprawl, cultural chaos, Welcome

Pawspause

grimbeau wrote 1 day ago: Afternoon aftermath after A tumultuous weekend of whisky and wounds and lesions to self by self, to … more →

Tags: Journal, Poetry, Postcard, writing, Arts, Blogging, History, Poem, Sideboard

Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) by Laura Esquivel

Tova wrote 3 days ago: Enjoyability: Deep Thoughts: Pages: 256 Copyright:1989 Disclaimer: I read this book in the original … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Romance, Fiction, Book Review, Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel, Como água para chocolate, Tita, de la garza

Tabula Raza (Assignment #1/2)2 comments

mouthfulofwords wrote 6 days ago: I wasn’t too clear on our second assignment, I thought we had to read all of our peers most si … more →

Tags: Just Thinking, Assignment, Movies, Psychology, Significant

Making a Fantasy World Believable and Realistic: Tedious but worth the Effort5 comments

keithdubarry wrote 1 week ago: Tommybee, public domain, via wikimedia commons. There are three parts to every story that no writer … more →

Tags: writing-fantasy, denouement, first act, high fantasy, initial story problem, point of no return, Realism, Second Act, Story Outline

Memories of my Melancholy whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9 comments

winstonsdad wrote 1 week ago: Memories of my Melancholy whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Columbian fiction Original title - Memori … more →

Tags: COLUMBIA, Translations, edith grossman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Latin American Fiction, NOBEL LIT, Prize Winners

1Q84: Books One & Two by Haruki Murakami2 comments

roxploration wrote 1 week ago: Translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin Published: 2011 by Harvill Secker (Paperback 2012 by Vintage) … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, 20th century setting, Cults, Japanese Literature, Thriller, translated

Betrayed by Biscuit Barrel!

grimbeau wrote 1 week ago: Heroin Sonnet (One line is absent!) Vermont’s Original Bag Balm tin laments a pair of glasses (snapp … more →

Tags: humour, Journal, Poetry, Prose, prose poem, Arts, biscuit tin, Harbour Porpoise, History

More than Words1 comment

pokeewokee wrote 1 week ago: This is the book that inspired me to start this blog. Leaf by Stephen Michael King has no words, onl … more →

Tags: wordless, toddler friendly, Plants, responsibility, Reading, book, sound effect, Children, Literature

Four Monsters Locations

picherity wrote 1 week ago: Last year I went around town taking photos of places I thought would make interesting settings for F … more →

Tags: writing, Alley, book, Children's, four monsters, Novel, Pond, Radio Tower, Shop'

I am what I am

grimbeau wrote 1 week ago: I am what I am. … more →

Tags: Blogging, Flash Fiction, humour, Journal, Postcard, Prose, Arts, brautigan, cooking

How's the new Isabel Allende novel, I wonder?

Lucius Somesuch wrote 1 week ago: From the dust jacket copy: Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in a … more →

Tags: Review, Books, Kitsch, Satire, writing, Isabel Allende

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern2 comments

macyavenue wrote 1 week ago: Photo credit: http://www.goodreads.com If the Night Circus were real, I’d be a regular visitor … more →

Tags: Books, Books 2, Fantasy, The NIght Circus, Erin Morgenstern, Romance, Young-Adult, Magic

I am what I am

grimbeau wrote 1 week ago: Thursday, 06 June 2013 1:06 PM ‘…a morning of many tempos – pleasant sunshine and a graceful a … more →

Tags: prose poem, Postcard, Journal, Postcard from Today, Arts, Literature, writing, Shopping, Alarm Clock


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