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Tim Roberts FYI, from 'Poets&Writers' online edition

Hi all,

Hope you're doing well, in one way or another.

When Naomi sent me a facebook message today that included a mention of a new feature re: 'found words', it reminded me I hadn't visited Scriberspace recently and it was time to change that. <sheepish look; :)>.

Anyhow, here's some info and possibly interesting links to stories and news in the writing world in general and in the US, from the online edition of 'Poets & Writers' (US) magazine:

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Added by Tim Roberts on August 1, 2010 at 5:52pm — No Comments

william seymour-jones dear kitty

boys made us melt, while girls played tricks, as our confidence sank, when we were back in grade school, but two were true, and what i wouldnt give to know what they thought of me. kristine howard you bitch, do you remember that time you got your friend to call me up and dump me on your behalf. 17 and still a long way to go, body of an angel, but still no idea how to treat boys, but you still have a lot of time left to learn, codes of ethics, and what we do and dont like to hear. i am 20 and not… Continue

Added by william seymour-jones on August 1, 2010 at 5:17am — No Comments

L F Leotta like a circle within a spiral like a wheel within a wheel

dear blog

schools started

am busy

how many different readings of Alice in Wonderland can i get i wonder.

oh sidenote, the more i read about lewis carroll the more freaked out i am, his behaviour, despite historical conventions makes my skin crawl. transport him to the 21st century and you wouldnt want him living in your town, suburb, street, house next door. you wouldnt want him anywhere near little girls, its almost impossible to comprehend any innocence of motiva

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Added by L F Leotta on July 30, 2010 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

william seymour-jones Professor Mangalesh

Two kids, a girl and a boy, Amy and William. They both listened to punk music, both 16, they actually played together in a band, the boy on the drums and the girl on guitar/vocals. Actually both of them did vocals but it was mainly the girl that sang, the boy had trouble with singing and playing drums at the same time.
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Added by william seymour-jones on July 28, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

natalie "the bone cave"

hunched over in the bone cave:
see her exoskeleton curved, see
the mountain ridge vertebrae
of my captive? i keep her safe &
warm in a cerebral cocoon, woven
from thoughts of kind. for outside
are wily wolves, willing to take
her away, to lead her astray - circling,
deliberating, they hunger for more.

- n
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Added by natalie on July 28, 2010 at 3:53pm — 9 Comments

william seymour-jones My short story by William Seymour-Jones <3

There was so much blood I could barely see. Thats all I remember, it gushing out of my head, and down my face, I thought; I'm going to die, I'm going to die here. It was washing my white under shirt red. I took off my school shirt and wrapped it around my head, trying to cut off the flow a bit. "Oww what the fuck did you do th… Continue

Added by william seymour-jones on July 27, 2010 at 5:00pm — 8 Comments

Michael/MAUL REVIEW: THE CONQUERED WORKS OF SEMESTER BREAK

I've been meaning to post these for a while. Basically, its a bunch of short, sweet book reviews summing up my feelings of the reading experience I had with a particular book.

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CLOCKWORK ORANGE - Anthony Burgees

Although odd and distant at first this story soon manages to grab and pull with eager, grasping fingers and force you to watch its horrors. Nadsat suddenly flows into your mind with ease and the beautiful genius of the whole story is that is is

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Added by Michael/MAUL on July 24, 2010 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment

natalie Ocean - a excerpt.

"... for I see humanity in the ocean, son: a rumbling, tumbling mass that stirs the land as the waves do the seabed; creating little tornadoes that nest long before they can truly manifest. Eventually, we, like the tornadoes, will cease to exist, rejoining the sea, only to rise again; reborn with the never ending grace of Mother Nature."

The above lines are an excerpt from a short story I wrote this evening. Reading over the long short story (ir… Continue

Added by natalie on July 22, 2010 at 7:19pm — 3 Comments

Naomi Stekelenburg Flash Fiction Winner

Hi Team

Thank you to all those who entered the recent flash fiction challenge. The entry rate was overwhelming

Your stories were entertaining. Hopefully, writing them helped iron out the tendency to waffle on:)

So enthusiastic was the response, that it's hoped we can run a competition at least once a semester.

Our first fiction challenge champion is Trace for her story Flashjack. Congratulations, Trace.

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Added by Naomi Stekelenburg on July 22, 2010 at 6:37pm — 4 Comments

trace Sprocket: a limerick

This is the story of Sprocket
He keeps an eyeball in his pocket
Everyone stares
But nobody dares
Enquire of his empty socket.

He bought his girl a locket
Shaped like a silver rocket
It was so tight
With all his might
Sprocket just couldn’t unlock it.

Returning it, with his d

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Added by trace on July 20, 2010 at 7:54pm — 7 Comments

L F Leotta Kurt VonneFLASHgut – Brunch of Philistines

GOOGLE apparatus and twenty one million results will be returned in less than a second. This link - http://storyteller.allesblinkt.com/ I found interesting. The apparatus that Norman liked to tinker with was

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Added by L F Leotta on July 19, 2010 at 2:57pm — 2 Comments

Hayley Biggs The 8th

The 8th.

They say a mans greed can be the death of him. A mans pride can injure his reputation. His wrath can cause great conscience, his lust great disappointment. They say, envy blushes green upon mans faces and laziness next to godliness is a ticket to hell. They say, to be gluttonous is to be greedy, and to be greedy is to be selfish. But of these seven deadly sins love is never mentioned. For it

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Added by Hayley Biggs on July 19, 2010 at 12:09am — 4 Comments

Michael/MAUL MAMMOTH UPDATE...INSPIRATION AND DIVINATION

I now have a flashy picture to go along with my operation! YEEEHAW!

This being the digital era of the image, I thought I would litter this update with purdy pictures of things I have been working on, things

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Added by Michael/MAUL on July 15, 2010 at 6:45pm — 1 Comment

natalie Review: "Pride and Prejudice"

2.5/5

All I can say, Austen fans, is sorry. I know "Pride and Prejudice" is a classic novel. Some would say that means I'm supposed to love it, and God forbid I say otherwise. I know this review is supposed to be 5 stars, and I'm meant to harp on about what an inspiration Elizabeth Bennet is because I'm female, or something. While I can see why people think this novel is good (a
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Added by natalie on July 14, 2010 at 3:33am — 3 Comments

natalie book reviews: an idea

hi... I'll keep this short and sweet.

So, my long-ass "to read" list is ... still long-ass.

But, do not fret; in a bid to shorten it (and read more than the newspaper... but don't tell anyone my hidden motives) I came up with an idea that I'll blog a "book review" of sorts. This should be fun, hopefully I will not get tomatoes thrown in the general direction of my face due to differing opinions... throw chocolate, fools.… Continue

Added by natalie on July 7, 2010 at 4:43pm — 8 Comments

trace Flash Dash

The wilder-verge hides Beanie back, though we urge and croon her to scout. In black, such widening of fear pins her eyes.

Now, Beanie!

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Added by trace on July 4, 2010 at 5:42pm — 2 Comments

Michael/MAUL Flash Fiction Entry: Lover's Embrace

You're pathetic. An insipid wench with a tv-set voice-box. Tinny, mindless, droning, drunken birdsong.

Still, here we are in a most intimate moment. Whole galaxies swirl around our heads in the muddy milk of the cosmos.

I plunge deep inside you, feeling your heat and inner life. You exhale softly into my ear, pressing your body against mine; your fingers tremble.

"Please," you beg me.

I feel sweat popping our from my skin, enmeshing with your own. I slide free and

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Added by Michael/MAUL on July 4, 2010 at 3:29pm — 3 Comments

natalie Desire

Painted queen, Desire, the world in her hands;
possessor of stage - beautiful, yet naive.


Unsatisfied Desire;
unlike the drooling fools before her.


Sign, unnerve her: "bringing out the real you"
Secretary, reassure her: urge to counter with red talons


Steel-eyed surgeons, with apparatus of scalpels and silence
sliced her flesh; slivering her soul


Unrecognisable Desire; until she sees her body,
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Added by natalie on July 4, 2010 at 12:07pm — 5 Comments

trace flashjack

He paces the deck. Checks her line. She’s down there, alone. Sleek. Black. Insignificant in the heaving ocean. He doesn’t like it. She’s been too long. Stubborn as ever, she couldn’t wait ‘til his ear got better.

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Added by trace on July 4, 2010 at 8:33am — 1 Comment

L F Leotta there is no write answer-

a poll on process

I was thinking that i live in my head a lot. That there is a very thin line between reality and imagination for me. Balancing that was the following thought, that all writers must live in there head to some degree.

So considering the idea that your head/imagination/mind is a place where you spend a bit of time i am calling for personal opinons and thoughts on that whole concept, that you might live on this planet, but a hell of a lot of time is

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Added by L F Leotta on July 3, 2010 at 4:52pm — 3 Comments

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