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@"Caldwell"'s relaxed and flexible approach to all this has worked really well imo. Being able to please everyone all the time is too high a bar for a...

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Last comment before I go back on my posting break. "Astronauts" would be an absolutely deserved winner. Well done @"Benkei" :clap: :clap: :clap: . Als...

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'm glad this sparked some conversation. :up:

I'm kind of on a posting break over Christmas but I had to thank you all for the brilliant interpretations and analyses. I wrote the story quickly on ...

It's all good.

@"Nils Loc" >> Three Shittyass Ghosts Edit: Oh, he's not even on the list. :sad: Nope.

@"javi2541997" >> Double Helix

Surely. :up:

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Disclaimer: Any similarity between the following and the esteemed history of Lacanian scholarship is purely coincidental. So, we have two “characters”...

The concept of the stain is central to my thesis. But... the person who wrote that story surely has a social conscience?

Not me, though coincidentally I am at this moment working on a philosophical treatment of it that interprets it from a Lacanian perspective. I'm not s...

https://youtu.be/721JQZw6Spg

This is also my excuse.

Hehe...

Definite possibility with this one. It's pretty much a Rorschach blot.

Of course. Underneath the currents of the mundane, the earth moves, lava bubbles, and, with time, beautiful islands are born, full of mini-Benkies swi...

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Yes, I realized after my earlier comment the danger of creating controversy out of thin air. It is going well and was well worth doing. I haven't vote...

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Oh thanks! I'll do my best. Amazes me how @"Amity" manages to do so many.

I wouldn't put such a negative spin on it. Only members can vote, anyone can view, and the activity has had enough participation to justify it already...

Yeah, boring. :yawn: My writing prompt is about a psychotic who kidnaps Dutchmen and makes them into clogs. :party: :fire:

Phone notifications are a particular curse. I have the luxury of turning almost all of them off. Our phones are essentially attention parasites intent...

It's all for fun, of course. I was just wondering mostly.

For fun, I think I might do a couple of Amity-style detailed commentaries, starting with this story. This is a really effective scene-setting hook. It...

Micro-fiction was a great idea because it's so quick to write and read and respond to. @"Jack Cummins" If you give yourself an hour without distractio...

Are some people not bothering to vote by the way? Two very positive reviews above me and the poll was 1 like and 1 it's OK. (?) If you're going to giv...

Very well written, evocative, and witty. I had to like it even it Hanover did write it. Disclaimer: I have no inside knowledge here and am just specul...

Fair point.

The animals remain uneducated, pissing about, having their photos taken. It's sad really.

I brought philosophy into it but was rebuffed. :sad:

That's something like what I got from it. But maybe I'm just as sick as you.

Not bad. I think I get it. A bit basic maybe. Like this review.

Logic and reason are on my side.

My interpretation is that the human is stupid.

Oh, didn't see that bit. Cool.

Jazzy, quirky, ironic, self-referential, bobs along on its own sleigh not giving a fuck. No cliches allowed because who needs them when you've got wor...

First I didn't like it. Then I did. Probably because I'm such a shitty reader, I tend to rush through things and miss details. There's a full story he...

There isn't an explicit story here but I had to like it because of how well-written and evocative it is. Well done.

No, creative fun is good and there's some cool imagery like I said. Don't want to sound overly critical. It has its own logic I know.

There are differences though; something like the cat and mice text has a more conventional short story structure, for example. You could run it throug...

Nice gag. Enjoyed it.

It's kind of cool in the way of imagery but none of it makes any sense to me. So, I'm left smiling but shrugging my shoulders. If there is some there ...

There are some good descriptive elements and the writing shows promise in places but I can't find a story here. It could be part of a story but there'...

Lol. Nice little slice of life story. Well written. The lined up mouse heads was the best part. :razz: @"Benkei"

Read the script for 'Double Indemnity' recently. Hell of a story. Chandler cowrote it with Billy Wilder, I think.

It would be nice if that were voluntary. I hope we don't get to the stage where we have to police pig pics.

Or maybe, 'Go fuck a pig'. Kind of hard to put a positive spin on it anyhow. Shawn, please stop bullying Clarky with your porcine pics.