Noble Dust

This was my intention with the odd similes such as "like your mother cutting garlic", yes. But: This is a fair point. To clarify, the hints at sexual ...

Okey-doke, I'll attempt to get into this a bit. I learned a lot about my own story by reading everyone's comments and discussion, to be honest. There'...

I don't know that I ever commented on your story, so just wanted to drop a note that I also very much enjoyed it and agree it's one of the best we've ...

Thanks for the feedback and discussion, everyone. More than anything I'm flattered that my story generated so much debate. That's perhaps more flatter...

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Done. :ok: Authors are now listed on each story.

I think Dispatch-028 didn't get enough love this year. Considering that none of us are professional fiction writers (if you are, what the hell are you...

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I’ll leave that to @"Baden" but I imagine so. I think maintaining anonymity was originally to keep voting impartial when it was a contest.

You can certainly choose to reveal which story you wrote at any time. But in general, if someone correctly pairs you with your story, you’re also unde...

Damn, you have a good memory.

My lips are sealed.

I don't give clues. My nefarious laughter was merely egoic joy at being hard to pinpoint as an author. :naughty:

*Evil laugh*

I too am struggling to get through the stories fully enough to have substantive comments for all of them this year, purely because of real life circum...

Aha, this is the bit I could intuit but couldn’t quite put my finger on. Well said.

Sounds good to me, by the way.

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Merry Christmas!

Thank you for your advocacy. I could use more of that in my life. Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy does indeed have a beautiful face. I do actually resemble him...

There are many paths to enlightenment.

:zip: There are woo interpretations of Plato. Or rather "woohoo!" interpretations. Yeehaw.

Plato doesn't count; homie was on to something.

You ponderous philosophizers need it.

Only if it's visible on the main page. :razz: I choose to embrace "woo" as short for "Woohoo! Hell yeah!"

I do appreciate it. My interest has waned from "hard" philosophy into more spiritual topics, so I just don't find myself interested in philosophical c...

This year's authors are: Amity Baden Benkei Christoffer fdrake Hanover hypericin Jack Cummins Jamal Janus javi2541997 Noble Dust ToothyMaw ucarr Vera ...

Child's play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTEWLSTyUic&t=5651s

Who's inability? Proof of what?

10 posts until my 8,000th. How shall I commemorate the occasion? Who shall shower me with adulation and praise for my verboseness?

Despite the length, this one certainly kept my interest. I like the weird world built up, the mystery of the apparent technological advancement of thi...

It does indeed remind me of Shawn and Quigley, but I enjoyed that more, I think. This is still well done. I'm intrigued by the note cards The Lark giv...

I definitely guessed wrong, then.

I only know the identity of the authors who submitted to me. I'll have a huddle with The Baden and we'll release the list. In the meantime, I'd like t...

I'm not familiar with this guy, but I like it. I agree, although my mental visuals were a little less stylized than these images; a little more mundan...

Kudos indeed to "the author" for making me chuckle in a few parts; not easy to do. This was the part that made me laugh the most: Also, this author do...

I did the same here. I also really like the anthropomorphized bunny character, though, and the whole world that was set up. There's a lot of potential...

Agreed. I still have two to read myself, but this might be the strongest event so far.

I agree with other comments; it's well written and easy to ready, but a bit heavy-handed and repetitive. I definitely chuckled out loud a few times, t...

Cool. As an erratic and impulsive meddler myself I can relate.

I agree.

I really liked this story. The writing is excellent, and I had no problem getting absorbed into the scenes, which isn't something I can say for every ...

Good point, I was trying to put my finger on that and didn't quite make the connection.

No you're right; my line of thought was a bit scrambled, but you untangled it. So in reality, that detail, which belongs in a written story, feels out...

I can relate to the overthinking of the protagonist, wondering absurdly if he had accidentally chopped his therapists finger off by closing the door o...

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I got seven.

Ah shit.

Sounds like the Crianza talking. :party:

I agree, but what I was trying to say is that analyzing how ambiguous a work is takes one's perspective out of the intuitive, immediate state of the e...