Noble Dust

As long as you sprinkle it with smoked paprika, and as long as you pronounce it pa-PREE-ka.

@"Sir2u" is the one trying to move in with you. Sounds like a lot of work; it’ll depend on how good the potato salad is.

Do I need a visa if I'm coming from NY?

Don't worry, it's not that type of bird. It just eats a lot of suet to stay fat during the winter so it doesn't die.

It's contemplating life, Posty.

So you lay about until something's about, and then you're about that?

If something’s about, what are you about?

You're about not being about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLTPyRXUKc

That somehow makes sense.

Oh yeah or housemate

That's flatmates to you, Birmy.

My roommates are nice people, but there's nothing better than having the place to yourself, sitting on the couch drinking coffee, and reading some wei...

I'm just blabbering here; there are other posters who know more about literature than I do. Bare outline: draw me in, keep me there, make me feel some...

I can't go into too much detail! Still trying to protect my identity...

I read too fast generally, so I'm assuming people are taking their time (a better approach) and digesting them.

:100:

I voted quickly too, but I've done some re-reading since then and still feel the same way. I think I'm just picky; there's a clear hierarchy in my min...

Read them all and follow your gut; that's what I did. Problem solved. :razz:

A fun little mind bender, had to read it twice.

I thought there was some good writing in this one although I agree with @"hypericin" on the "show don't tell".

The style feels a little all over the place, but I like the unexpected ending.

Love the hint of the supernatural here. Well placed within the context of the story. I agree that the ending could have been expanded.

Very well-written; I was looking for some glimmer of something positive in the characters, though.

Definitely some Hemmingway vibes here. It's depressing, but I appreciate the realistic depiction of a normal, every day life. It feels like there's so...

Right, it seems to somehow sidestep the moral dilemma of infidelity, maybe even ask some questions about it. Very interesting.

The memories of lying in the grass together getting high were beautiful and I felt like they were maybe autobiographical. One suggestion: once you say...

I enjoyed the fever dream pace of this one.

@"Hanover" Agreed.

Technically it's not a sect, it's the original church, to my understanding. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, I thought of that. :razz: Maybe I will...

I want to comment on more stories, but also don't want to narrow it down by process of elimination and give away which one's mine. :confused: Hopefull...

:cheer:

Maybe the poll could be front page so people who are unaware the contest exists might check it out? You could link to the story sub-forum at the top o...

A song lost under the noise of how much this band is made fun of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Lmi_uemSc

An interesting article: https://aeon.co/essays/theres-no-sharp-distinction-between-cult-and-regular-religion

Exactly...

Honestly, looking for clues as to who wrote what is half the fun for me...

In music, I've found good practice means addressing your weaknesses; slowing down a run so you work out where you're speeding up or slowing down, wher...

If it's helpful, I read all of them and enjoyed them all to varying degrees for very different reasons. I think each story has something to offer here...

Well done.

:rofl:

I wonder who wrote this one. :chin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QljSw8HivU

I've been in the bath, but not for awhile.

The Nag Hammadi Library.

o rly?

Don't worry boys and girls, my pulitzer-winning shorty story will be in young Baden's inbox by tomorrow at this time.

Genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viHphCNweU0