Eloquent, flowing, articulate Vs. A bit repetitive, some lost potential. I think I outlined both good and poor aspects, no? I would consider that "eve...
Oh the irony :P You're right, it doesn't sound like me. I guess I'm trying an new approach - to apply even and levelled critiques. In general I do lik...
You and I are much the same in that regard. I itch to converse about my writings out of a certain sense of pride and desire to pick the brains of my c...
What is the coin? What does the coin represent, that the two faces are "life" and "death"? In a word what would someone ascribe to the identity of the...
It's times like this that I wish I knew better the individual stylings and character of the other contributors. I know some, perhaps four or five peop...
I see your point here. Very much so. I understand that theory is technically abstract in the sense that it is not yet established or agreed upon as lo...
Love some personification of the inanimate I do. A nice little gem on the distinction between objectification and subjectification. The machine here i...
for me "creativity" is taking the path less trodden. Maths and formal logic are exemplars of disciplines that don't afford much importance to creativi...
Eloquently written. There is a good flow and the author is clearly very articulate. However, the only let down here are those few lines that reiterate...
Now that I've nearly read all of them and mulled over it a bit I quite like Hairpin. I'm a sucker for something riddled with foldings of depth and hid...
Hypovolemia maybe? Blood loss leading to hypoxia and delirium? A euphoria. That would be the lacklustre, plain and medical explanation. On the opposit...
haha well it was covid unrelated. No worries for the curiosity. I didn't have any lasting impact. Oh I'm not the author of this one haha. You'll have ...
To be fair this had crossed my mind too. For reasons of unpalatability (personal bias) I chose to elect a more optimistic viewpoint. But I can't help ...
How can ignorance be skillful? Does skill not require "know-how" or in other words - knowledge. I think ignorance is unskilled. Wisdom on the other ha...
I like how you linked two examples of music here. Because I consider again, that the lyrics and rhythm are defined and particular, predictable, repeti...
Damn Amity, opening my eyes to new trains of thought as per usual. You're really getting into the thick of things. Proto-indo-european (PIE). Damn, th...
This line is curious. The author insists we all know this "dancing queen" that informed the good samaritan of how best to help the dying bus driver. T...
A Morisco is a Moor in southern Spain that has converted to Christianity. A curious title. There are three instances of Mediterranean life at play her...
It's very poetic and figurative. So I will do my best to transfigure it into something literal. For the sole purpose of a second format of appreciatio...
I like the circular argument here. Very clever. It has a dual meaning. Because it shows that conclusions are also premises. The conclusions is put at ...
In a way that's a promising thing as it means "Good" is the status quo. Imagine in the news headlines: "Yet another day where no one was stabbed", "st...
Some of these stories are so morose, or have dark undertones haha. Nothing wrong with it I'm just surprised at the number I've read so far that had to...
This reminds me of the poem "I heard a fly buzz - when I died" by Emily dickinson. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45703/i-heard-a-fly-buzz-whe...
Has a modernist "Medusa" vibe. Definitely agree it has sexual connotations too This is actually very accurate in a survival situation. Mind-over-matte...
It's beautiful, a story about love and the protection of childhood imagination and innocence. He's a patient and good father. It's a shame he is so di...
I think the story captures a moment of great transition in every pregnant couples life. In this case it focuses on the male perspective as the transit...
I know this is a very loose tangential interpretation and maybe not intended by the author but I think the phrase "Labor of micro-writing on a stamp w...
oh wow well you just clarified it very well for me. Haha I really went off on a tangent with that one. I think I prefer your explanation to mine. Seem...
I like stories that have repetition at the beginning and end. Gives a semblance of importance through reiteration, a technique often used in poetry. S...
Just doing the rounds. Although I have my favourites in trying to do due diligence with all the ones I hadn't yet had time to read. Starting from the ...
This has the same type of disrespectful addressal used in "Sundae, Bloody sundae." However it has a more similar theme to "Rage." However this is a ch...
I'm struggling to keep count of the number of characters in the story. It seems discombobulated. There seems to be some role reversal going on here. A...
I think it's a question about the morality of entrapment. In nature, traps are predatory contraptions eg. The venus fly trap lies in wait, knowing a f...
for one reason or another this story was very graphic in my minds eye. I see it as a sort of turning of the pages of a children's book perhaps, full o...
Which author here is a fan of U2, or Northern Irish history I wonder? I guess the former at least wouldnt narrow it down very much. "Sundae, Bloody Su...
True. I need a break from this one for a while however so I can come back with fresh eyes. Have to follow up on some of the other stories, I missed ou...
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