Dave Hanson
A brash young man finds out he loses his mother on his birthday. 2,800 words
jonny parry
A story about isolation, and the lengths we can stretch ourselves to in order to feel accepted.
TheLazyWriter
1300 words. A woman tries to reconcile her past with the role history forced her into.
Dave Hanson
A brash young executive learns that his mother had died and he has to eat cake. 2,200 words.
N.L. Vaught
Expatriate Connor returns to find his fellow exile, Marcia, unconscious and possibly dead. Hunger and delirium begin to take their toll. 1847 words.
Bruno Hat
A story about a terminally ill man who's given a list of things to do before he dies by his doctor.
The story is approximately 1500 words.
rmalis
A story sparked by experience playing music and working for a small demolition company in Wheeling West Virginia during the 70s.
ergoego
2nd chapter of a novel. Stan looks for forgiveness at a religious revival. Flashbacks at an army camp, on a raft in the MIssissippi, in San Francisco reveal how Stan developed guilt.
Alexander Clark
A melancholy young man seeks the guidance of an unusual guru where the two spend a tiny pie-wedge of life together, fulfilling the guru's one final longing: to see the sun rise above the ocean.
Nathan
Same as before -Derek comes to see that he can do right by his loved ones through defeating his addictions and using death as a means to live.
Dave Hanson
Chapter 6. Keltner tries not kill his recruiter. 2500 words.
Mike Hardin
A brief run down of the problems that sex and women will bring throughout ones life
perlman3030
A short story about moving, love, and food.
bryanhowie
Story finished. Thank you for all your help. No further critiques necessary.
jonny parry
This is a short story about a haunted house. An ambitious reporter, covering a small town scandal, finds a different story to investigate, one she is closer to than she imagines.
Liana
Eliza is pushed by her work friend to hook up with her son. When they all go to visit a fancy old house, Eliza seems to see through a window in time and has a realization.
derekb
A boy with downs syndrome struggles to fit in at a mainstream school only to find his biggest obstacle is at home.
ergoego
"O Jesus" is the first chapter of a 42 chaptered novel. It sets the stage for the type of protagonist you're dealing with. It gives a hint of what his ambitions for his sons might be
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