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Jacque Stead
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    Jacque Stead

    Sabine Shah Thank you for your encouragement! I'm glad you liked it!

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    Sabine Shah

    A perfect little package like the one you mention in your story. Really deserved to be a staff pick. Good job.

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    Jacque Stead

    Joey T Thank you for the suggestion... "fixed". :-)

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    Jacque Stead

    jeff mantel Thank you for reading the piece... I appreciate the encouragement.

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    jeff mantel

    A few grammatical mistakes but a nice little story Jacque Stead

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    Jacque Stead

    Alexandra Neon Thank you for the kind words, I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Jacque

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Brendan Carroll
Adventure
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Fantasy
  • Joey T avatar
    Joey T

    Love this genre - rare to see it but pleasant when it shows up!

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    Brendan Carroll

    Alex Hamilton Thanks, Alex!

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    Brendan Carroll

    Katrina Allardyce Thanks, Katrina. I'll take a look. Glad you liked it.

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    LianneGraziella

    I really like reading your work. Will you be uploading any more? Brendan Carroll

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    Katrina Allardyce

    Great story, really enjoyed it. Dialogue needs some fine tuning. Great stuff!

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    Alex Hamilton

    Good story, I have never thought about combining the Knights Templar with the Norse legends. Very interesting concept and well written.

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JD Mayrant
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Drama
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    jeff mantel

    Interesting conceit JD Mayrant, well executed

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Lora Zhang
Comedy
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    Miko 72

    I like it, so Funny, sweet and short!

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    Sheepyblue

    Funny story, I liked it.

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    Lora Zhang

    Hannah Marie thank you for the read and the encouraging words as always!

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    Lora Zhang

    Hi Sunny Nayyar I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the recommendation!

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    Lora Zhang

    Hi RJ Leek thank you for the read. I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

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    RJ Leek

    Lovely little piece. Really enjoyed it.

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Paul Bassett Davies
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    Topaz Miuki

    Amazing concept. I just love the story. I remember having imaginary friends. it was fun. Anyway keep up the good work!

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    writergeorge

    very good

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    Harri

    Enjoyed it, thank you!

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    Lisa Vooght

    A really fresh idea for a story! I always had imaginary animal friends when I was a little. (Well, I might still have one...)

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    Robert Tucker

    haha. What an amazing concept for a short story.

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    Paul Bassett Davies

    Thanks for the appreciative comments.

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    Joey T

    Great story and very well written, thanks for sharing Paul Bassett Davies!

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    Sheepyblue

    Brilliant story - I loved the idea, very interesting. I'd like to request to Staff Picks

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Sally-Anne Wilkinson
Drama
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    Sabine Shah

    It is a good piece, tapping all five senses. But the guilt part was a bit overwhelming.

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    Sheepyblue

    Great piece, some interesting descriptions too - I liked it

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    Joey T

    Sally-Anne Wilkinson, this brings back memories (not many still in tact, mind you)...

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    Tom Baker

    Sally-Anne Wilkinson Some fantastic descriptive writing as always!

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RacingStarShips
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Pen Works Media
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RJ Leek
Comedy
Family
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    Jim Wilde

    Authentic, gritty, and easy to identify with the main character, nice piece.

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    corrielou68

    Ah ignore my last comment-your character likes to read encyclopedia's... :-)

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    Amber Meyer

    RJ Leek , this was an excellent story!

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    Joey T

    I can see why this got on the front page. Thank you RJ Leek

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    trumble

    A well-constructed character study.

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    RJ Leek

    Hi Christina, many thanks for your time and kind words., it's very much appreciated.

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    Christina Ar

    I would like to recommend this story Staff Picks .

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snott
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    snott

    jeff mantel Thank you very much!

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    snott

    Tom Baker Thank you Tom!

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    Tom Baker

    Great little piece snott, some nice descriptive writing

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    snott

    Alex Hamilton Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

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    Alex Hamilton

    Great piece, like a snap shot of life. Very well written, enjoyable read.

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Pen Works Media
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    Miguel Rodriguez

    I like this. A lot.

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    Wordy Smith

    Good story, very engaging. The description, however, is more or less a spoiler, and I would question this.

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Jane Turley
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    Jane Turley

    jeff mantel - Thank you very much, Jeff:)

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    Jane Turley

    Thank you, Tom Baker :)

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    Tom Baker

    Such a sad, but original, story Jane Turley

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    bethanhead

    A really chilling ending. Thoroughly enjoyable Jane Turley !

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kateannejack
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    writing_dancer

    Woah. I loved it. :) Thank you

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    kateannejack

    Sabine Shah Thanks, glad you liked it.

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    Sabine Shah

    I loved it. It painted a thousand pictures in my mind.

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    kateannejack

    Thanks Sophie, it certainly is.

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    kateannejack

    doceft Thank you very much. Glad you liked it.

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    doceft

    A simply graphic, wonderful and sad piece all at once. I really enjoyed it kateannejack.

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    kateannejack

    Sophie E Tallis Thanks Sophie and thanks for telling me about Readwave, great site.

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    Lisamarie Lamb Thanks, glad you liked it.

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    Lisamarie Lamb

    Oh, such a sad and sudden ending, thank you.

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    Sophie E Tallis

    Sad and evocative, you know I love this kind of writing Kate. Well done!

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    kateannejack

    Tom Baker Thanks so much Tom, I really appreciate your kindness.

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    kateannejack

    jeff mantel Thanks, glad you liked it.

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    jeff mantel

    Very poignant and vivid kateannejack

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    kateannejack

    Hannah Marie Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

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    Hannah Marie

    Beautiful imagery kateannejack and great description. Well done.

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    Alex Hamilton Thanks, pleased you enjoyed it.

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    kateannejack

    bethanhead Thank you, glad you liked it.

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    Alex Hamilton

    Beautifully evocative piece. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this piece.

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Ben Mears
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    writing_dancer

    That's a real dream that you had? Wow that must have been a shock to wake up from that! Thanks for sharing!

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    Lora Zhang

    I really enjoyed this Ben Mears. Looking forward to more!

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    Ben Mears

    jeff mantel Thank you

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    jeff mantel

    Quite a vivid description Ben Mears

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    Ben Mears

    Hannah Marie Thank you very much

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    Ben Mears

    Christina Ar Thank you, I am thrilled you enjoyed it.

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    Ben Mears

    Emsy Thank you so much, for the feedback and the read

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    Ben Mears

    AnotherKilljoy Thank you so much, I am flattered that you enjoyed it so much.

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tater22
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    Sabine Shah

    Good work overall, but would have been even better if the morality issue was not that obvious.

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    jeff mantel

    Could do with a little more description to balance out the dialogue tater22

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    Kevina Oyatedor

    Love it!! The conversation with the two sisters kind of reminded me when one of my sister's and I argue.

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Fiddler Zvi
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    Sheepyblue

    Interesting story - I liked it a lot. Staff Picks maybe?

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    Drusilla Ekata

    This is an extremely well written, thought provoking story, well done!

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