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Scale of Senses

daemperorofdaworld — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:18:52 +0000

This scale of the senses from Walter J. Ong's fascinating Interfaces of the Word is an insightful analyses of how we, not just as writers but as intellectual beings, place preeminence on the visual. It's worth remembering when we write that the other senses can provide a richer evocation when applied to description and world-building. [...]

Incommunicado

daemperorofdaworld — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:09:21 +0000

I have a collection of old used postcards. I enjoy reading the messages people have written on them. This story is not based on but rather it is inspired by the postcard dated from 1942. Thanks for reading.

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Biblibop Christmas tributes

daemperorofdaworld — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:21:51 +0000

Happy holidays, readers and writers. Please click on the videos below for our serenades to you.

A man named Codrus

The Pyat — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:09:04 +0000

Killed his brother who had slept with his wife. He had been a drunk. He was exiled from Athens and lived in the mountains near a leper colony. He watched the lepers hitch in and out of their caves, carrying bundles, and from that sight devised a dance with an intricate pattern unknown to Western [...]

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Penguin & Elephant

daemperorofdaworld — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:10:52 +0000

PENGUIN AND ELEPHANT by Anh, Heidi, and Alicia concocted on Facebook on 12/03/2011 EXT. CANDY FACTORY - DAY Dr. HorseNapper sends his army of 5 year-olds into the candy factory to steal all the candy. The leader of the 5 year-olds is MELVIN, a boy who loves football, candy, and being rotten. He’s so [...]

Light Boxes by Shane Jones

daemperorofdaworld — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:56:12 +0000

Every day at 4PM I get sad. There’s no accounting for it. No matter where I am or what I’m doing when the time comes, always on time and always on the dot at 4 in the afternoon, a shroud descends on me that blocks out the brightness. It lasts for half an hour, then [...]

How To Get Paid

daemperorofdaworld — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:55:39 +0000

Contributions are completely between reader and writer, and whatever fees there are belong strictly to Paypal. You need a Paypal account. You need a Paypal micropayments account. Why? Because Paypal's regular transaction fees are 2.9% + $0.30, which means on a $1 donation, 33 cents is taken out in transaction fees. However, Paypal offers a much reduced [...]

Contact

daemperorofdaworld — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:53:49 +0000

All Your Questions

daemperorofdaworld — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:49:18 +0000

I will answer your questions as I receive them. What is this site? I wanted to make a place for short fiction to be enjoyed and rewarded. There seems to be no place for the short story. Sure, there are journals and magazines and contests, but what percentage are those of all the short stories out there? And [...]

Fly

daemperorofdaworld — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:04:06 +0000

He tried to find her in the darkness but detected only the quickly fading warmth of his muggy, crooked comforter. He wished that he was still in the drift between dream and wakefulness that occurs with first-rising. It was morning, but still too early with the gauze of an unpacked day and everything was indistinct [...]

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