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Hi there! We're and , the admins of the Echo Awards! We run one contest every month. We're looking for the emotional, the raw, the brutally honest--the kind of poetry you're afraid to share with anyone else.
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The Endless Boundary Between Dimensions
Leo Jones and his fiancee, Vanessa "Dantae" Kumo, had met each other when America came under siege one year ago. On duty, they had steadily grown as friends, passionately evolved into lovers, and casually saved America from assured destruction at the hand of its own scientists. Battle after battle with Dimension Eaters - beings who can absorb vast quantities of land and store them inside a pocket dimension - had left them tired of living on a battlefield, and they wished for nothing more to retire in each other's company. However, whether that happens or not all depends on the machinations of their superiors... Please enjoy (or hate) the image of Dantae I made for you all.
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A Mildly Odd Reality Breaker
Omar receives an unexpected visitor who comes baring a gift—a "registration ticket"—in the form of a small metal card. The ticket is itself an offer to participate in the game, "Reality Break." Accepting this offer means that Omar will be able to perceive the true nature of reality where there is not one, but two dimensions of time, and in this second dimension history changes (and somewhat "frequently"). Along with this, he will also gain access to the "chronopause"; another reality that is not so much parallel to our own as it is perpendicular, which acts as both a place and the natural boundary between non-sequential points on the timeline. Using the chronopause, Omar will become a chrononaut with the ability to travel through time, and as a player, he will be given a cybernetic interface and his own portable extradimensional storage space. It's a strange conversation, but due to Omar's dismally short attention span, he only consciously hears that last bit about the portable pocket space, and that's only after the physics-defying void is opened in his living room and literally waved in front of his face. Reality is certainly stranger than most people realize, but then again, so is Omar. Thankfully, he responds well to shiny things, and for better or for worse, his chronic inattentiveness is the least of his psychological issues. Omar also has a mild form of "Oppositional Defiant Disorder" which presents itself as an occasional, arbitrary need to disobey others (especially authority figures). However, his oddest psychological issue by far is his "abnormally hyperactive" subconscious mind. Outwardly and consciously, Omar is a lazy, apathetic man-child prone to mildly asinine behavior. Subconsciously, he's some sort of genius capable of extraordinary feats of cognition. Most of the time, Omar is a (technically) functioning adult, but in order to live as such, he must rely entirely upon unusual abilities he's completely unaware of, despite the fact that he uses them regularly. Up until now, his life had merely been ridiculous, but now it was also a game. Note: The narrative style is that of a reliable narrator with a "3rd-person sarcastic" POV. This story takes place in the Reality Breakers/Chronopause universe.
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Unlikely Animals (short stories)
A collection of short stories by C. Wendt Each Chapter is a different story and will have its own introduction and content warnings. These stories are not necessarily connected. Most of these fictions will be fairly experimental and may possibly all include animals. I don't know yet. Real comments get +rep, "first" will be deleted. A Chipmunk (674 words; Contemporary, Comedy) The Man Who Lifts Steel (755 words; Sci-fi, Superhero) Red Eclipse (270 words; Sci-fi, Horror) Delivered Unto Giants (298 words; Sci-fi, Horror) The Boy & Rain (173 words; Contemporary, Satire) A Dog Named Peter (4140 words; Historical, Supernatural) Waiting for Inspiration – Act II (172 words; Contemporary, Comedy)
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The Last Demon : Against The World
Humanity has driven the Demons to the grave using their powers and has reclaimed the Homeland. The Demon King killed off in a fight against Humanity's top heroes. And a small horned baby lies at the bottom of a ditch. Against the World.
8 147 - In Serial25 Chapters
Trumpets |Percabeth AU|
He was a boy with a leather jacket. She was a girl with a camera in her hand. He was in a band. She was a audience member.The first look they exchanged their hearts.Now they can't get them back.
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Solace Curse: Part I
I promise you, there is light in this dark world, if only you know where to look.My tale is one of magic and wonder, of evil and justice-of power and servitude. But it is also a story of sacrifice and suffering. There are great feats of courage and and malicious acts of deception. But there is also the quiet heroism of one good deed and the unpraised comfort of one loving heart.#1 in Adventure 04/09/2019#3 in Adventure 04/12/2020#1 in Adventure 01/29/2021#2 in Fantasy 03/30/2021#2 in Action 05/15/2022
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