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Letter To The Editor: On Labels

2009-06-21T11:49:37-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 883, Reviews: 0 Updated: 6-21-09, Published: 6-21-09
Status: Complete

A short humorous piece on the labels thrown around during election season, and how helpful they can be in pigeonholing unknown politicians. Please R&R!

The Last Sunset

2008-09-26T17:22:57-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Adventure
Chapters: 2, Words: 1,323, Reviews: 11 Updated: 9-26-08, Published: 9-26-08
Status: In-Progress

This is a friend's story from 6th grade, & it is SO INCREDIBLY AWFUL that it deserves a larger audience to appreciate its hilarity. Watch for an obsession with numbers & the verb slash, as well as dual deaths & complete cliches. Everything left as it was.

Ballad of a Pirate Lass

2008-07-28T12:23:45-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 632, Reviews: 1 Updated: 7-28-08, Published: 7-28-08
Status: In-Progress

It's a really bad title, I know, but trust me, the poem's better. A ballad-style rhyming poem about the life of a girl turned pirate and her heart of stone. The consequences of frigidity.

Abandoned Schoolhouse

2008-07-28T12:04:22-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 161, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-28-08, Published: 7-28-08
Status: Complete

A short rhyming poem I wrote to experiment with personification. It explores the thoughts and attitudes of a school that has been left to gather dust.

Immersion

2008-05-26T15:54:44-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Supernatural
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Suspense/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,461, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-26-08, Published: 5-26-08
Status: Complete

A short story I wrote to explore the line between fantasy and reality. Is the girl in the story crazy, or is she telling the truth? And if she believes it, does it even matter? A bit philosophical. Please R&R.

String Theory

2008-05-26T15:34:29-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 228, Reviews: 1 Updated: 5-26-08, Published: 5-26-08
Status: Complete

This started as me listing the coolest words I could think of, and evolved into a philosophy on the nature of life. Don't ask me how. Anyway, interesting, if you like thinking a lot about the things you read. Please R&R-tell me your ideas about its point!

A Dead Method's Response

2008-05-25T14:02:56-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 93, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

The sequel to my poem "Problem." This answers the question probably no one was asking: "What does the discarded method think about this whole situation?" Please R&R.

Problem

2008-05-25T14:00:26-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 291, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

I wrote this in frustration over a badly worded math test question. Thoroughly dorky, but kind of fun. Please R&R.

The Life You Save

2008-05-25T13:58:21-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 206, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

This is kind of my end of the year "English is getting to me" poem. It's a compilation of the titles of short stories and a few novels my class read over the year. Sort of geeky, but enjoyable if you like that sort of thing. Please R&R.

Apprehension

2008-05-25T13:55:34-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 151, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

A poem about one of those short, beautiful moments when everything could change, if only someone would take the initiative.

A Closet Monster's Woes

2008-05-25T13:53:30-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 297, Reviews: 4 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

Wouldn't it be tough to be a modern-day closet monster? I'm sure they have all sorts of work problems we've never contemplated. Here's a short musing on a few of them. Please R&R.

Paranoia

2008-05-25T13:51:06-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 97, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

A short rhyming poem about one overly suspicious person and an unfortunate pause in a phone conversation . . . Please R&R!

The Threads of Revolution

2008-03-25T19:39:47-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Historical
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,589, Reviews: 0 Updated: 3-25-08, Published: 3-25-08
Status: Complete

An exploration of how circumstance colors our perception of events. A chronicle of the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War, told through 4 people of different backgrounds. Is there a right side? And if so, what? More inside. Mild language.

I Ran

2008-03-01T16:42:13-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 216, Reviews: 1 Updated: 3-1-08, Published: 3-1-08
Status: Complete

A dark, somewhat emo poem about love gone wrong. T for violent imagery and depressing themes. It's short, so it won't waste your time. Please R&R. Thanks!

Hysterical Radical

2008-03-01T16:29:12-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 143, Reviews: 0 Updated: 3-1-08, Published: 3-1-08
Status: Complete

Short one-shot about a random rabble-rouser in some past time. As it is the first poetry I've published, please R&R. The poem is better than the summary, I promise. How do you summarize poetry anyway?

Children's Crusade

2008-03-01T16:18:06-08:00

Author: smilingsoprano
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Friendship/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,105, Reviews: 2 Updated: 3-1-08, Published: 3-1-08
Status: Complete

It's a familiar story...two families separated by years of hatred, two boundary-crossing youngsters. But these children are nine, just discovering shades of grey. Is it tragic? Inconsequential? And when it's all over, will they even remember?