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Coincidental

2008-08-03T17:41:49-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 0 Updated: 8-3-08, Published: 8-3-08
Status: Complete

this is a work of fiction. you're not in it. sorry.

Absolution

2006-07-01T13:44:29-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 454, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-1-06, Published: 7-1-06
Status: Complete

Listen-if you stand on the edge of the abyss and look down the skulls grin back out of the blackblack depths of oblivion as if to say here we are look where it's oh-so-much-better but here on earth watching we too have nirvana (thirty-seven fifty per mont

Fickle

2006-05-20T09:29:45-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 27, Reviews: 5 Updated: 5-20-06, Published: 5-20-06
Status: Complete

A passing fad . . .

Benevolent Design

2006-04-11T22:50:35-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 196, Reviews: 10 Updated: 4-11-06, Published: 4-11-06
Status: Complete

Did Gaia turn to Venus one morning, and ask: "Does the crust make me look fat? I'm feeling a little round these days, I must confess."

An Infinitive

2006-03-04T10:59:03-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 6 Updated: 3-4-06, Published: 3-4-06
Status: Complete

last night I dreamed my bed was out to sea, a one-man four-poster pirate ship twisting into Escherspace . . .

Reflection

2006-01-23T23:25:02-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 6 Updated: 1-23-06, Published: 1-23-06
Status: Complete

. . . and I might have answered but it's hard to remember because I was wondering whether swearing in literature could be considered a form of ART (after all, ContemporaryArt is undefined) . . .

The Writer's Attic, Issue 14

2005-10-31T21:31:10-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,542, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-31-05, Published: 10-31-05
Status: Complete

In this issue: the epistolary novel, the intrusive author, and not another guide to Narnia . . .

The Writer's Attic, Issue 13

2005-09-17T21:55:56-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,744, Reviews: 7 Updated: 9-17-05, Published: 9-17-05
Status: Complete

In this issue: I takes on he, she and it (and maybe even you) . . . points of view, plus a very brief word on democracy.

The Writer's State

2005-09-03T13:38:14-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 4 Updated: 9-3-05, Published: 9-3-05
Status: Complete

for a span of years the mead of poetry sustained him but as middle age approached doubt crept in and late nights he asked the sky why people were evil and if the mkgandhis did not have effect then how could clark kent hope to save the world from itself?

Cycle

2005-09-01T20:19:49-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 75, Reviews: 6 Updated: 9-1-05, Published: 9-1-05
Status: Complete

some mornings she wakes up trying to recall the night's epiphany, the climactic sense of alliswell and humanityiwillsaveyou although the means to do so sadly are lacking

The Writer's Attic, Issue 12

2005-07-31T10:52:13-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,315, Reviews: 11 Updated: 7-31-05, Published: 7-31-05
Status: Complete

In this issue: creating magic for a fantasy world, magic realism, and evolution (Yes, the column upload is still broken. Sorry.)

The Writer's Attic, Issue 11

2005-07-02T09:05:12-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,266, Reviews: 10 Updated: 7-2-05, Published: 7-2-05
Status: Complete

Here's issue 11 of the Writer's Attic until the column upload gets fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The Shoebox

2005-06-28T18:05:26-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,984, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-28-05, Published: 6-28-05
Status: Complete

She's free that morning, with the shoebox under her arm, and because she knows it better than she knows him, she doesn't think she'll be coming back anytime soon.

Wings

2005-05-30T23:10:27-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 2, Words: 295, Reviews: 16 Updated: 5-30-05, Published: 5-11-05
Status: Complete

Anything with wings is different

The Evolution

2005-05-10T20:57:00-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 200, Reviews: 10 Updated: 5-10-05, Published: 5-10-05
Status: Complete

And just the other day someone said that if there really was an intelligent designer and the universe didn't just bigbanglookhereiam then they probably would have given Kansas a better board of education.

Sunrise

2005-03-06T18:54:19-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 237, Reviews: 6 Updated: 3-6-05, Published: 3-6-05
Status: Complete

They decided simply a long time ago that caffeine was for lovers and others who considered the day worth staying awake for . . .

Monster

2005-03-02T11:28:19-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 9 Updated: 3-2-05, Published: 3-2-05
Status: Complete

Like the terrified watchers at the freak shows that went out of fashion with The Elephant Man . . . (written late night/early morning, somewhat odd. Title suggestions welcome)

Tristesse

2004-10-24T10:52:37-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,009, Reviews: 13 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-19-04
Status: Complete

A creative nonfiction piece I wrote a few months ago. Deals with some of my experiences during one of the less pleasant times in my life, more as brief glimpses and memories than narrative. Constructed around a piece I was playing on the piano.

The Power of Language

2004-10-24T10:52:18-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 717, Reviews: 7 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 8-1-04
Status: Complete

My goal was to get across a somewhat complicated sentiment using fairly simple language and loose grammar - this poem came out of several different journal entries and some thoughts I had after a friend's death. One must admit - existence is rather futil

Night Walker

2004-10-22T05:40:11-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Supernatural/Drama
Chapters: 6, Words: 9,681, Reviews: 21 Updated: 10-22-04, Published: 6-4-03
Status: Complete

Rowena is Storms blood . . . hunter and healer combined, a lonely destiny. But when a strange vampire suddenly discovers her name . . . and her home, everything she holds for unchanging seems suddenly to warp and merge. Life's constant is change, and sh

We Will Not Be the Sun

2004-05-31T14:29:14-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 346, Reviews: 5 Updated: 5-31-04, Published: 5-31-04
Status: Complete

Another form poem, this time a villanelle, once again explained inside. It's a tad Shakespeare-ish, except not HALF so good, because it's almost impossible not to go high-brow with this form.

Slice

2004-05-31T14:15:01-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 416, Reviews: 15 Updated: 5-31-04, Published: 5-31-04
Status: Complete

A slice of life - five women playing cards around a kitchen table, wearing masks on their faces and hiding tears. This is a type of form poem called a sestina, which is explained inside. It's complicated, but fun to try out.

Fünfzehn

2004-04-13T21:28:21-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 288, Reviews: 12 Updated: 4-13-04, Published: 4-13-04
Status: Complete

All literature classes do something that is known, commonly, as beating the poem - i.e. overanalysis. This one is sort of tongue-in-cheek, about a short German story called Funfzehn

The Best Laid Plans

2004-03-06T09:57:11-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 361, Reviews: 10 Updated: 3-6-04, Published: 3-6-04
Status: Complete

We all look for Ithaca . . . but we don't always realize how to find it, or what we are looking for . . . the world makes a mockery of the best-laid plans.

A Situation Developed

2004-02-23T16:17:49-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 469, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-23-04, Published: 2-23-04
Status: Complete

Another English assignment - a found poem, consisting entirely of sentences and passages lifted from primary sources. About the Vietnam war experience for many.

End the War!

2003-09-30T21:23:30-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 320, Reviews: 34 Updated: 9-30-03, Published: 9-30-03
Status: Complete

A parody of Poe's "The Raven" - an English assignment that turned suddenly and sinisterly anti-war . . .

Rebirth

2003-07-30T09:37:15-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 7 Updated: 7-30-03, Published: 7-30-03
Status: Complete

And seeing him, she takes his hand, in time for the world to begin again . . .

If the Truth Be Told

2003-07-30T09:03:40-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 112, Reviews: 11 Updated: 7-30-03, Published: 7-30-03
Status: Complete

In my mind there were only thoughts, and in my sky there were only stars, and out among them spread my consciousness, grasping and wondering at each new light.

The Medium

2003-07-27T22:38:25-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 179, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-27-03, Published: 7-27-03
Status: Complete

I know what I would be, given the chance . . . but it is not meant to be . . .

Around the Bend

2003-07-27T22:09:59-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 256, Reviews: 7 Updated: 7-27-03, Published: 7-27-03
Status: Complete

Six people, six verses, six stories. This ought to have been inspired by a good bout of people-watching, but sadly I was just lying in bed unable to sleep. Trying to remember that story I dreamed last night . . . ah me.

Shadowscape

2003-07-12T07:10:30-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 118, Reviews: 20 Updated: 7-12-03, Published: 7-12-03
Status: Complete

I didn't know I was going to write this until I sat down and did, but I'm quite pleased with the results. This is my shadow poem . . . I challenge you to find a line in it that does not have the word 'shadow' in it . . .

Fire and Ice

2003-07-04T08:38:22-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Fantasy/Drama
Chapters: 2, Words: 2,006, Reviews: 32 Updated: 7-4-03, Published: 7-4-03
Status: Complete

The time is drawing close . . . two young people will arise, the mages of fire and ice, to draw together the destiny of the torn land of Elia. Whether they will tear it apart or bring it back together . . . time can only tell. LIKELY DISCONTINUED

Halo on the Horns

2003-06-04T14:17:43-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 305, Reviews: 15 Updated: 6-4-03, Published: 6-4-03
Status: Complete

What brings the devil to your door tonight? Evil never sleeps . . . open up the door, he'll be waiting out there (revised 02/06/2005 - the first four verses are completely different)

White Dragon

2003-04-30T20:42:26-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 176, Reviews: 5 Updated: 4-30-03, Published: 4-30-03
Status: Complete

I'm not so sure what this is about . . . the refrain seems to have nothing to do with the verse. Playing it cool, playing the fool. White dragon, I think she's fading out . . .

Patchwork Saviour

2003-04-30T20:41:10-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 247, Reviews: 7 Updated: 4-30-03, Published: 4-30-03
Status: Complete

He's your patchwork saviour, but he's falling apart at the seams . . . (revised 02.05.2005 - refrain is similar, verses are completely different)

Analyst

2003-04-22T19:17:35-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 2 Updated: 4-22-03, Published: 4-22-03
Status: Complete

You tumbled, smiling, pleased with the loss of control, to fall at my feet in a beautiful daze - lost in the murky depths of your own mind (revised 12/2004)

Chron, Ferryman Without an A

2003-03-08T07:12:28-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 4 Updated: 3-8-03, Published: 3-8-03
Status: Complete

Redone 02.2005, and is pretty much unrecognizable. Got rid of obscure references - mainly it's musing on Charon and his role as ferryman

Cage Of Nails

2003-03-08T07:09:43-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 171, Reviews: 13 Updated: 3-8-03, Published: 3-8-03
Status: Complete

We all build walls around ourselves - some of us just do not notice until we have fenced ourselves in irreversably

Food For Thought

2002-12-31T17:18:34-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 7, Words: 6,535, Reviews: 5 Updated: 12-31-02, Published: 12-30-02
Status: Complete

These are bits and pieces of stories that I found when I was cleaning out my drawer. If you like completeness, read at your own risk. Some of these may never be worked on, others will be finished.

The Isolationist Manifesto

2002-12-27T22:46:35-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 864, Reviews: 28 Updated: 12-27-02, Published: 12-27-02
Status: Complete

Musings on achieving world peace. Light humour, I suppose, although it's meant to be serious. A cynical look at the world we are creating for ourselves. (Note: I might rework this - I still like the idea, but it's poorly written)

Games of the Knife

2002-05-28T20:50:03-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Young Adult
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 610, Reviews: 87 Updated: 5-28-02, Published: 3-28-02
Status: Complete

She was some kind of teenage messiah. He thought she was crazy. But it didn't change the fact that she'd hired him . . . to kill her.

Anderael's Daughter

2002-05-28T19:18:14-08:00

Author: Autumndark
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,353, Reviews: 45 Updated: 5-28-02, Published: 8-26-01
Status: Complete

Hecate Anderle has never known where she came from - never known anything but her name. But when a war begins, and Hecate is summoned to the forefront, she begins to realize that she's not just any orphan . . . and her name may hold the key to her past