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Author has written 29 stories for Fantasy, Humor, Humor, Romance, Haiku, Horror, General, Life, Historical, Essay, and General. I'm not so very good at writing biography, I find it tedious. So please accept the following in it's place: I'm in my twenties and I go by the nom de plume of Rune Vanyarin (although I've several other usernames). I like things historical and things poetic. My writing style (and my entire being, for that matter) is somewhat out of date. I'm actually not so very good at writing at all, I just ape the Greats. I listen to Opera and Metal. I'm a bit of a linguist, a bit of a nerd, a bit of a historian, a bit of a hermit, a bit proud and I've a tendency to use the phrase "a bit" where "very much incredibly so" would be a bit more accurate. A few of my favourite authors and poets are (in no particular order and with my deepest apologies to those many I've accidentally or absent-mindedly omitted): Robert Louis Stevenson, JRR Tolkien, John Keats, HP Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Bram Stoker, Yuki Kaori (The only Mangaka in this list, she should feel honoured), Cynewulf, John Masefield, John Donne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edmund Spenser, Vernon Lee, Raymond Chandler, Æschylus, Thomas Mallory, Aleksander Pushkin, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Chattertonand again let me offer my regrets to those I've forgotten. I'll add you later as I recall you. I've also a taste for our old epics, including: Beowulf, the Eddas, Das Hildebrandslied, Das Nibelungenlied, The Kalevala and every bit of Old Anglisc alliterative verse I can get a hold of. To my mind, there is nothing more wonderful than written language. The Bard said the pen is mightier than the sword, I respond that the sword itself would be forgotten were it not for the pen. The first pieces I put on this website I wrote in 2005, that was some time ago (the time of writing is AD 2009), expect the stuffs here to be of vastly varying quality. And with that I bid you enjoy my pieces or do not enjoy them, I'd be obliged for comments either way. And I'm not at all adverse to readers pointing out my flaws, as long as they're not asinine about it. Don't inform me that my old limerick "sucks", instead have the decency to tell me why it "sucks". | |||||||
1. On myself and authors » reviewsNEW CHAPTER: Commentary on John Keats. This is a collection of short pieces, some autobiographical and some more objective, about certain authors and my thoughts about them. As I write short bits of this nature I'll add them as chapters here.Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 975 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-24-09 - Published: 7-7-092. TheodwitaTheodwita is an Anglo-Saxon word roughly meaning "Historian" or "Loremaster". In this piece I tried to capture the essence of that idea. I'm not sure if it works or not, but I'm trying to set it to music anyway. Why isn't Historical one of the genres hereComplete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-12-09 - Published: 7-12-093. Feathersorg »Three pieces about Feathersorg the Penguin which I wrote in 2006. Each is a very different style, and all three are surpassingly silly.Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,147 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-4-09 - Published: 7-4-094. Tapio Spirit of the Forest reviewsA monologue concerning the woods. I'm of the opinion that this piece describes itself and any prefatory statements on my part will only bore the reader and delay reading the actual piece, which is relatively short anyway.Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 572 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-3-09 - Published: 7-3-095. Vignette of a Young Man on Inventing Something NewThis is an attempt to write a character who has almost nothing in common with myself. It's a first-person monologue and somewhat experimental for me. I think the writing style may have suffered because of the narrator, but it's still quite readable.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 928 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-17-09 - Published: 6-17-096. We are the Dancers reviewsA young man from the eighteenth century meets his sister from the twentieth. This story has time travel in it, lots of it. It also has a great deal of long, archaic sentences; the narrator is from the 1700's so I took some liberties with the style.Complete - Historical - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,027 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-12-09 - Published: 6-12-097. Valhalla AwaitsA short bit of narrative describing the aftermath of a battle from the point of view of one fallen in that battle. Inspired by the song "Perfection or Vanity" by Dimmu Borgir and written for the Livejournal group notemeetsletter.Complete - Historical - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 267 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-29-09 - Published: 5-29-098. Beowulf sets sailA translation I did of a brief section from the Anglo-Saxon poem BeowulfComplete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 274 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-13-09 - Published: 4-13-099. A somewhat true story reviewsThis story may or may not be true. Likewise, it may or may not be hilarious. I can assure you, though, that is isn't very good.Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 54 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-11-09 - Published: 3-11-0910. Once upon a time there was a horse reviewsOne paragraph of silliness which I assure you is reasonably well written.Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-19-09 - Published: 2-19-0911. A Story reviewsI was playing around stylistically and came up with a story told with the very minimum of facts. I apologize for the horizontal lines in the middle of the text, the system wouldn't let me use the quadruple line breaks I wanted.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-7-08 - Published: 10-7-0812. The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight reviewsA typical story, with a protagonist who realizes that his story is quite typical. Please note that the tense shift towards the end of the second paragraph is thoroughly intentional. also note that my rating is not my intended audience but a RATINGComplete - Romance - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 297 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-7-08 - Published: 10-7-0813. On Piecraft reviewsPies are beyond awesome, they are one of the best things to ever happen to mankind. But Pies are not allways easy to obtain. Untill now. Now with this little dissertation even a kitchen phobic bachelor can make his own pie.Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 738 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-19-07 - Published: 11-19-0714. A Sea Battle reviewsViking dude battles a sea troll. Written in a high style while avoiding Latinate & French words, for some reason that made it be first person present tense. Definately not inspired by the AngloSaxon epic Beowulf or Metalocalypse's Murmaider at allHistorical - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 416 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-19-07 - Published: 11-19-0715. Geardagum reviewsThe result of sitting in the library reading Seamus Heaney's works instead of doing Calculus homework.Some random poetic lines but not really a poem dealing with my feelings about history and the events of the past.Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 266 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-1-07 - Published: 10-1-0716. The Horror at the Castle reviewsA parody of H.P. Lovecraft. I used Lovecraft's style and methods for writing horror but used a silly subject. I think it's hilarious, read it and let me know what you think and please be honest. recently updated to correct spelling and clerical errors .Complete - Horror - Fiction Rated: T - English - Parody/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 998 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-24-07 - Published: 4-24-0717. Shiny distraction reviewsA random bit of action. It involves a shiny distraction, a lot a insanity nd charging with a sword.Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-6-07 - Published: 3-6-0718. The Great Engulfer reviewsMy couch eats all my stuff. This is the result of having a bit much coffee in me when it ate my phone.Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 260 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-13-07 - Published: 2-13-0719. It has ferrets reviewsA brief conversation between a warrior who is afraid of fish and nothing else and someone who is trying to dissuade him from going somewhere dangerous. Some grammar and usage slightly revised July 2009.Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-5-07 - Published: 2-5-0720. Húron's Epiphany reviewsA single epic sentence of 119 words, most of those words kennings or adjectives. As with most of my pre-2009 work, the topic is silly. Updated July 2009, some slight changes made to the grammar and the character's name changed out of respect for Tolkien.Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-1-07 - Published: 2-1-0721. Of Sleep And the Lack ThereofThis is poetic prose, I'm too respectful of the poets to try and pass this tripe off as poetry. It's just pretty words with no reason to them or subject behind them.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 289 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-4-07 - Published: 1-4-0722. On a Piece of Lint I Found in My Coat Pocket reviewsAnother bit of not-really verse, shamelessly aping the masters of verse. The result of hypercaffination and overtiredness. If I don't stop now I'll be as bad as the Vogons.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 129 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-4-07 - Published: 1-4-0723. To My Muse, The Lady Caffeine reviewsThe result of reading Elizabethan Sonnets while drinking an energy drinks out of a wine glass. It's not really a poem, just poetic prose. I like to think the words are quite pretty although the topic is just a bit silly.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 214 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-4-07 - Published: 1-4-0724. An Unspeakable Horror reviewsA description of an unspeakable horror from the depths of the sea, a parody of H.P. Lovecraft's style. It may be rated K, but that doesn't preclude it from containing Lovecraftian words such as "ichor", "pulsating" and "travesty".Complete - Horror - Fiction Rated: K - English - Parody/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-21-06 - Published: 10-21-0625. The random poet: A Haiku collection reviewsIt has always annoyed me that so many so-call'd haiku are actually just a disguise for the fact the the author cannot write verse at all. My response was these lines of complete doggerel, but I like to flatter myself that it's amusing doggerel.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 189 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 12-1-05 - Published: 12-1-0526. She is Beautiful reviewsIn 2005 I was being inundated with badly written romance, so I thought I'd try the genre myself. As with everything else from 2005, this is a parody of worst, or is it the best? sort.Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 6-18-05 - Published: 6-18-0527. Busted OR The TechnoMonk reviewsWhat would happen if a Monk got on the internet? This is a story about a boy who want's a Computer Science degree but his parents want him to be a monk.Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 566 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-9-05 - Published: 5-9-0528. There Once Was a Rabit Named Dot reviewsA little limerick I wrote years ago; 1999 or 2000, if I remember correctly , and the only one of my childhood pieces which I still have committed to memory. For simple humour I don't think I've surpassed this in the last decade of trying.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-17-05 - Published: 4-17-0529. Runekaster reviewsThe opening section of a novel-length fantasy which I may or may not finish. Written April 2005 and newly revised for grammar, usage and niceties of style July 2009Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,439 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-17-05 - Published: 4-17-05
