| Etenebris |
Author has written 7 stories for Fantasy, and Sci-Fi. Writing is my life. I write for my own enjoyment, and no one else's, though it is always an added bonus when someone is pleased by my work. I write badly, and I write well -- it all depends on the day of the week, how hard I'm working, what's happening in my life, and, hell, whether or not I'm on my meds. In short, every new piece I take on is not unlike a pregnancy: I always end up going through labor, and the outcome is always different. (Though there are a lot more miscarriages than you usually get.) So if you read my work one week, you may find yourself enjoying a post-apocalyptic sci-fi (like Gwydion); the next week, you might end up vomiting in the toilet, either because of the realization that you've wasted ten minutes on something totally pointless, or because you just read a horror story about ass-rape. Any and all comments will be considered in the revision process, though I may not always follow your advice, 'cause I'm generally a dick that way. If you dislike my work, no hard feelings -- I'll still review yours objectively, if I have time, and if I feel like it. I tend to agree with lccorp2 regarding reviews -- if your stuff sucks, I'll tell you so. It would be an insult from me to you if I simply lied and gave you the non-descript, "I love it" review, when I know that I don't "love it." Though I'm generally not as harsh as lccorp2 -- mostly because I don't have the same talent for criticizing badfic that he does -- I will be honest, and I will be just. As in, if I do love your story, I'll say so -- as many of you already know, eh? (Oh, and, for the record: not kidding about the ass-rape.) FictionPress writers you should be reading - now: McQuinn: Not just fantastic 'cause she's fluent in Hebrew -- she's a great comic/sci-fi addition to the fray, with complex characters you wouldn't believe. Enjoyed the witty dialogue of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly? Read McQuinn's Raccoon Wars for the same level of expertise, but a whole new dose of originality. I also hear that Devoid and Devotion should be coming back up in a while, so stick around and read through the first few chapters of that for an example of her knack for the horrific and the beautiful. nomadsland: Like everyone else with half a brain, I'm tired of fiction written without purpose. Nomadsland provides an intelligent analysis of any number of topics, from life to love to psychology, in entertaining, thematic narratives. She does a wonderful job of balancing character with plot, regardless of whether she's writing one of her "muses," a short story, or a novel. Read her work if you're up to both an emotional and an intellectual challenge -- because that's most definitely what she's got in store. If you are not on this list, but you know I like your work, it's because I haven't read enough of it lately to be a good judge of it. Put up some new shit and notify me, already! Fiction: The Adept: Nigredo - Part one of a three-part epic, The Eighth Adept remade to suck less ass, incomplete The Dark Man and His Woman - Incomplete, one-shot The Party - Completed, one-shot We Don't Hate - Complete, one-shot Fall of the Animal - Discontinued, incomplete Gwydion - Completed, one-shot The Eighth Adept - Discontinued, incomplete The Rebirther - Discontinued, incomplete Flames Arisen -- Discontinued, incomplete Dark Things -- Discontinued, incomplete Plays: A Fine Time to Live -- Completed, one-shot, possibly not going to be put up (because of FP's shitty upload format) | |||||||
1. The Adept: Nigredo » reviewsThe West crumbles, and not one man lifts his head. This is the disaster confronting Julia, a 23-year-old Chicago bank teller. She has no idea how great the cataclysm can become - or what it could have to do with her. Part 1 of a 3-part "epic."Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,046 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-13-09 - Published: 1-19-092. The Party reviewsA debutante hosts a "Holidays Ball," and is mortified when it goes wrong - in a rather untraditional manner. But she learns to cope, and, like all good girls, is determined to take her lumps with a positive attitude.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Horror/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 679 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-19-09 - Complete3. Gwydion reviewsA young woman struggles to survive in an urban, post-apocalyptic world - but what has that survival cost her? One-shot.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,064 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-6-08 - Complete4. The Eighth Adept » reviewsA woman who cares very little for her own soul finds that a life without death is perhaps even worse than death itself, when she is kidnapped by and recruited into a small group of interworldly immortal exhumans.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 13 - Words: 31,593 - Reviews: 50 - Updated: 4-29-07 - Published: 12-5-055. Flames Arisen reviewsSummary Update: Something I was going to write when I was finished with what I'm writing right now. Is never going to happen, in short. Anyway, 'twas about some weird interstellar battle for "Life," or something like that.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,317 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-24-066. Dark Things » reviewsSummary Update: One of my first attempts at a novel. Obviously, did not go well, but that's to be expected. Anyway: Is about a girl who gets kidnapped by monsters, etc., etc., she dies and kills them all. Written when I was all into selflessness.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,475 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 12-3-05 - Published: 11-14-057. The Rebirther » reviewsSummary Update: Something I was writing, ain't writing no more, oh, look at me, look at me, I'm so blue, so blue, let's sing a tune. What? Oh, this is sci-fi. About a girl who can, I dunno, resurrect teh peoplez. Whatever.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 6 - Words: 8,760 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 7-19-05 - Published: 6-13-05