Lynne Maio
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since: 01-29-09, id: 651523, Profile Updated: 11-22-12
country: USA
Author has written 14 stories for Young Adult, Fantasy, Action, Essay, Supernatural, General, Romance, Song, Love, Religion, and Sci-Fi.

Chinese-born, Cleveland-bred, NYC-bound. lover of all things vintage: first-edition classics, vinyl records, and decomposing bodies. lavish me with secondhand embarrassment.


1. But Strangely So » reviews
A collection of vignettes. Lucas was an all-American family man in the sullen Cleveland suburb of Sharkwood when he met 25-year-old Sam. As their friendship morphs into a consuming affair, he collides with the demons she battles daily. (one removed)
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 7 - Words: 3,142 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-10-12 - Published: 4-10-12
2. Glimpsing Belzirtine » reviews
Toying with a dystopian world of mine. Nameless women peer into the haze of a ruined dictator's mind. Highly experimental and apprehensive as they come.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,163 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-19-12 - Published: 5-24-12 - Complete
3. Ode to the Lord reviews
God is everywhere, constantly at work. Just look around; He's hard to miss.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-21-10 - Complete
4. That Which is Mine
A Shakespearean sonnet. A psychologically abusive relationship. A sadist in love.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 124 - Published: 7-21-10 - Complete
5. Cold Breath
Old Halloween story. A waiflike young woman returns to the house in which she once was a maid to walk along its empty hallways. Yet slowly she realizes that she isn't alone, as a dark figure from her past draws closer and closer.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 839 - Published: 7-19-10 - Complete
6. Him
When his mouth parts, I hear love. In his words I find his soul. A simple love song of innocent adoration.
Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Published: 7-19-10 - Complete
7. Spiral Down reviews
English class story contest. Suspense and the senses. A snapshot of seduction. Cole, the writer for whom I edit, captivates me with his words and opens my vulnerability to his touch.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 640 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-12-09 - Complete
8. Minnie Vautrin reviews
Entry for Women Making History essay contest. During the barbaric Rape of Nanking in 1937, Minnie Vautrin transformed a young missionary school into a refuge for ten thousand woman. Such courage and selflessness deserves to be commemorated.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 715 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-8-09 - Complete
9. Beast of Shadows
Marley & Me animal story contest. Mankind marvels at me, but natures shuns me. I live in darkness. I live for light.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 433 - Published: 4-15-09 - Complete
10. Linger Here reviews
One of my oldest stories. The memory of a man from a ruined woman's past comes to life to haunt her, and he claims her her as his own.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 512 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-16-09 - Complete
11. Stop the Hate of Ableism reviews
My entry for Maltz Jewish Heritage Museum's "Stop the Hate" essay contest. Although it is extremely short and it did not place, this essay is very personal to me. I hope this small voice will contribute to the unity of disabled and non-disabled people.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 444 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-8-09 - Complete
12. My Deer reviews
I am a hunting hound, trained in bloodlust. One day, on a heated pursuit of a mysterious deer, I experienced the forest the way I never had before. The deer might not have been real...or was it?
Fiction: Action - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 513 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-09 - Complete
13. Mountaina's Prisoner reviews
Prompt: "Monster." We overthrew the tyrannical Emperor Jonatan and imprisoned him for fifty years, the equal time of his rule and his father's combined. Mountaina was not just a prison but a creator of beasts, as we saw when the prisoner was released.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 666 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-09 - Complete
14. How Pete Came to Be reviews
Prompt: "Beginnings." Ok, I should not have been writing fantasy stories about this evil teacher. It was fun...for a while. And then he found out, which really sucks. Why did I start in the first place? Reflections of an over-imaginative young writer.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 948 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-09 - Complete