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Josh Rittenhouse
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since: 10-12-09, id: 693200, Profile Updated: 11-06-09
country: United States
Author has written 88 stories for Love, Fantasy, Life, Haiku, Humor, Family, Friendship, War, Song, and Horror.

I'm just some dude.
I write because I would explode without it.
If you come across my profile and read any of my randomness, please leave a review!

These are all the pieces that are left after the storm has blown through...

I've left them arranged as I found them...

Scattered, broken, imperfect, and true...

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1. Ethereal Lover
I close my eyes and she comes to me. My ethereal lover.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 342 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-21-09 - Published: 11-21-09
2. Windfall reviews
This is a poem that I wrote in high school. I was testing the waters of surrealism, so it might not make any sense to you but it holds immense nostalgia for me. Please, read and review with care.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 382 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-21-09 - Published: 11-21-09
3. A Lost Soul
Journey with this lost soul...
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 106 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-20-09 - Published: 11-20-09
4. Southern Belle
She came into my life, giving it new light.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 125 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-20-09 - Published: 11-20-09
5. Juggalo 4 Life
My tribute to the Insane Clown Posse. Hope you like it.
Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Horror/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 290 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-18-09 - Published: 11-18-09
6. Our Love reviews
The power of love.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 26 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-16-09 - Published: 11-16-09
7. Angelic
For the girl that holds my love and my heart. You are my angel.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-15-09 - Published: 11-15-09
8. Turn reviews
Every relationship changes you.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 11-14-09 - Published: 11-14-09
9. Your Words
Walked away from your lies.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-14-09 - Published: 11-14-09
10. Regret
Always take chances.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-14-09 - Published: 11-14-09
11. Tender
A lover's touch...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-14-09 - Published: 11-14-09
12. Danger Road
Keep cautious on strange roads. You never know what life will have in store.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 251 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-12-09 - Published: 11-12-09
13. Destroyer reviews
She ruined everything.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-11-09 - Published: 11-11-09
14. Goddess reviews
This is what I've always wanted. She makes me complete.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 194 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-11-09 - Published: 11-11-09
15. On, To a Greater Love reviews
Saying goodbye is not so hard when there is such beauty on the horizon.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-11-09 - Published: 11-11-09
16. Ashley's Haikus
I would have done it all for her. Yet, I'm glad it ended.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-11-09 - Published: 11-11-09
17. The Ride
What do you think the Ride is? Tell me in a review?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 85 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
18. Wrong reviews
You'll never be right.
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
19. Just a Fool reviews
Don't be fooled by pretty words or a pretty face.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
20. Haiku For the Whore reviews
Self-explanatory.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 44 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
21. Just Want reviews
Is it wrong to want this?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
22. Fate reviews
It was always meant to end like that...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
23. Silenced reviews
The emptiness stifles the sound.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
24. Blurry reviews
Life goes by too fast.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 11-10-09
25. Starburst reviews
Her love is astonishing.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-9-09 - Published: 11-9-09
26. Monsters! reviews
What are those things in that dark corner? Monsters!
Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 231 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-9-09 - Published: 11-9-09
27. Untitled to Kitty reviews
A haiku that I wrote a long time ago that has recently gained a significance that it never had before.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-9-09 - Published: 11-9-09
28. Poetic reviews
How my poetry makes me feel sometimes.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-8-09 - Published: 11-8-09
29. Cherish
Always value what you have...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-8-09 - Published: 11-8-09
30. If I Could Be
I'd be your entire world, if only you'd let me.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-8-09 - Published: 11-8-09
31. Searching
We all look for something to complete us. This is my search for mine.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 192 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-8-09 - Published: 11-8-09
32. Beauty reviews
A poem about being with that one perfect person. The one person that can change everything for you and make your world brighter.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-8-09 - Published: 11-8-09
33. Constipate Confusion
How do you guide someone that once guided you? A poem about how, sometimes, helping is hurting and giving up is all that you have left...
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
34. The Rat Race reviews
The process of life, simplified.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Family/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 267 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
35. Poem For Heather reviews
A poem that I wrote to my wife, when I realized that our marriage was truly over. This one means almost as much to me as the one that I wrote for my step-daughter. Please, treat it with kindness and leave a review.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 251 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
36. Passion's Call
The stirring of new love...
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
37. Trash reviews
Written while feeling extremely low....
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
38. The Shell
An attempt to pull someone out of what they consider ordinary and into something bigger.
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
39. Spun
Life spins us all out of control sometimes.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 229 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-09 - Published: 11-7-09
40. Shadow Zone reviews
Darkness cleanses...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
41. Rain reviews
A downpour.
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
42. Thoughtless
More thoughts...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
43. Eternity
Thoughts...
Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
44. Read Between the Lines reviews
A message to someone I once loved.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 178 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
45. Kiss In the Rain reviews
Long-distance relationships suck.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 230 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
46. Inside of You
I guess I'm just a memory....
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
47. If I Waited
How long is too long to wait for love?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
48. Fleeting
A love lost too quickly.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
49. Falsifier
Liars never win.
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 294 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
50. Existing
What does existing mean to you?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 203 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
51. Disjointed
Oh, why can't it be the same?
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
52. In the Trenches
When you say, "I do", it means that you never give up. Even when life becomes a war zone.
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 191 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
53. The Forest
When you lose that one love, how do you find it again?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 299 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
54. Identity reviews
Sometimes, we are too many things. Sometimes, we forget who we are.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 186 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
55. Worthless Product
Some things will take and take and take from you. Know when to walk away.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 206 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
56. What I'd Choose reviews
If given a choice, would you choose love? Or Friendship?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
57. Unendurable
Popularity isn't everything.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Friendship/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 194 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
58. Undo or Be Undone reviews
Friendships must be maintained or they will die.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Friendship/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
59. The Rainy Season reviews
Insanity.
Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 397 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
60. The Nothing reviews
Trapped.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
61. The Ending For Her reviews
Okay, I wrote this when I was very drunk, so.... It kinda is just rambling... I don't know... Maybe you'll like it?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 276 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
62. Some Roads Lead On
Past failure is not indicative of future performance.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
63. Only What I Am
We build ourselves up to be who we are.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 150 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
64. Nightmare Hope reviews
A short story about a garden of goodness becoming a garden of nightmares. How easily things can change, thanks to the evil inside of another....
Complete - Horror - Fiction Rated: M - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 716 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
65. My Shining Star reviews
To a girl who was, at one point, my guiding light.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
66. Twinkling Lights, Constant Shadows
We can be both things. We can be everywhere and nowhere. All you have to do is believe.
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 224 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
67. The Dance of Changes
Can things ever go back the way they were?
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 263 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
68. Night Out reviews
A night on the town gets stale.
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 243 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
69. Heart On a Leash
Do you lead your heart or does it lead you?
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 253 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
70. Mockingbird reviews
Someday, I'll shine like you.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-6-09 - Published: 11-6-09
71. A Girl to Break the Mold reviews
Finding hope in a new lover.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 259 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-5-09 - Published: 11-5-09
72. Questions to Be Unanswered reviews
My ponderings...
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-5-09 - Published: 11-5-09
73. To a Girl reviews
How do you feel when you see someone that you're attracted to and they are with someone else?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 204 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-5-09 - Published: 11-5-09
74. The Princess Lament reviews
Understanding our choices and their consequences.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 136 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-5-09 - Published: 11-5-09
75. All I Know is Falling reviews
It's easier to face life when you're not alone.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-5-09 - Published: 11-5-09
76. Notebook of My Life
A simple poem about how we all have a story to tell and an individuals perspective on how theirs plays out.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
77. Now
A disheartened person realizes that they have become a better person through a break-up.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
78. Souvenir
A comparison. Does a snow-globe equal a human life?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
79. Water reviews
The cries of a heartbroken lover, yearning for his love to return.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 80 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
80. Waste
A retaliatory statement.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 241 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
81. See Me
A poem about one person's quest to be seen as an equal.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
82. Rub reviews
Massage.
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
83. Picture Frame
A short poem about jealousy and longing.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-4-09 - Published: 11-4-09
84. Caliber reviews
In the war of love, what would be your weapon?
Complete - War - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-2-09 - Published: 11-2-09
85. Lives
My attempt to rid myself of the demons that my ex-wife left me with.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 214 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-2-09 - Published: 11-2-09
86. Damnation reviews
A view from the mind of one that has been outcast.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 191 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-2-09 - Published: 11-2-09
87. Come Home reviews
An angry, yet heartfelt, plea to my wife to return home after leaving me.
Complete - Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-2-09 - Published: 11-2-09
88. Remembering Autumn reviews
A poem for my step-daughter. I raised her from birth to two years old. I miss her.
Complete - Family - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 311 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-2-09 - Published: 11-2-09
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