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| Alexander D.C |
Author has written 43 stories for Sci-Fi, Mystery, Humor, Humor, Life, General, Nature, Fantasy, School, War, Horror, Mythology, and Love. Hello, and welcome to my profile page! While I do have a name, I tend to make a habit of not bandying it about online, and so for simplicity you may call me Alexander D.C. Apart from that...what't to say? I'm a college student, and I write. It's just something I like to do. It feels good, like eating chocolate. It also makes me feel more alive. Again, like eating chocolate. However, unlike eating chocolate, and this is kind of a big one for me, it actually has some kind of notable positive result. I am currently a college student attending Brandeis University. (You can look it up.) So far, I write mostly short fiction, poetry, and satire, but I hope to branch out to long forms. I've had The Big One brewing in my head for quite a long time, but last time I tried to write it, it rapidly became apparent that I was nowhere near skilled enough. Yet. Until that point, I'm working up to it. While everything here was made with some sort of unique idea or intent, all of them also serve as practice for me. See, I want to get better, and I believe that practice and feedback help quite a bit. As a corollary to that, constructive criticism is appreciated. Heck, I'll take deconstructive, subversive, or destructive criticism too; at least it increases my publicity, so review away. Enjoy! | |||||||
1. The Western Sunsets, Maybe? reviewsA poem about a blank place I visited this summer.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-21-10 - Complete2. The Second MeditationThinking back on a relationship that failed to start.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Published: 9-21-10 - Complete3. Remembering Mark reviewsChronicling the unusual passing of a child.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 218 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-21-10 - Complete4. HereA group of travelers try to avoid returning to the place they find themselves, time and time again.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Published: 9-21-105. God's Publicity Team Gives Advice reviewsAdvice to God on how to spread religion in the Information Age.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-21-10 - Complete6. CatsReflection on the nature of cats in my life.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Published: 9-21-107. Scientists concede climate change reviewsThose damn scientists have finally admitted that their so-called "climate change" is actually a heretical publicity stunt!Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 337 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-21-10 - Complete8. Coyote's Ascension Or, How Coyote Stole the MoonMythological mashup explaining how Coyote became a god.Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,555 - Published: 9-6-10 - Complete9. A Slippery FishAn officer and an investigator discuss a witness's testimony. Continuous with "The Method".Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Crime/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,301 - Published: 5-24-10 - Complete10. Logan Airport Blues reviewsA funny encounter I had in the Boston airport.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-24-10 - Complete11. Eyes reviewsPsionics can be scary business.Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,377 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-23-10 - Complete12. Aramark Establishes Benevolent Dictatorship reviewsPoking fun at the company that provides food services to my college. Might be too laden with in-jokes, though.Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 394 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-11-10 - Complete13. MoreI'm a Seattle kid going to college near Boston. So, a small degree of culture shock is to be expected, no?Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 364 - Published: 5-11-10 - Complete14. Under the Gun reviewsA survivor of the nuclear holocaust discusses his life.Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-29-10 - Complete15. Trains reviewsThere was a time when steampunk kids rode trains across the country, possibly pursued by cowboys. It was a better time, a more romantic time. Too bad it never existed.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Western - Chapters: 1 - Words: 174 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-20-10 - Complete16. Six Word Poems reviewsA whole bunch of extremely short poems, just like the title says.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 199 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-14-10 - Complete17. Klein Bottle reviewsWhat happens when a writer like myself tries to discuss four-dimensional geometry.Poetry: School - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 212 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-14-10 - Complete18. Girl in Picture Eats Peach reviewsA photograph of a girl eating a peach in an art exhibition has some things to say about the people who look at her.Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 530 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-6-10 - Complete19. The Bright Lady reviewsDescribing a woman who shines like the sun. In the most literal sense possible.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 56 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-3-10 - Complete20. The Brit reviewsAn abstract conversation with a benevolent alternate persona.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 213 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-25-10 - Complete21. Preparation MontageA few students sit around getting ready to climb a castle.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 328 - Published: 3-20-10 - Complete22. Untilted reviewsFoonerisms are spun.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-17-10 - Complete23. If History Books Could Talk...what would they say?Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 210 - Published: 3-13-10 - Complete24. Theater of the GodsVillanelle. The gods of epics facilitate awesomeness, but don't like free will, in general. Given the choice, would you prefer epicness and determinism or free will and realism?Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Published: 3-5-10 - Complete25. I Hate This Poem reviewsSo cliches bug me. They bug me even more when I catch myself using them. Perhaps that makes this hypocritical humor, but there you go.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-3-10 - Complete26. Professors and Zombies reviewsThe budget committee at my college recommends that we turn our tenured professors into zombies in order to save cash.Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 508 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-2-10 - Complete27. After the Rains reviewsSometimes night, fog, and rain can be incredibly refreshing and peaceful. Regarding a Zen moment.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 452 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-24-10 - Complete28. The SpringSomewhat depressing and horrific incoherent...spew. I guess.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Published: 2-24-10 - Complete29. Ice Skating on Thursday NightA sonnet describing a girl ice skating.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Published: 2-23-10 - Complete30. Red reviewsRegarding red things.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-22-10 - Complete31. Suspend Your DisbeliefOn the differences between real life and fiction. Blank verse, but falls into sonnet form near the end.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete32. Split Second reviewsTwo narrators alternately describe the process of shooting somebody. I was actually pretty surprised how intense the imagery came out. Also, further experimentation with the use of warped quotes from other media.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete33. Revelation reviewsSeeing in colors; synesthesia? My first experiment with strong rhythm/meter, as well as with using and warping quotes from various famous works.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete34. PsychologyRegarding the chaos and errors inherent in thought processes.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 357 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete35. Mister Momo's Magical HatA sleazy salesman tries to sell a magical hat. Meant to be read aloud in an ostentatious British accent.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete36. A Boy Who Read Books reviewsDiscussing exactly what the title says.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 268 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete37. Leh Long FronsayNonsense? Check. Spew of somewhat obscure references? Check. Hilarity? Check.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 235 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete38. I Bet You Get A Lot Of ThisWritten with tongue in cheek to an English professor.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 194 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete39. Tea Party Movement Draws British Support reviewsThe Tea Party movement gains unexpected British support. Exactly what it says on the tin.Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 562 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete40. HMOs Refuse to Cover PhoenixDown Treatment reviewsCongress bickers back and forth as HMOs refuse to cover a new life-saving treatment.Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 549 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete41. Obama Wins Peace Prize Peace Speculators Rejoice reviewsThe Wall Street Peace Exchange rejoices as Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize.Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,003 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete42. The Method reviewsAn eyewitness gives testimony to a crime committed during a production of "Titus Andronicus".Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Crime/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,015 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete43. The End of AtlantisA terrorist destroys an undersea city.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,526 - Published: 2-14-10 - Complete
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