Autumndarkhide bio
 Author has written 42 stories for Fantasy, Young Adult, Essay, General, Life, General, Song, Humor, War, and Politics. August 08: new stuff is here: the dangling conversation May 4, 2006: Based on a few suggestions I've received, I've decided to create a blog on which to post and house all issues of The Writer's Attic, past and future (as they come). The format will of course be a little different, but if you prefer to read and comment in a blog-type setting, please visit THE WRITER'S ATTIC on livejournal. Nov. 1, 2005: I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year . . . so you can look me up there, and track my progress if you so choose. If all goes well, I should have something I actually like completed by the end of the month . . . wish me luck . . . "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde |
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Coincidental reviews
this is a work of fiction. you're not in it. sorry.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 8/3/2008 - Complete
Absolution reviews
Listen-if you stand on the edge of the abyss and look down the skulls grin back out of the blackblack depths of oblivion as if to say here we are look where it's oh-so-much-better but here on earth watching we too have nirvana (thirty-seven fifty per mont
Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 488 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 2 - Published: 7/1/2006
Fickle reviews
A passing fad . . .
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5/20/2006
Benevolent Design reviews
Did Gaia turn to Venus one morning, and ask: "Does the crust make me look fat? I'm feeling a little round these days, I must confess."
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 209 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 3 - Published: 4/11/2006
An Infinitive reviews
last night I dreamed my bed was out to sea, a one-man four-poster pirate ship twisting into Escherspace . . .
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 112 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/4/2006
Reflection reviews
. . . and I might have answered but it's hard to remember because I was wondering whether swearing in literature could be considered a form of ART (after all, ContemporaryArt is undefined) . . .
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1/23/2006
The Writer's Attic, Issue 14 reviews
In this issue: the epistolary novel, the intrusive author, and not another guide to Narnia . . .
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,635 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 10/31/2005
The Writer's Attic, Issue 13 reviews
In this issue: I takes on he, she and it (and maybe even you) . . . points of view, plus a very brief word on democracy.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,832 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9/17/2005
The Writer's State reviews
for a span of years the mead of poetry sustained him but as middle age approached doubt crept in and late nights he asked the sky why people were evil and if the mkgandhis did not have effect then how could clark kent hope to save the world from itself?
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 140 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 9/3/2005
Cycle reviews
some mornings she wakes up trying to recall the night's epiphany, the climactic sense of alliswell and humanityiwillsaveyou although the means to do so sadly are lacking
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Published: 9/1/2005
The Writer's Attic, Issue 12 reviews
In this issue: creating magic for a fantasy world, magic realism, and evolution (Yes, the column upload is still broken. Sorry.)
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,439 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7/31/2005
The Writer's Attic, Issue 11 reviews
Here's issue 11 of the Writer's Attic until the column upload gets fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,374 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 2 - Published: 7/2/2005
The Shoebox reviews
She's free that morning, with the shoebox under her arm, and because she knows it better than she knows him, she doesn't think she'll be coming back anytime soon.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,121 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 4 - Published: 6/28/2005
Wings reviews
Anything with wings is different
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 300 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 3 - Updated: 5/30/2005 - Published: 5/11/2005
The Evolution reviews
And just the other day someone said that if there really was an intelligent designer and the universe didn't just bigbanglookhereiam then they probably would have given Kansas a better board of education.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 207 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 2 - Published: 5/10/2005
Sunrise reviews
They decided simply a long time ago that caffeine was for lovers and others who considered the day worth staying awake for . . .
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 245 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 4 - Published: 3/6/2005
Monster reviews
Like the terrified watchers at the freak shows that went out of fashion with The Elephant Man . . . (written late night/early morning, somewhat odd. Title suggestions welcome)
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 135 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 3/2/2005
Tristesse reviews
A creative nonfiction piece I wrote a few months ago. Deals with some of my experiences during one of the less pleasant times in my life, more as brief glimpses and memories than narrative. Constructed around a piece I was playing on the piano.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,566 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 6 - Updated: 10/24/2004 - Published: 10/19/2004
The Power of Language reviews
My goal was to get across a somewhat complicated sentiment using fairly simple language and loose grammar - this poem came out of several different journal entries and some thoughts I had after a friend's death. One must admit - existence is rather futil
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 720 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 10/24/2004 - Published: 8/1/2004
Night Walker reviews
Rowena is Storms blood . . . hunter and healer combined, a lonely destiny. But when a strange vampire suddenly discovers her name . . . and her home, everything she holds for unchanging seems suddenly to warp and merge. Life's constant is change, and sh
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 11,546 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 15 - Updated: 10/22/2004 - Published: 6/4/2003
We Will Not Be the Sun reviews
Another form poem, this time a villanelle, once again explained inside. It's a tad Shakespeare-ish, except not HALF so good, because it's almost impossible not to go high-brow with this form.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 344 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 5/31/2004
Slice reviews
A slice of life - five women playing cards around a kitchen table, wearing masks on their faces and hiding tears. This is a type of form poem called a sestina, which is explained inside. It's complicated, but fun to try out.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 503 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 7 - Published: 5/31/2004
Fünfzehn reviews
All literature classes do something that is known, commonly, as beating the poem - i.e. overanalysis. This one is sort of tongue-in-cheek, about a short German story called Funfzehn
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 288 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 1 - Published: 4/13/2004
The Best Laid Plans reviews
We all look for Ithaca . . . but we don't always realize how to find it, or what we are looking for . . . the world makes a mockery of the best-laid plans.
Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 451 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 3 - Published: 3/6/2004
A Situation Developed reviews
Another English assignment - a found poem, consisting entirely of sentences and passages lifted from primary sources. About the Vietnam war experience for many.
Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 431 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2/23/2004
End the War! reviews
A parody of Poe's "The Raven" - an English assignment that turned suddenly and sinisterly anti-war . . .
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 366 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 14 - Published: 9/30/2003
Rebirth reviews
And seeing him, she takes his hand, in time for the world to begin again . . .
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 2 - Published: 7/30/2003
If the Truth Be Told reviews
In my mind there were only thoughts, and in my sky there were only stars, and out among them spread my consciousness, grasping and wondering at each new light.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/30/2003
The Medium reviews
I know what I would be, given the chance . . . but it is not meant to be . . .
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 218 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7/27/2003
Around the Bend reviews
Six people, six verses, six stories. This ought to have been inspired by a good bout of people-watching, but sadly I was just lying in bed unable to sleep. Trying to remember that story I dreamed last night . . . ah me.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 316 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 7/27/2003
Shadowscape reviews
I didn't know I was going to write this until I sat down and did, but I'm quite pleased with the results. This is my shadow poem . . . I challenge you to find a line in it that does not have the word 'shadow' in it . . .
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 3 - Published: 7/12/2003
Fire and Ice reviews
The time is drawing close . . . two young people will arise, the mages of fire and ice, to draw together the destiny of the torn land of Elia. Whether they will tear it apart or bring it back together . . . time can only tell. LIKELY DISCONTINUED
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,444 - Reviews: 32 - Favs: 7 - Published: 7/4/2003
Halo on the Horns reviews
What brings the devil to your door tonight? Evil never sleeps . . . open up the door, he'll be waiting out there (revised 02/06/2005 - the first four verses are completely different)
Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 323 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 3 - Published: 6/4/2003
White Dragon reviews
I'm not so sure what this is about . . . the refrain seems to have nothing to do with the verse. Playing it cool, playing the fool. White dragon, I think she's fading out . . .
Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 185 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4/30/2003
Patchwork Saviour reviews
He's your patchwork saviour, but he's falling apart at the seams . . . (revised 02.05.2005 - refrain is similar, verses are completely different)
Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 279 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/30/2003
Analyst reviews
You tumbled, smiling, pleased with the loss of control, to fall at my feet in a beautiful daze - lost in the murky depths of your own mind (revised 12/2004)
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4/22/2003
Chron, Ferryman Without an A reviews
Redone 02.2005, and is pretty much unrecognizable. Got rid of obscure references - mainly it's musing on Charon and his role as ferryman
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 163 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 3/8/2003
Cage Of Nails reviews
We all build walls around ourselves - some of us just do not notice until we have fenced ourselves in irreversably
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 218 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Published: 3/8/2003
Food For Thought reviews
These are bits and pieces of stories that I found when I was cleaning out my drawer. If you like completeness, read at your own risk. Some of these may never be worked on, others will be finished.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 7 - Words: 6,853 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Updated: 12/31/2002 - Published: 12/30/2002
The Isolationist Manifesto reviews
Musings on achieving world peace. Light humour, I suppose, although it's meant to be serious. A cynical look at the world we are creating for ourselves. (Note: I might rework this - I still like the idea, but it's poorly written)
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 860 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 8 - Published: 12/27/2002
Games of the Knife reviews
She was some kind of teenage messiah. He thought she was crazy. But it didn't change the fact that she'd hired him . . . to kill her.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 990 - Reviews: 88 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 5/28/2002 - Published: 3/28/2002
Anderael's Daughter reviews
Hecate Anderle has never known where she came from - never known anything but her name. But when a war begins, and Hecate is summoned to the forefront, she begins to realize that she's not just any orphan . . . and her name may hold the key to her past
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,628 - Reviews: 45 - Favs: 10 - Updated: 5/28/2002 - Published: 8/26/2001