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WordCount's Feature #14! Halloween may be weeks away yet, but that doesn't mean we can't start the celebration early, especially when we have
17 new pieces to brighten up the season.
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If your thirst for prose isn't quenched by all that, we present you with our work-in-progress: the
2008 Prose Daily Deviations listing. In this journal entry we have compiled all the prose DDs from the past year, and won't stop until the year is through!

What're you so scared of? Get reading!
Don't forget to
our news article to help us increase exposure!5,001+ words
Shades of Glory by ~
Ebony-SnowFantasy: In this four-part piece, follow one man's ascension from nameless prisoner to shadow warrior.
5,000 - 3,001 words
Hope's Fortitude by ~
7eve7Science Fiction: This tells the tale of a strong-willed woman in a world where determination is a requirement for survival.
The Green Dragon: Chapter 11 by *
BlueShadowMChildren's Fiction: It's impressive enough that the author of
Green Dragon translated this chapter to share with English-speakers. When you read this snippet of epic fantasy, you'll find yourself wishing she would translate the rest!
3,000 - 1,501 words
Weightless by ~
xonlyindreamsxNonfiction Biographies: Without ever saying the word, this story tackles the difficult subject of eating disorders through the heartwarming true story of the author's own experience.
How to Understand Nothing by ~
XavierMontaguePhilosophical Nonfiction: A thought provoking piece that tackles the subject of murder from every philosophical standpoint imagineable.
Day in the Life ~
lefrenchninjaFictional Perspectives: Many of us can relate to the everyday droll of this author's words. One too many days have began, happened, and ended in this manner.
1,500 - 1,001 words
Creepy Bus Guy by ~
YukinokoTheatre & Scripts: Sometimes a stranger knows us better than we would like. This story is about a meeting with a guy on a bus who may or may not be creepy.
Cheating by ~
Dhes-of-YuggothOccult: Meet Japheth Williams: he has cheated death, and so much more--only he doesn't see it that way.
1,000 - 501 words
Chicken banana theory by *
Durkee341Humorous Fiction: This insane stab at philosophy attempts to explain the how we perceive ourselves and others. It may leave you unsure whether you be man, chicken or banana.
Living with A.D.D. by ~
EverRoxasEditorial: ~
EverRoxas gives us a brief but poignant account of life with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Kiss of An Angel by `
MithgarielGeneral Romantic Fiction: Written with imagination, tenderness, and with an interesting plot to keep the readers guessing all the way toward the end.
500 - 301 words
300 words or less
Published Works
gstepl (Paperback) by ~
q365Expressing yourself is never easy: for some, it's a downright painful task. The narrator of gstepl struggles with his love for two high school peers; as he does, his writings grow more frantic and more diverse, ranging from snippets of writing all in gray to lengthy stories featuring an absurd mafia to tales of Jewish folklore to Spanish conjugations.Currently available at
Amazon and
Scribd!

Meet Our Staff: *
CrimsonThrenody *
CrimsonThrenody joined the *
WordCount staff in April 2008 and has been supplying wonderful
Life Stories & Perspectives features ever since! And like a lot of deviants in the literature community, she is an avid writer as well as a photographer.
*CrimsonThrenody's Literature
Pink Bundle (464 words)
General Fiction: Is the world about to end or begin?
Phantasmical Mirror (1,727 words)
Fantasy: This short piece brings words, quite literally, to life.
Frosted Field of Memories (2,594 words)
Life Stories: A son prepares to bury his father by gathering together memories.
~VioletsLament's Photography

Looking Back: Prose DDs
Couldn't catch all the prose Daily Deviations that were featured the past two months? (Well, we couldn't either.

) Here's a recap pulled straight from our
2008 Prose Daily Deviations journal.
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Lights will guide you home.
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Welcome to life. It seems you have missed our prep class!-~lildoodles
Thank you to ~Sophophobia for the icon!
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If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't have the right to laugh at anyone else.
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I do free requests! Note m. Icons and Literatur tags and drawing. I do animations to.
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Be inspired: *simplypoetry and *simplyprose.
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Make Every Word Count.
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The Prose Piggybank.
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TTFN
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