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“All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.”
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“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Scaramouche
― Scaramouche
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.”
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“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
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“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”
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François
(Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters
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updated Jul 08, 2019 09:18PM
Description:
A short, silly piece.
Ada's Story
(Science Fiction & Fantasy)
14 chapters
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updated May 10, 2016 08:34AM
Description:
An excerpt of my upcoming Late Victorian steampunk horror novel, wherein my admiration for the dark sea stories of Conrad and Melville meet upon a phantasmagorical theme after Bierce, Chambers, and M.R. James.
The Little Ship
(Poetry)
1 chapters
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updated Sep 16, 2014 11:49AM
Description:
A short poem in the classical vein with rhyme, meter, conceit, and logic turns.
Sister, Mother, Sea
(Science Fiction & Fantasy)
9 chapters
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updated Jul 26, 2013 08:05PM
Description:
A piece of Speculative Fiction influenced by JG Ballard's visceral, enclosing worlds. So far, this is the piece of fiction of which I feel the most proud.
The Alley
(Horror)
More of J.G. Keely’s writing…
7 chapters
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updated Feb 23, 2013 12:55PM
Description:
A short horror story after the style of Kipling.
The Extra Cool Group! (of people Michael is experimenting on)
— 156 members
— last activity Aug 27, 2013 12:21PM
*Note: This group, although it lives on in a sense, like a photograph, capturing a moment so people can look back later and go, "Oh, wow, you looked s ...more
The Guttering Flame
— 73 members
— last activity Nov 28, 2011 08:35PM
This is a little society, a cadre, a coterie of the unlike-minded. Here we discuss Comic Books (or Graphic Novels, if you prefer) as art, aesthetic, l ...more
The Great Gormenghast Read
— 86 members
— last activity Oct 13, 2016 07:31AM
This group is for those who wish to participate in a planned read of the original Gormenghast novels as penned by Mervyn Peake before his death. The ...more
Literature Defined: Is Eric full of crap?
— 50 members
— last activity Nov 13, 2012 07:54PM
I have been fascinated by many of my friend's comments on why they like or dislike a book. I'm going to throw out a thesis for discussion: That modern ...more
Herman Melville
— 57 members
— last activity Apr 03, 2017 06:35AM
Dedicated to the discussion and appreciation of Melville's works and life, open to lubbers and sea-dogs alike.
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