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Quite a Big FlukeNEW LOCATION! See comments for the link; please fave there!

The headquarters of the Inter-Dimensional Police. A massive building, magnificent, full of bustling people from every version of the planet that can be imagined. A place I never thought I'd be standing in. A place that two days ago, I wouldn't have believed existed.

But two days ago, I didn't have a trainee uniform with an IDP patch. I didn't have a mentor named Otto, who could hop dimensions as easily as most people walk through a doorway. I didn't have a sense back then of how big reality really is. And I didn't know what it really meant to feel small.

For half an hour, I'd beenQuite a Big Fluke by ~Ready-to-Start

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Commander PinkNEW LOCATION! See comments for link.

"Something gets to him. Something gets to everybody." Luke took a flattened sandwich from his ammo box and pulled it apart with thick brown fingers. That was something Win noticed about everyone here, even the new guy—they all had strong hands. He hated to look at his stupid pale, spindly fingers. "Like me, music gets to me sometimes, you know?" Luke said. "The right song plays, and I'm bawling. There's gotta be something that could break him, you know?"

"Don't be juvenile." Brutus tore his sandwich into huge chunks and looked to Win. "Edwin, you gonna eat or what? Commander'll bite your head off ifCommander Pink by ~Ready-to-Start

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A Long WayNEW LOCATION! See comments for link; please fave there!

"I feel distant," she tried to say, but the words stumbled and fell from her mouth. She looked down in horror and saw a glowing orange substance--a part of her--soaking into the ground. "Distant," she said again, even as she felt herself condensing into a small space. It was small, so small; she clutched her stomach in pain. "I... feel... distant!"

The words echoed, and for a moment, the skeletal birds on the trees around her froze and stared with their empty eye sockets. The Pterodactyl Man leaned near her, searching her with his black, intelligent eyes. She shrunk away in horror as sA Long Way by ~Ready-to-Start

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That DrinkNEW LOCATION! See comments for link!

I want that drink, a bubbly, dark beer with root beer schnapps in it. Half decarbonated. Warm. I want it so badly that I can taste in in my drooling mouth. I can almost taste that drink. I imagine for a moment that it's there on the coffee table, waiting for me to reach out and grasp it, to take a swig of it. I imagine so hard that I can actually see it. Then I hold my arm out limply and grab hold of it. I feel stupid; of course it had been there all along. That was why I could almost taste it...

Read the whole thing at the new location! (This plus the other half. yep, it's really that short.That Drink by ~Ready-to-Start

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A Hostile Place

by ~Ready-to-Start, Dec 23, 2011, 10:26:48 PM
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_{"A deer caught in the headlights" described me at the best of times, my father always said. Some sort of fantasy world enveloped my mind, so migrating from the warmth and familiarity of my mother's messy van to the cold, bustling, uncomfortable and unforgiving environment of a Walmart was not a friendly experience. The aisles and rows and grumbling people made the place seem like I'd crash landed on a hostile planet, right into the center of a bustling alien government center. Wandering with my precious bounty......}

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Preferable to the TruthAhoy there. Sit down, come on, pull up a chair. I'd like to pull on your coat about something here. To be honest, I'm quite sorry. I see you're raising your eyebrows. No, don't worry, it's not you. It's me. I see you throwing your arms up in defence – no, honestly, it is just me. You see, when I started writing these journal entries, it relied on me actually having things to talk about. It's my life, you see. There are parts of it which you might actually find interesting, but I can never accurately guess which parts they are. Which means these journals are full of a lot of, well, filler. You're standing up now – don't leave! I promise to try and make it entertaining filler, at least. And I promise interesting things will eventually happen to me, and when they do, I'll write them down.
In the mean time, here are some lists that I have compiled. I hope you find them informative.
List of things I've learned from American sitcoms:
You can't throw a surprise party without the personPreferable to the Truth by ~TheGambletron

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Flash Fiction Month July 2012Preface
This article is written for #LitResources. Our goal is to be a collection and creation station for all resources pertaining to literature on deviantART. This article will focus on Flash Fiction Month! It will include information about what specifies flash fiction, activities around dA for flash fiction month, and links to resources revolving around FFM activities.
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What Is Flash Fiction?
Put simply, flash fiction is a very short story. Lengths can vary from as few as six words (i.e. Hemingway's famous Baby Shoes) to a thousand, sometimes more. It depends largely on the outfit for which the author decides to write a piece of flash fiction. For theFlash Fiction Month July 2012 by `Kneeling-Glory

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by ~Ready-to-Start, Jan 11, 2013, 1:12:48 PM
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Yep, I moved all my writings over to my art account! Got tired of logging in and out.

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On the digital art scene, I'm also known as ~MusicalFire

And I make a webcomic called Little More Than Waitstaff.

I also have an art tumblr where I post concept art of my writings. So if you wanna check that out, click here.

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*TouchedBy-AnAngel Oct 24, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you for the Watch!

~Ready-to-Start Oct 28, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

No problem at all!

~TheGambletron Apr 23, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Goodness!
I discovered your page entirely by chance, and I'm thoroughly glad that I did. I love your stories. Very much my thing. Thank you!

P.S. I did NaNoWriMo too. What fun it was.

~Ready-to-Start Oct 19, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

(Sorry for the VERY late response!) Thanks so much! I'm really glad to hear you like my stuff.

I'm planning on doing NaNo again this year. You?

~TheGambletron Nov 7, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Hello! I'm sorry, it seems my response was quite late as well. And no, as it happens I sadly don't have the time to do NaNo again this year. I wish I did. I am working on another book though - whenever I can squeeze in the time to work on it, at least. Have you gone ahead and started with yours this year, then?

~Ready-to-Start Nov 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

(We seem to have a late response pattern going on here... Heh...) I started NaNo, but now it's nearly done and I'm sitting at around 5,000 words. I just ran out of time, and couldn't concentrate properly on editing one book while writing another.

I'll hopefully pick it back up again soon, though. Good luck with your current project! Are you finding time to make progress?