Write Here, Write Now http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/directory en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:11:09 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/directory Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Hello ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3333/t/Hello.html
I happened upon this site quite by accident. It seems to be very quiet these days, but I will introduce myself to the silence, if I must.
I am Bridget, and I enjoy writing poetry. It is sometimes a release for me, and sometimes not. I do not post a lot of what I write,
just a piece now and again. Came here from another poetry site (not yuku) called allpoetry, but didn't post much there, and not at
all in recent years. They changed formats... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Bard From Clare) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3333 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:21:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Life With Sunshine ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3332/t/Life-With-Sunshine.html --------------------------------------------

".... Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," my Aunt Josie mumbles as we watch a workman driving a backhoe. It's been sputtering and shaking in the background. As I watch through tearing eyes, he throws away half a cigarette and begins filling in the graves. We don't stay around to watch the entire process. Me and my aunt Josie; her boyfriend, Freddie; and cousin... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3332 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:34:27 GMT <![CDATA[ An animal rebellion ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3331/t/An-animal-rebellion.html

Forest mice hunt food.

In forest glades, it is hard.

Winter brings hardship.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3331 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:36:18 GMT <![CDATA[ So? What the Hell? -- a rant ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3330/t/So-What-the-Hell-a-rant.html

The "Old Days." My own impression.

When I was a kid, we had real heroes. There was Gene Autry, a cowboy few of you have even heard of. He made a career of riding across the prairie while yodeling and searching out danger. Gene wore a white hat and even rode a horse named Champion. As a patriotic icon, he epitomized America. He was the direct... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3330 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:52:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Trouble at Double Cross -- horror ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3329/t/Trouble-at-Double-Cross-horror.html

It began late one night. As with most of the small town of Double Cross, Utah, Chief of Police Edwin Johnson was asleep. Ed wasn't alone, his entire police force of one, Kathryn Peters, happened to be sharing his bed.

Before copper had been found nearby, the entire area of the town, itself now six-blocks... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3329 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:07:38 GMT <![CDATA[ All it takes is a Jolt ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3328/t/All-it-takes-is-a-Jolt.html

"Lieutenant Trump." Andrews, the desk lieutenant of the 1754th Precinct, stops Jerry as he enters the station. "Captain Transki wants to see you, at your convenience." He grins, both knowing the term means immediately.

"Sure Andy. Not... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3328 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:05:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Still here ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3327/t/Still-here.html
Charlie
]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3327 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:34:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Charlie, What's a Slithhumpy? ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3326/t/Charlie-What-39-s-a-Slithhumpy-.html

The challenge was to write a story using at least six nonsense words, but they had to be easily understandable with no explanation.

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A couple weeks ago, I received a call... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3326 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:15:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Charlie, What's a SLITHUMPY? -- Kinda Graphic ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3325/t/Charlie-What-39-s-a-SLITHUMPY-Kinda-Graphic.html

A couple weeks ago, I received a call from a five-year-old nephew named Steve. The conversation went something like this....

"Uncle Charlie?"

"Yes, Steve. What's up?'

feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3325 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:25:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Chester the Molester ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3324/t/Chester-the-Molester.html

Mr. Chester likes little kids, really, really likes them. Once, he was a little kid himself, a long time ago, though. But he still likes to play.

"Hello there, little girl. How are you doing?"

"Hi, mister. You wanna play with me?"

"Okay. Hey! I know a good game. We can play 'hide the candy,' okay?

"I never played that before."

"Well, what we do is I give you this piece of candy,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3324 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:35:30 GMT <![CDATA[ How's everyone been? ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3323/t/How-s-everyone-been-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dreamy5) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3323 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:07:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Junk Yard Stranger ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3321/t/Junk-Yard-Stranger.html

He came here out of nowhere, a small thin old man with a strong accent. It wasn't that his English wasn't perfect, only that certain words were hard to understand, as though slowly dredged up from an imperfect memory, pronounced as though reading from a textbook.

Northern Ohio has plenty of such characters, most drifting around the lakes from one odd job to another. I own a family junkyard, which seems to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3321 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:15:04 GMT <![CDATA[ A Few Small Rat Tails ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3320/t/A-Few-Small-Rat-Tails.html

I found over a dozen short and very short stories of Oscars. I'll get him to fix them up and post them five or six at a time. This is the first. Charlie

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Change of Seasons

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Malodor and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rodentone) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3320 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:33:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Hi again ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3319/t/Hi-again.html
I was a frequent poster at this board for about ten months some two years ago give or take. Life got in the way and I found I developed writer's block and so moved into collaborative script writing and film making for a while. I recently got into writing fiction again and thought I would track this place down again because I remember it spurred me into the best writing I have ever done last time I was a regular (I even got a piece I wrote for this site published in a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (General Lunk Wood) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3319 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:03:49 GMT <![CDATA[ The Troubles of Ailwin -- Fantasy ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3318/t/The-Troubles-of-Ailwin-Fantasy.html

"That's what that damned kid gets for playing with every stray mongrel that wanders into the castle," Lord Herlewin Shufflebottom roared. He was always roaring, alarming the staff, including Hilda, the fifth floor chambermaid. "It's your fault, woman, for dropping such an oaf from that dingy worn-out cavern between your feet," he roared at his wife.

feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3318 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:53:03 GMT <![CDATA[ The Inate Goodness Of Man ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3317/t/The-Inate-Goodness-Of-Man.html feeds@yuku.com (angus macinnes) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3317 Tue, 26 May 2009 11:04:20 GMT <![CDATA[ A Final Solution ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3316/t/A-Final-Solution.html
"Doing fine, Miss Janice," James replied while passing out glasses to the rest of the young rodents.

There were about fifty ratlets and young meeses, sitting around the ancient rodent while eating cheese puffs and listening to him tell stories. Grandpa SocRates was a great storyteller, having fought way back in the Equality Wars. He'd even... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rodentone) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3316 Mon, 18 May 2009 21:15:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Muriel's Universes ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3315/t/Muriel-39-s-Universes.html
Now an adult, Muriel worked as a librarian. Often customers would have to cough, or even nudge,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3315 Wed, 13 May 2009 11:59:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Up Your Paddle ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3314/t/Up-Your-Paddle.html

I'm old fashioned and don't know anything about modern video games, just Microsoft Poker. I hope you all remember those old "Pong" games where you knocked a ball back and forth.

This is from a conversation between the "Pong" ball and his cellmate, Mario, while incarcerated in a jail for criminal game characters.

 feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3314 Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:10 GMT <![CDATA[ Beyond Reality ]]> http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3313/t/Beyond-Reality.html

By the age of five, Peter was diagnosed as autistic. He had trouble communicating with his parents and other relatives. To them, it seemed as though he preferred other worlds in his own mind. Occasionally he would seem normal, but preoccupied. Most of the time, though, he would sit quietly and stare into space.

At other times, Peter would speak in strange tongues. Or he'd... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (hvysmker) http://writeherewritenow.yuku.com/topic/3313 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:11:21 GMT