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Aha gotcha. Yeah, my brain is being melted under the strain of pretending to be an accountant, so I don't think I picked up your nuance at first. Thanks for the additional clarification!

It's actually her sort of adopted mother/kidnapper who is the antagonist (don't worry, it's all spelled out in the opening narration). But, yeah... the abuse is very well executed. Interesting that the antagonist could be considered a deuteragonist. I always assumed that this term excluded the...

This may be an unorthodox recommendation, but the Disney movie featuring Rapunzel, Tangled, is almost a textbook on abusive familial relations, specifically mother-daughter ones. If you haven't seen it, it's well worth the time spent watching it if you're exploring these themes. You may not pick...

Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker are two of the more well known roughly modern ones (Peretti's first popular book was written in the 80s, but I'm still stubbornly claiming that was relatively modern!). Of course, there is the aformentioned C.S. Lewis and Tolkein. For a more adult focused Lewis...

No, no typo. Muses are filthy creatures; they bathe as often as they do as a common grace, so that writers aren't perpetually catching their death from muse bites. Beware the muses! Beware... *wanders off into the woods.*

Ummm, my muse tends to bite me square on the... and then I have to get shots and it's hard to sit for awhile...

Oh, bribes are very common for votes... the usual currency is cake, but everything from gold to fine cheeses has been offered...

I really don't have much to add beyond what has already been said. Drop the opening and go straight to Sally talking to the deputy. If I wanted to get nit picky, "Jason felt me twisting the rifle upward and tightened his grip." comes close to breaking POV, but not quite, so you may consider...

Well, if you can get Jaws into the woods... Sharknado 87 anyone?

Sooooo many of the movies marketed toward my kids. For me, there are two tiers... the ones that I'll let my kids watch but work on a novel or cleaning or something while they do (like Smallfoot), and ones that a couple minutes in are things I don't want my kids exposed to so I change it to Kim...

Well, the theme and the genre definitely go well together. And thankfully I live near several woodlands to plenty to draw inspiration... To the trails and trees!

Congratulations Moonbat!

Thank you for sharing this! I like the idea you seem to be going for here, and I'm definitely curious to learn more about what's going on. I cannot honestly say whether I prefer the first or second version, as this will depend substantially on what precedes this selection. If this is the first...

To the OP, this site has been utterly formative for me as a writer. This applies not only to by pet writing obsession, but also my career as a grant writer. The editing skills learned in the challenges and critiques are genuinely irreplaceable. Now, my problem here is that you're assuming...

Great work all on this month's challenge! I was hoping to enter, and was even bitten by the muse, but simply ran out of chronological units of any denomination to accomplish the task. Unfortunately, I also missed the first round of voting, but weighed in for @Moonbat in the tiebreaker. Both...

I think we're pretty fast and lose regarding rules here... Feel free!

Now, weapons and technology is definitely in my purview... I have experience utilizing everything from firearms to polearms, and have a pretty solid understanding of weapon roles from fireteam to battalion. So, when you get to this part, feel free to ask!

Well, the first rule is that rules are meant to be broken... but the little known second rule is that they still exist for a reason. It could well be, in my sleep deprived state, that I simply lack the imagination to visualize how the two could be merged beyond making the setting to be the more...

Thanks for sharing this! I like the concept. As others have noted, the idea of a sentient/self aware ship with thousands of years to kill experimenting with uplifting civilizations and/or setting up religions makes sense to me. Also, I felt the writing itself flowed nicely. So good work! That...

Ok, so let me preface everything I say with saying I'm a complete novice regarding absurdism, and my preference is against 1st person except in very limited contexts. So, my comments are going to be of quite limited utility. Please invest in at least one shipping barge of salt with which to take...