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The Tangerines of Wrath

This story about tangerines being trashed instead of sold inspired someone to post this excerpt from  John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The quote from…

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The Little Boy

This post features The Little Boy by Helen E. Buckley. It’s just a reminder to never lose your creativity, don’t let them take it from…

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Amtrak Train Story

amtrak-official posted this amazing Amtrak (everyone’s favorite underfunded government run train company) story in the form of logs and journals from passengers on the train….

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Queer Anthology

This post is about a wonderful queer anthology titled All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages. Here’s the info about it:…

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Icarus Wikipedia Article from Another Timeline

meowcats734 wrote this amazing story about a rogue planet named Icarus in the form of a Wikipedia article from another timeline. This is a super…

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The Revenge of the Sith Novelization

intermundia wrote this beautiful post about the novelization of The Revenge of the Sith. This is such a good quote: “Star Wars ultimately carries a…

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Deconstructing Tolkien

TLDR: Stop praising recent fantasy for deconstructing Tolkien if they’re “deconstructing” something Tolkien has never actually constructed. Source

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Humans are Weird – Death

Today’s “humans are weird space orcs” post written by sugardrake is about death. A human talks to a dying alien named Zah Rem and changes his view on…

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The Strongest Guy Ever vs the Weakest Guy Ever

This wasn’t really a writing prompt that cheeso posted, but the story it inspired is seriously great! What if there was a fight between the…

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How To Avoid Plot Armor When Writing

This is a great list by coffeebeanwriting of how to avoid plot armor when you’re writing. Plot armor is when important characters seem to survive each…

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