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<<< Please dip in at any chapter, they are written independently and can be read as one offs.>>> A satirical look at an English family through 1,000 years. The story follows the history of the "Le Faux" family and their botherings with the French, the Throne, the Church, the New World, Darwinism, industrial revolutions, innumerous wars, bad fashion, poor dentistry and of course, unusual sexual predilections followed by strong cups of tea. The "Le Faux" family genealogy comes with a veracity borne through obsessive attention to third-hand accounts and an equally fervent disregard for historical fact. Any and all feedback welcome. It is meant to be tongue in cheek and absurd. Thanks, Laura x

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'The Prodigal Housekeeper' is a light-hearted novel with all 17 chapters posted. New readers are warmly invited to give it a try. After much help with each chapter from reviewers, I would now like to know how the book reads in its entirety. A review from time to time, or at the end, will be much appreciated. Thanks, Don +++

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This is a fairytale like none other you have ever read. It is intended to expose, invert and reverse the myriad of intolerant, oppressive, degrading ideologies attached to historical fairytale narratives such as the 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' collection and their Disney reenactments. It is part satire and part intense drama. I would very much like to hear what people think of it.

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I am attempting to describe a satirical novel, so the pitch may also portray a satirical tone. Feedback: Do you think the satire works, or is it just too damn silly?

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If Dr. Magnolia Pruné, principal of Doolittle Elementary School, hadn’t been so universally hated, despised and reviled, she may have not been found hanging from a steel beam in the school’s gym—disguised as a pirate— during their Halloween festival. Establishing motive for Dr. Pruné’s murder turns out to be quite easy. Narrowing down which of the twenty-eight suspects left her hanging was far more elusive. After two weeks of investigation, the case solved and an arrest imminent, an unexpected catastrophe befalls Doolittle Elementary School garnering nationwide attention. Amongst the chaos of Doolittle’s new tragedy, an entire school community is suddenly required to suspend their disbelief and unite as one. With a killer still in their midst, their feelings of shock, anxiety, grief, dismay and heartbreak finally give way to tears of joy as they witness a faith-based miracle. The killer of Dr. Magnolia Pruné is finally arrested, tried and sentenced yet there is one more surprise in store for this sleepy Florida town. They say things happen in threes.

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NOTE: THIS IS AN OLD, OUTDATED VERSION OF THIS NOVEL. PLEASE SEE THE 2012 VERSION I'M ENTERING FOR THE STRONGEST START CONTEST. STORYLINE: There is a new store in town. It's the first store ever to sell hope over the counter. With record unemployment, home foreclosures, and cluster suicides -- the store couldn't open at a better time. Luke Nagano is the inventor of The Hope Store. Jada Upshaw is one of his first customers. Amidst a deluge of seekers and cynics, scientists and naysayers -- a cynical journalist sets out to infiltrate the store. He wants to discover if The Hope Store is a scientific breakthrough, or a brazen scam to profit off the hopeless. On top of this, the store's investors give Luke just six months to turn a profit. But Luke has some ideas of his own to ensure that his dream store flourishes. A magic-realist tale set in the new millennium where anything can -- and often does -- happen.

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The name of the the town at the base of the mountain where the Dragons are is now "Little Al"

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A dark farce. Two women in a crowded restaurant discuss their marital problems. A lot of intermingling of dialogue, rapid scene shifting. Do you think it works? BTW, based on reviews of my other stories I've been more careful re: over tagging of dialogue, author intrusion. I think I've improved on that. Candid input, please.

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I've noted several specualtive fiction publishers complaining they don't get much humor, so I dusted this old story off and am considering submitting. Please let me know where it could stand to be improved. Part 2 will be posted Monday latest.

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This one will pick you up nowhere, take you nowhere and then drop you off right where you got picked up, thats right, nowhere. My whole intent was to build extra long sentences and as it turned out, it's sort of a satire.

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It's All Mercenary is a humorous take on the overly used plot of a quest. You have your generic characters: Mage, Barbarian, Healer, Mercenary, etc, but they are filled by personalities who don't quite fit the boundaries of their roles. Told in first person. I have thick skin, so don't be afraid to tell it like you see it. NOTE TO NEW READERS: The early chapters need a lot of work. I know this and I will edit them eventually. This is only a first draft.

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Letter for a computer to hand to a 10 year old computer doctor, on being admitted to a Computer Hospital. * * * Aussie slang: Field day - a great time!!! A term used mostly by ageing Australian grannies, who were around when the Field Day was the only source of entertainment for those living on country properties ("ranches" for the Americans LOL) A Field Day was an agricultural show/fair, where farm machinery was displayed, chemical companies (now desperately going organic)talked to their clients, and fruit and vegie packaging companies took their orders for the next financial year. Sometimes an animal nursery was provided for the rugrats accompanying parents and grandparents. This was to prevent them killing themselves by climbing on Combine Harvesters, falling off and thereby blowing the organising committee's public liability payments.

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I'm going to have to start wearing blinders. I'm now writing terrible poetry about everything that catches my eye.

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This bit of silliness was inspired by my year and a half stint as a wrangler of teen addicts and one of my daughter's high school friends.

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