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rat chaos, by Winter Lake
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Fallen London, by Failbetter Games
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A Place of Infinite Beauty, by Porpentine
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Ishmael, by Jordan Magnuson
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The Soft Rumor of Spreading Weeds, by Porpentine Charity Heartscape
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The Thing About Dungeons, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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Open Up!, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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Known Unknowns, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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Batman is Screaming, by Porpentine
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Bell Park, Youth Detective, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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KING OF BEES IN FANTASY LAND, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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Fallen 落葉 Leaves, by Adam Bredenberg and Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai
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16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman
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Choice of the Dragon, by Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse
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Lionkiller, by Sisi Jiang
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80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
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Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
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walking home, by spinach
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Queer In Public: A Brief Essay, by Norbez
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Write or Reflect?, by Andrew Schultz
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Player 2, by Lydia Neon
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A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short
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Everything you swallow will one day come up like a stone, by Porpentine
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Love is Zero, by Porpentine, Sloane, Brenda Neotenomie
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Out, by Viktor Sobol
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New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen
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Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
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The Shape You Make When You Want Your Bones To Be Closest to the Surface, by Porpentine
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Eczema Angel Orifice, by Porpentine
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Miss Clemory & the Wall of Fire, by Porpentine
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The Sky in the Room, by Porpentine
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metrolith, by Porpentine
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Vesp, by Porpentine
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Ruiness, by Porpentine Charity Heartscape
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Skulljhabit, by Porpentine
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Salt, by Gareth Damian Martin
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climbing 208 feet up the ruin wall, by Porpentine
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Neon Haze, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
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Begscape, by Porpentine
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Orifice Clique, by Porpentine
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ALL I WANT IS FOR ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO BECOME INSANELY POWERFUL, by Porpentine
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Beautiful Frog, by Porpentine
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parasite, by Porpentine
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their angelical understanding, by Porpentine
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CYBERQUEEN, by Porpentine

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CYBERQUEEN, August 30, 2022
by Sarah Mak (Singapore)

I love the way this uses sentence fragments, which remind me of fast cutting in film. This makes the prose cinematic, and makes the pacing snappier.

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ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III, by Porpentine
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Sewer Diamond War of 3096 Reenactment, by Porpentine
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HIGH END CUSTOMIZABLE SAUNA EXPERIENCE, by Porpentine
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With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
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CRY$TAL WARRIOR KE$HA, by Porpentine
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Even Cowgirls Bleed, by Christine Love
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The Light in the Forest, by Emily Worm
The Light in the Forest, July 28, 2022
by Sarah Mak (Singapore)

I like the quirky, Porpentine-like prose, and the cute romance between the protagonist and two side characters.

However, there are quite a few typos throughout this piece, and the ending is too sudden and understated for my liking. The worldbuilding hinted at a more fantastical climax, and there were no hints that the story was building up to a more low-key conclusion.

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How to Build a Dragon at the End of Time, by Ken Liu
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Violet, by Jeremy Freese
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Galatea, by Emily Short
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howling dogs, by Porpentine
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