[30 Days of Fic - Day 25] "Seeker Altair"

Growing up in the farmlands south of what was still called the Armistice Line, in a land that hadn't seen war in seven generations, we all dreamed of Century City. Born of the same war that gave us the A.L., Century City was founded one-hundred years to the day that the Armistice brought it all to an end. An independent city that was neither East nor West, belonging to both nations and to neither. A sparkling metropolis that would proclaim, for all time, not just peace but the unity of a world sick of such conflicts.

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Today's '30 Days of Fic' task was to write a story using the prompt: Noir.

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[30 Days of Fic - Day 26] "Regarding your submission."

Dear Mrs. Meyer,

Thank you for submitting your manuscript to our management firm. As you might expect, we receive many manuscripts on any given day from 'undiscovered' authors such as yourself. To help you to understand the process, your manuscript was read by a number of our staffers before it was passed up to my desk. I must admit that your writing shows a great deal of promise, and that the manuscript you sent is an excellent start for you as a writing sample.

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Today's 30 Days of Fic task was to write a personalized rejection letter for the YA novel "Sparkle Lust"

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[30 Days of Fic - Day 27] "Occupational Hazards"

There was a piercing pain in my right side and then the water was rushing up to meet my body. It was cold, terribly, achingly cold and took the wind from me. The black depths surrounded me and then all was black. I took small solace in how quickly unconsciousness was coming for me; I'd always assumed that if I were to die, no matter how soon it took me, the seconds would feel like forever.

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Today's 30 Days of Fic task was to write a scene using the prompt: 'Trapped'

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