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AGE: 23
LOC: Texarkana, AR
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: September 25

My name is Dustin Jones, I live in Texarkana, Arkansas and i don’t sleep much. Pretty opinionated and possibly talented, but i’ll let you be the judge of that. no real accomplishments under my belt, just a fan of reading, and i like putting pen to paper on occasion.

The fine line between science and art can often hardly be drawn at all, and I believe this about every great practice. There is a science in the painters brush, just as there is an art in the task of bonding chemical elements to produce anew. To deny such, I would say, is lunacy. With that in mind, remember that science can be leared, mastered and perfected, where as art is often said to come from inspiration. This to, is lunacy. The greatest art has come from years of stu…

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Flash Fiction / Life Changing
Version 1
10 Reviews   6 Comments
A lone man paces along the quiet, white hallway. Tension eats at his nerves, sweat slicks the palms of his hands. Behind locked doors a woman screams. He jumps, bits his fingernails, continues pacing. She screams again, blood curdling. _It wasn’t supposed to be this way_, thinks the man. The screams won’t stop, and minutes drag by like hours. Footfalls echo down the empty, white hall. The locked doors click and open wide. A new man steps out, all dressed in white. Blood stains his gloved han...
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Sci Fi & Fantasy / Against Good Sense
Version 1
3 Reviews   0 Comments
“Are you sure this is the place?” Grady asked. The tavern was suspiciously small, and far on the wrong side of town. “Of course this is the place,” Osferd laughed. “What were you expecting?” The little tavern sat squat between two other establishments, both just as sleazy. Dingy yellow light leaked out from its stained windows, and old tar stains blotted its warped roof. A crude sign hung above the door by rusted chains. _The Happy Tavern_, the sign read in crude brushstrokes, _Where Every H...
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Sci Fi & Fantasy / Of Ash and Cold
Version 2
5 Reviews   1 Comment
Wind whispered through the dark leaves overhead, and branches creaked at its passing. Even as the sound came rustling by the air felt lifeless and dead, and the taste of ash crept deep into his throat. Vahris spat once, the again, and wiped at his tongue with his tunic, but still the taste was strong. The taste of fire was one he knew well enough. He had brought it to all of the Free Cities in turn, from Warsong in the north with its round holdfasts of rough hewn stone, all the way south to ...
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Sci Fi & Fantasy / The Making of Men (pt. one)
Version 2
10 Reviews   3 Comments
Brother Kendle signed, then bent down to close the poor girl’s eyes. “Blood cools,” he said softly, though he didn’t believe it. “Rage stills and hate fades.” He had followed the holy word for decades, but the rage was still there. And the hate. Looking down at that poor girl, hate was all he knew. “Yes, blood cools. Hate fades.” Her dress lay ripped in tatters, a deep gash seeped red and vile at her throat. God, she was only a child, but they raped her first. The bastards. They always raped...
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Sci Fi & Fantasy / The Making of Men (pt. one)
Version 1
5 Reviews   8 Comments
Brother Kendle sighed, then bent down to close the poor girls eyes. “Blood cools,” he said softly, though he didn’t believe it. “Rage stills and hate fades.” He had followed the holy word for decades, but the rage was still there. And the hate. Looking down at that poor girl, hate was all he knew. “Yes, blood cools. Hate fades.” Her dress lay ripped in tatters, a deep gash seeped red and vile at her throat. God, she was only a child, but they raped her first. The bastards. They always raped ...
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probably the first row of strait 10s i've ever given. this story had EVERYTHING- the character was believeable, the situation was tense and entertaining, and you made the readr CARE. excellent work, and (to my humble, untrained eye) 100% publishable. what makes this story work so well, i think, is that not only do you keep the story moving without backing up to explain things (like you did in the "happy hunting" piece, or at least i think that was the name of it), but also you weaved an air o...
Sci Fi & Fantasy / Happy Hunting, Chapter 1
publishable? i give it a 6, though its porbably closer to 5.5; telent? definate 9; best sci fi/fantasy? eh... somewhere inbetween, i said 7 before i discuss why, i want to point out this line: "He had fumbled his fingers under the seat like a nervous kid on Prom night, trying desperately to locate his girlfriend’s elusive clit."- the fisrt part made the point with the fiddling under the prom dress. id cut everything after the coma though, just because its un-classy. ok, now for the review. i ...
Short Story / Lost and Found
well done. the best feature about the piece is definantly your descriptive talent. as the reader im struck by the overwhelming dirtiness of the scene from the husk of the church to the ratty bums, all the way up to something as simple and mundane as cigarettes being presented as something pristine. the language felt polished overall, though some parts did feel a bit rambly, though i dont think it took away too much from the piece overall.
50.0% Review Quality (2 Votes)
Non-fiction / Bestseller? No Problem!
hah, yeah im sure thats one that pauges all of us. ive been there a little over a month and let me tell ya its still a bitch.
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