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AGE: 24
LOC: Texarkana, AR
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: November 15

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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Short Story / Empty Vessels
very well done for the style that you've chosen. it is minimal in length and information, but the feeling and scene is conveyed clearly and efficiently, not an easy task when dealing with so few words. you do need some paragraph breaks though, even if the piece is brief. then only real hiccups that i saw inn the writing were the lines where she had a "slightly toothless, grin" and whre she fishes ot the cigarette. first just think about what your saying- how can you be "slightly" and "toothle...
Sci Fi & Fantasy / Betula (chapter 1, part 1)
my first impression- you started out weak but got stronger toward the end as you "fell into stride", so cudos. i like the idea and concept, and your dialogue was pretty smooth, so ill give you high marks for that. one big problem with this piece (or portion of a piece or whatever) is the entire first block of text. its 90 percent backstory, and thats a no no. people dont open books to read back story, they dont even read back covers for back story. we want to read whats going on in the now, t...
Short Story / Cobblestones and Fog
good idea, poor execution. you've got a great concept with the old man warning his grand daughter about ghost on the bench and im sure you could build a good story around it, but as of right now you are lacking one crucial element. CONFLICT- where, oh where, is the conflict? the story follows that a man met a ghost, felt weird about it, and then told his grand daughter not to talk to the ghost. but why? why should she stay away? what is so wrong with the ghost? heaven forbid she be struck wit...
definately different. personaly, not my favorite type of story, but there are many things here that you did very well, and i admire that. nearly all of the conflict in this story (all but the brief spat with the boss) was internal, which is very difficult to write, but in throwing in the bits about sexual confusion and being "someone else's art" you really drew the whole thing together. the strongest part of the piece was definately the mood. just from the tone of the speaker in the early lin...
100.0% Review Quality (3 Votes)
normally, when i see someone requesting that i read their earlier works before jumping into chapter 3 or 4 i respect their wishes, but i do read a bit to see if i would like o take that time. as i began reading this though, it became clear that i could give a solid review on this piece, and that if your other pieces were written like this theres no way id take the time to look at them. now, this is only my humble opinion, but i think this piece was horrible, and i mean that. everything seems ...