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And that's all! Hopefully you've been following along and are prepared to vote! Remember, nominations close on the 4th January, 12:00 PM Central Standard Time.
Nom. Thread: wanderers-library.wikidot.com/forum/t-1750...
The shoulder of a road in the desert, shrubs lining the edge. The sky is light blue with white fluffy clouds on the horizon.
20. "For All My Wounded Thirst" by lzhoudidion
> I knocked backwards—after the sheets, / half benzoate-mugwort and Pacifico and terpene / nepetalactone / and remembered / in the highwater heat-waves east / of Bakersfield
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Italian sculpture of a young warrior that ends just below the waste. They have curly hair, a breastplate, fauld, and one arm resting at their side. The other hand points at theirself, and they wear a confused expression. Picture not included in linked story.
19. "What Does Red Mean?" by Cakoh
> Red is our path, and our goal. The Red gave us life and we will bring back the Red upon the world.
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The inside of an orange pill bottle, multiple adderall pills sitting at the bottom, bathed in the orange glow of the bottle. Picture not included in linked story.
18. "The House Lights Are Up" by AKAM80
> A lanky man in a dull, white coat leaned on the front counter of the pharmacy, staring out a large window, past the cracked and pot hole infested parking lot.
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Cross-hatched illustration of a hand pinching a sewing needle between its thumb and pointer fingers. Picture not included in linked story.
17. "Lord Nail and the Evergreen Lady" by Gaffsey
> Billowing and tawny, a lover's lament for one far-gone and long-lost, it rolled like gentle smoke in the air. No one agreed on its name, just as no one agreed on its exact contents.
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A road curves out of sight in a thick, dark forest.
16. "Ships in the Night" by Uncle Nicolini & AstersQuill
> This is a story of two ships passing in the night.
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Black and white illustration of a garden. Small statues of humanoid figures hang on one frieze to the left, but the centerpiece is a fountain in the center. Two small statues flank it and a small willow grows in its center. Two streams of water pour in arcs from both sides of the fountain. The walls are covered in moss/vines. Picture not included in linked poem.
15. "Exit the Garden" by Rednodge
> frangible / withered / stems / bend / and / snap / like / ligament / from / frantic / disused / figures / You do not belong here / This is not your garden
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The exterior of a Waffle House late at night. Light spills out from the interior and the yellow wrap around the top is glowing. Picture not included in linked story.
14. "Diner Communion" by Snapdragon133
> Slowly, a silence falls upon the car. One restaurant plays upon our lips, the golden apple of late-night not-quite fine-dining. In fact, it would be more accurate to describe it as a diner, not a restaurant.
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A dirty, cracked bottle filled with murky seawater. The bottle sits upon the stones and sand of a beach. Picture not included in linked story.
13. "Message in a Patchwork Bottle" by Naleth
> Tapestries whose threads record heroes’ fated births.
> Crystal tablets singing of golems’ lucid dreams.
> Books no living hand can ever hope to open.
> So much wonder rests in this endless library.
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Mountainous terrain with the ruins of a castle on the very top of the rock. It is difficult to distinguish the manmade elements from the mountain. Picture not included in linked story.
12. "The Kingdom" by aismallard
> There exists a great kingdom.
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> It is the only form in the endless pitch of the void. Its brilliant marble, ivory, and alabaster shines against the darkness...
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An egg that has many brown splotches across its light tan surface. The picture is grainy. Picture not included in linked story.
11. "Dragon Egg" by Steven Choros
> Fish for the customers, children for the old fisherman. (...) If the suitcases contained living children every time or just their cut meat, he would be rich.
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A rusted, antique, metal key that has two-ends. One side is larger than the other and in the center of the rod is a heart-shaped handle. Picture not included in linked story.
10. "This Day in Spacetime" by JavaPanda
> On the first day, I became best friends with the wall. / I spent my free time staring at its pale emptiness / as my mind was in another space.
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Glass shards collected in the shattered stem of a drinking glass, some stained with blood. Picture not included in linked poem.
9. "shards of a glass statue" by UncannyClown
> Maybe it exploded, / on this world and i took / in for the first time the / desert that my soul had / become and i felt the / glass shards lacerating
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Red blood spatter.
8. "Flowers In The Shadow" by Lordmafika
> The area surrounding the temple burned fiercely. Centuries of history were reduced to ashes in seconds. But it was all a facade protecting something deeper. Something darker.
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Nine different shades of red in a 3x3 pattern. Picture not included in linked story.
7. "The Modern Asylum" by Godfrey Tholen
> I can not give any man or woman an accurate description of what it truly feels like. It’s like describing a color, I like to imagine it like the color Red.
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A forest fire, picture taken on the ground from within the forest. Picture not included in linked story.
6. "All Consuming Fire" by Plilt
> Hixat-lik could practically feel the flames lick their haunches as they raced through the grassland. Six legs couldn't take them over what had once been their home fast enough...
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Old, grainy illustration of a beast similar to a lion prowling a forest. The lion's face is hidden. Picture not included in linked story.
5. "The Tail of our Pride" by Chaos Conductor
> A vile creature creeps on the tree's naked dried branch, slowly heading towards the moonlight, intrigued by its sudden presence.
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Plains scattered with trees along with morning fog aglow from the sun. Fence posts dot the otherwise grassy landscape. Picture not included in linked story.
4. "The Plains" by Arclund
> Winter had set in across the Plains, which meant rain, and that meant the wagon’s youngest occupant was beyond miserable.
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A bright sunflower on a black background. Picture not included in linked story.
3. "Sunflower" by good_vibrations
> In the little café I visit for breakfast, my favorite spot is in the far corner wedged against the wall. (...) You can tell a lot about a person just from the combination of laptop, literature, and comportment.
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Old illustration of a naked person either standing or floating in a river. Another naked person appears to be falling into the river. Picture not included in linked story.
2. "Necromancer, New Romancer" by Din-Bidor
> Saar-Lo drops to all fours and crawls his way to the edge of the rooftop, dragging his distended stomach over the concrete and loose gravel to momentarily appease its demands for nourishment.
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Original collage by SardineCan_1347 featuring two fish on a background of greens and blues, one of which is cut open in two places. The first cut exposes its flesh, ribs, and heart and a brain with a small person behind jail bars in the other. That same fish has a bright halo around its head. The other fish is unaltered.
1. "A Fish Dreaming of Fire" by SardineCan_1347
> Is that distant fire still burning?
> A fish thought.
> In the faraway lands, is the fire still burning?
> How many did it kill?
> How many faceless ones, in that distant land, did a fire kill?
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This is a thread that will be updated daily until January 3rd linking each piece posted for the Wing Three Contest, celebrating 2000 pieces posted to the site!
Check back each afternoonish for a few new randomly selected recommendations.
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We have a fantastic group of first time and returning authors, with a wide variety of pieces all from our Outsiders & Outcasts theme to share.
Over the next week we'll be posting random selections from the 20 pieces posted for the contest each day, so look out for those!
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Please feel free to read the wonderful entries to the contest to help decide the stories that will head each of Wing Three's shelves! More info. on the nom. thread linked here:
wanderers-library.wikidot.com/forum/t-1750...
Noms. end Jan. 4 12 PM CST
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Our Wing Three Contest's posting period closed today, and now begins our weeklong nomination period!
Our winners are chosen by nominations, not votes. Anyone may list their top five entries to the contest and points will be tallied up at the end to decide the winners!
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