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2026 Anthology - Horizons and Unspoken - Week Two **NOW LIVE**
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This year's anthology started off last week with a bang! The number of comments and reviews are impressive, so keep it going! This week, we have five new stories to read, along with Chapter 2 of Myr's story from last week. Ready, set.... Check out Chapter 2- 2 comments
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You are simple, yet not so simple. The meditation i'm using is moving into inner thoughts...i'm hoping they can teach me to shut mine up. Something it says aren't too helpful. I wish i did not have an inner monologue. -
Thanks for adding this. It's interesting.
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I see an apple. Exactly an apple. I luckily do not have an inner monologue either. I am one thread single core processor: one ping only, Vassili! So, as soon as I leave the apple, I can think of something else... I am simple. -
In storytelling, a sidle—meaning to walk or move sideways in a cautious, furtive, or indirect manner—serves as a powerful tool for characterization, pacing, and subtext. Instead of moving directly from point A to point B, a character who "sidles" alters the emotional landscape of a scene. Here is why sidling is important in storytelling: Characterization and Subtext: Reveals hidden motives: Characters who sidle are rarely upfront. The physical act of moving sideways signals to the r -
The word sidle originated in the late 17th century (around the 1690s) as a back-formation fro the obsolete adverb sideling (dating back to the early 14th century). Speakers reinterpreted sideling (meaning "in a sidelong direction" or "obliquely") as if it were a present participle ending in -ing (like sidling), which led to the creation of the base verb sidle. Old English also featured related terms like sidlingweg, meaning an oblique or sideways road. Early written records of the verb appear
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Just the facts: SIDLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster SIDLE Related Words - Merriam-Webster SIDLE - 18 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English sidle /ˈsīd(ə)l/ To sidle means to walk or move in a quiet, cautious, or sideways manner, often trying not to be noticed. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it can function as an intransitive verb (to move with one side foremost in a furtive advance) or a tra
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I tried to sidle up to the Word of the Day, but I see I've been noticed. -
why was it perfectly fine for men to have multiple wives, but it's never been okay for women to have multiple husbands? In those times men ruled the world, women and children were simply a part of it like everything else, but usually with no power other perhaps than seduction.
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