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  1. Parker Owens
    I am glad these two gave some chance for reflection. That happened to me, too. They were written some time apart from one another, and it was in editing and readying them that the notion of pairing them occurred. Thank you for your insights and thoughts.
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    Collection

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Collection

    You are very kind to try out the flavors on offer in this collection. And it is very nice you find they please your palate.
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    Let Go

    Parker Owens commented on mogwhy's story chapter in Let Go

    Such a hard, hard thing to read and to consider. You put it into thought so well.
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    Chapter 10

    Parker Owens commented on Cris Kane's story chapter in Chapter 10

    Have much enjoyed this wonderful story. You wrapped it up perfectly.
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    Happy Birthday! Many happy returns of the day....
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    Chapter 10

    Parker Owens commented on Mikiesboy's story chapter in Chapter 10

    Surprise. Anticipation. Tenderness. Anxiety. You build all of these up, moment by moment, well chosen word by well chosen word. This chapter is fantastic in every respect. And the love scenes simply iced the cake for me.
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    2-3 - The Warden

    Parker Owens commented on Cynus's story chapter in 2-3 - The Warden

    A very tough chapter to write, setting out a cosmology in dialogue. Interesting and intriguing. Thank you!
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    Aptly put.
  9. Parker Owens
    You are a way, way better man than I am...
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    That's too much...how terrible.
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    Going to waste?

    Parker Owens commented on northie's story chapter in Going to waste?

    Your hardworking editor took a few moments out from marking shredder-worthy papers to read this. It is you at your fascinating, magnificent best. I got wrapped up in the story and drawn in quickly. You have a marvelous gift for personification. Wonderfully done!
  12. Parker Owens
    @Mikiesboy...You read me so well in these, tim. Alternate Reality is indeed all about change, and recognizing its presence. So many changes we go through, and we so often fight them instead of flow with them. And when that happens, we only concentrate on the loss, and not the blessings of the present moment. Companion is part of a quiet hope for facing the pain, the consequences of choices made and tolerated. I am glad you liked this, and your comments are so kind and generous. Thank you.
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    No false modesty. But it is kind of cute.
  14. Parker Owens
    See is such a deceptively simple title for the wonders and joys you describe. The symphonies of geese, the crystal clear days and misty mornings, and the butterflies passing through the golds and purples of my garden: your words bring them all to mind as you pianist your images so vividly. To Sir offers me a very different kind of supply for my imagination. But the passion and emotion that springs from every stanza cannot help but set the heart resonating. These are both beautifully done tim.
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    Only Liz seems to understand what's happening. At least for now. Perhaps Ethan was comatose and dizzy from having two weeks of death history re-written. The questions in my mind are many, and involve both how much this is the Ethan who was lost, and just how much this or any Ethan will understand of the situation - but I will keep specifics to myself, as this story just keeps getting deeper and richer and better. The emotion and detail you pack into this are lessons for aspiring writers.
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    Alone

    Parker Owens commented on WolfM's story chapter in Alone

    The public, outer mask, trying vainly to protect the inner self is a tragic story, and you tell it so well here. Each stanza paints the scene darker, even as the bright lights and music blare in the images you paint.
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    New Life

    Parker Owens commented on WolfM's story chapter in New Life

    This is especially touching. Thank you for sharing a snapshot from your life.
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    Labels

    Parker Owens commented on WolfM's story chapter in Labels

    Great poem. Your refusal of each convenient label simply makes you more of who you are. And the feel is light and confident. Really well done.
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    Submission

    Parker Owens commented on WolfM's story chapter in Submission

    You paint a picture so fully and vividly, I can see it before my eyes. It lingers in my mind. And you make clear that the power relationship you describe is twofold. It is finely balanced, yet each must be for the other exactly what the other needs, exactly as their spirits demand. Beautifully done.
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    Chapter 9

    Parker Owens commented on Cris Kane's story chapter in Chapter 9

    Oh, hot....oh, damn. It's all over, isn't it? The technicolor faded, and we have to go back to monochrome Kansas, is that it? Well, I suppose there will be lessons learned and heartache and drudge, and Scott will get to smile wistfully at his few hours of freedom and what might have been. Very artfully done.
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    I am enjoying Jake's self reflection very much. I admire his resolve and restraint. And he is very perceptive and observant around Nats. She almost appears dangerous, as if Jake is seeing her in a shifting light. But then, she isn't...no, Jake shows in the end he is still his own greatest danger.
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    I very much like your take on Companion. You are quite right, I think. Endure the difficulty of opening the way, and it is much easier to walk the path with another. And Alternate Reality is full of autumnal kinds of sadness. These seemed to fit the season.
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    Thank you, Def. I am glad you liked them. These somehow seemed to fit the season.
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    Chapter 2

    Parker Owens commented on Ronyx's story chapter in Chapter 2

    And now you have me wondering where this is going. But I am very interested, nonetheless. Very, very surprised Joey and his friends can find places to light up on campus, but perhaps that's just the way the place laid out, or staffed.
  25. Parker Owens
    You say such nice things. Thank you. @dughlas did indeed have it perfectly right. And your image of helically twisted DNA strands is really quite marvelous. These two really do seem to rotate about one another like that. I am both glad and sorry that you relate to these; I have felt both acutely. Thank you for your interesting thoughts and lively images. And for your hugs.
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