A Personal Study of This One’s Experience with NaNoWriMo I’m going to get the bragging out of the way: my word count upon writing this article was at 13,759 and constantly growing—more than anything I’ve ever written in any single story since the beginning of my pursuit of writing. Now, in the words of Chris [...]

Oh, the silence, I cannot stand the silence, the silence which has seeped into my brain and driven me to do what I normally would not—no—what I normally can’t do and I must keep it away before it overcomes me again, yes; but they are gone, all of them gone because I wanted them gone [...]

Neon blood pulses through the twists and turns in the letters, glowing faintly in the darkness. Shadows dance along the street—not those pale imitations of darkness but rather little blobs of black that broke away from the whole…

Soothing was the light that illuminated all things around me. I could almost hear its whisper upon form as silk upon skin. Here, it spread to all things, unveiled even the darkest corners, lavished vibrance upon the gloomiest of colors. Its source was the very nature of life itself, and life depended on this light. [...]