Daily Literature Deviations for May 5, 2012

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Special Edition: Staff Appreciation

We usually don't feature work from our staff, as the point is to feature great work
we find around deviantART. But some of our staff have been here for more than a year,
and all of them are lovely, talented authors. So May 2nd - 5th will feature the finest
pieces from the galleries of our Category and General Admins. If you'd like to suggest
a piece from one of their galleries, please send a note to LiliWrites. Thank you.


doodlerTM


Tara is a Prose Admin for us, but she also suggests poetry to our
other admins on a very regular basis. She works for TheWritersMeow
and likes Star Trek and doodling, as her name suggests.
I know she had a piece featured already this month, but as it is
staff appreciation week, I am making an exception to the rule.


Featured by LiliWrites
Itchy FingersI have itchy fingers
They want to grab that pen
I have itchy fingers
they want to scribble scribble
black lines that wobble and bend
Round eyes that start to blink at me
And weird aliens from afar
Dark horizons as close as I can see
And mutant rodents driving cars
Great dragons spouting orange flame
And fat cats with long fat tails
Giant lizards playing a tug-o-war game
A happy dwarf hammering a nail
I have itchy fingers
but alas, they cannot stay
I need to go to class
and there it's necessary that I pass
so I must make sure that my fingers
are not led astray with that pen and paper
today
or any day

Itchy Fingers by doodlerTM

Sometimes the compulsion to draw can be
quite as distracting as the compulsion to write - and not
as easily passed off as taking notes while in the classroom.



Featured by LiliWrites
A Discussion of Luck"We sure were lucky back there," Ido said, wiping sweat from his brow.  He looked around at his companions – Vaxtra, the former experimental prisoner; Jared, the cyborg; and Dexa, the young lady who had gotten caught up in their adventure.  It was dirty in the sewers, but at least they were safe.  They sat down at the bottom of the long-abandoned drainage pipe, catching their breath.
"Ah, luck.  Define 'luck,' my Japanese friend," Vaxtra replied skeptically. "Is is lucky, then, that we're hiding out in a filthy sewer drain?  I'd say we were lucky if we didn't have to be constantly on the run," he added in an exhausted tone.
Dexa laughed.  "I'd agree with you there."
Ido glanced over at the teenager.  "You joined us voluntarily, remember.  We didn't have a choice."
The cyborg boy spoke up.  "Technically, there is no scientific proof to prove a conceptual theory such as luck.  There h

A Discussion of Luck by doodlerTM

Strong characterization and an intriguing situation
make this flash piece fun to read and leaves
you wanting to know much more.



Leona629


Leona is a Prose Admin for us, though she's currently on hiatus.
In addition to her wonderful fiction pieces she is writing a collaborative
fan-fiction graphic novel based in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Though I can't
feature it here, I highly recommend it to any fan of the show.

Featured by LiliWrites
CloakedZarra grasped the cloak tight around her neck. The air was still and balmy in the diminishing light of the evening, but she felt a chill nonetheless. All the sleepless nights, all the preparations, had led to this one event. No more stalling, no more excuses.  After tonight, her world would be changed forever.
She breathed deep in the shadows of the chapel, as if the simple act would calm her. Beside her, Therok appeared bored. Twice her size and tattooed from his neck to his ankles, he carried the air of someone who had done all of this before, despite what the reality was.  At'Kel was across the street, invisible in the thick branches of an oak tree. Zarra had asked him why it was necessary to launch his ambush from a tree, but his only reply had been a disturbing laugh.  She didn't ask any more questions after that.  
As the minutes dragged on into hours, Zarra busied herself with her twinned daggers. She turned them over in her hands, throwin

Cloaked by Leona629

Strong narrative, detailed action, and a mysterious conflict:
the perfect beginnings to a tale of murder and rebellion.


Featured by LiliWrites
An Abrupt ChangePenelope smiled as she sighed.  Nothing, she decided, was going to spoil the perfect day.  It was her anniversary after all, and she was going to make it perfect.
She held the picnic basket in her hand without gripping too tightly.  The arthritis in her fingers made it difficult to do much of anything with them.  But, instead of damning them again, she thanked God that she had a place to keep her ring.
@)-->-----
It was the spring of 1947.  Post-war England was a bleak and desolate place, even surrounded by the beauty of the North Yorkshire Moors.  The heather was in bloom, turning the hills around Whitby a brilliant shade of purple.
Penny hadn't any petrol rations left, so she decided to walk the moors one spring morning.  The fog had barely lifted, and if she didn't know where she was going, she would have lost her way in its thickness.
While she didn't have her petrol rations, she did have her sweet ration. &

An Abrupt Change by Leona629

Rich in detail, this romance set in post-war England is a gentle
reminder that love can come to us unexpectedly, and though the object
of that affection may be lost to us, the connection remains.



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i-Moosker's avatar
Yay for staff being featured~
They don't get enough love sometimes.