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Julia fell back into the dream. She ran, her legs barely carrying her into forest. She tripped and fell, breathing heavily. Escape. She couldn’t escape. She crawled towards the base of a tree, noticing that her skin was weeping blood from the scratches on her arms. She couldn’t remember opening the cuts. She felt a [...]

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By candlelight Blackmain searched his clothes chest for things requiring mending. There wasn’t much, he mainly wore only three sets of clothes, one to wear, one to wash and one in reserve incase the job was messier than he had predicted. Julia had on a set of garments he had gotten from a rag dealer, [...]

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In the capital, Cimon and the Queen were continuing their illicit affair. As they were still in mourning for the king, it would not be appropriate for the Queen to marry again so soon. Anyway, she was quite content, she still had her position as head of the household, and Cimon was not yet instated [...]

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Ishton emerged from the bedroom several hours later, still feeling drained. He felt for Julia’s non-presence. He must really look into that, one day when he had the time. It wouldn’t do for too many humans to have these cloaking powers, it could destroy their only method of protection. The reason elves had been able [...]

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Blackmain and Ishton fell onto the bed in a tangle of limbs. For modesties sake, in case Julia was to look in on them, the two left their clothes on even though they were sweaty and crumpled. Blackmain angled his head to see Ishton already asleep, his breathing deep and even, almost like a stone [...]

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Julia drifted off to sleep, still tormented in her dreams. She ran, her legs carrying her quickly though the forest. Suddenly she tripped and fell, breathing heavily. Escape. She couldn’t escape. She crawled towards the base of a tree, noticing that her skin was beginning to weep blood from the scratches on her arms. She [...]

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Feedback on the novel, and the site in its entirety would be much appreciated. Whether this means you simply participate in the poll (it’s anonymous, and you can only vote once), you leave me a comment or email me (note that any great emails may be posted up on the site), I would really appreciate [...]

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Julia was awoken by voices. A deep but beautiful voice was speaking from the next room where she could not see. She didn’t move as she feared that they might be the men that were meant to kill her. The man in the room turned and looked straight at her. “Hi,” said Blackmain softly, ‘You [...]

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I couldn’t sleep last night for all the thoughts going round and round. First, it was the difference between operant and classical conditioning. Operant Conditioning is the use of reinforcement and punishment to increase or decrease the likelihood of the desired response. For example, Skinner’s Box taught a rat how to press a lever to [...]

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Off Blackmain sped into the night to the place where he had seen the riders before. The tracks were fresh and not difficult to follow. He rode on for some time before he was able to see the guard posted to keep watch. He dismounted and Starless and disappeared into the undergrowth. As he slowly [...]

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