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Melissa is 72% done

Fourteen Entries from the Diary of Maria Hertogh: I don't know how much is historical, but this is the most inspired and valuable story in this collection so far.

— Sep 12, 2021 09:44AM

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Melissa is 92% done

Siren: This (and Maria Hertogh), I would read a novel about.

— Sep 12, 2021 10:57AM

Melissa is 82% done

Laundromat: Interesting premise, but the part about the lost piece of laundry is jarring and unnecessary.

— Sep 12, 2021 10:14AM

Melissa is 78% done

Chick: What an anti-climax after Maria Hertogh. Is it mean to say... trying too hard to be edgy?

— Sep 12, 2021 09:58AM

Melissa is 65% done

Alice, you must be the fulcrum of your own universe: Not bad, a little cliché but it has its own flair.

— Sep 11, 2021 07:58PM

Melissa is 53% done

Two Ways To Do This: Ok, I don't know what the two ways are, or what this is. The suspense is good though.

— Sep 11, 2021 04:19AM

Melissa is 42% done

Every Park on This Island: Psst, the parks are not actually relevant, could have been shopping mall, library, museum, carpark... Many aren't even named. This is a bit like one of those sordid yet inane confessionals on Reddit. What a I'm-not-like-the-other-girls drama queen.

— Sep 11, 2021 12:08AM

Melissa is 33% done

The King of Caldecott Hill: Also tragic, chock full of cliché references. Not bad, but not as elegant as #3.

— Sep 10, 2021 06:05AM

Melissa is 25% done

Pawn: Oh, chess pawn... This one is the best so far; it's more evocative than the first one and clearer than the second.

— Sep 10, 2021 03:53AM

Melissa is 19% done

Carousel and Fort: Hrm, strange ending. Maybe I'm not avant-garde enough to get this story.

— Sep 06, 2021 04:36AM

Melissa is 14% done

Flamingo valley: poetic and a little sad, but mostly a bit "meh"...