Hello and welcome to our August feature! It's hard to believe that summer is nearly over, but we've got the perfect way for you to enjoy what's left: 16 pieces of deviantART prose and a new Published Work, care of your fellow community members.

We would also like to hear one final "Hurrah!" for our former Gallery Director, `GeneratingHype, who returns to the ranks of Lit Seniors as of today. We're sure he'll continue to serve the community as steadfastly as always, but if you've a moment to spare, do stop over to his little corner of dA and thank him for all that he has done during his six-month tenure as GD.

_{`GeneratingHype is the Creator and Doomlord Commander of the *WordCount Project.}


100 words or less

Letting go by `MSJames

Fictional Life Stories: If you love someone, let him go--unless he's hanging from a rope.

Drabble 2: Grandfather by =TakodaVega

General Fiction: A clever wordplay covering the subject of age and time.



101-300 words

tonight by ~kury-bop

General Romantic Fiction: This is a short tale of a long-distance relationship.


Fright by ~LynnSnow

Sociopolitical Fiction: In this piece, humanity is seen as an inhuman force.



301-500 words

A Writer's Manifesto by =AGoddessFinch

General Nonfiction: This deviation is quickly gaining popularity here on dA; it just goes to show that writers do understand.


Notebook by =wastelandsofthemind

Occult: A chance encounter with a prophetic notebook?


This is Teddy Bear by ~oblivion00

Children's: Children under five are so hard to write for, but ~oblivion00 clearly has a knack for it!



501-1,000 words

Mightier Than the Sword by ~Ruadre

Humorous Fantasy: The pen is mighty, indeed, but the paper shredder is even mightier.


Answerphone Monologue by `conorschild

Theatre & Scripts: A woman returns home from grocery shopping and finds an emotional message waiting for her.


I am woman by ~bruisedapple

Humor: Hot, cold, passionate, neurotic: a woman sends her lover on an emotional roller-coaster with an utterly zany letter.



1,001-3,000 words

Recreate 68 by ~Crazy-Diam0nd

Essays: This informative article provides much food for thought in preparation for the events of Recreate 68 coming up in August.


Peace in Suspense by ~AluminumHeart

Science Fiction: This is a story of the end of the world, for one person at least.


losing a few years v.2 by ~general-lostbear

Horror: Long live beauty! Miss Jan's about to find out just how long that may be.



3,001 - 5,000 Words

The End of the World by ~animatedpunk

General Fiction: Three childhood friends unwittingly stumble upon the end of the world.


Young Soseki by ~vix0r

Philosophical Fiction: Well researched and well written, this is a piece both educational and entertaining.



Published Works

Diary of a Lonely Demon by ~Zeartist

Morgalla is a young woman with a dark secret: She's a demon from Hell. Nobody's perfect. Upon one of her many visits to Earth disguised as a human, she meets a young man who shows her kindness she has never known. Does she dare to show her true self? Can a human being love a demon? At the same time a plot unfolds that will put the human race in jeopardy. An epic battle of good versus evil ensues, and the meaning of true love is revealed.

Currently available at Barnes&Noble.com!


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Looking Back: July's Prose DDs

Couldn't catch all the prose Daily Deviations that were featured in July? Well, we've got good news: here they are!

General Fiction: The Cloud Seekers by ~Katieyangg (586)
General Fiction: The Indian driver by *Remedies (1,097)
General Nonfiction: I heard you were a rose by *Ghost-of-Ink (1,367)
Transgressive Fiction: Sleeping Beauty by ~SadisticIceCream (3,015) _{Previously featured!}
General Fiction: The Tempo by ~SlickFiction (2,941)
Children's Fiction: never grow up by =Pretty-As-A-Picture (401)
Philosophical Fiction: TRRS by =smoking-mirrors (329)
Transgressive Fiction: regardless by *Barnaby (1,933)
Transgressive Fiction: To Be A Woman: Part Two by *starlightofdawn (471)
Theatre & Scripts: Phone Play 1 by ~sovegna-vos (245)
Horror: they never quite do by =jimboistic (1,461)
General Fiction: This Organized Life by ~are-bee-s (814)
Nonfiction Essay: Guide to Advanced Critiques by `cypher-neo (2,564)


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Meet Our Contributors: ~raheel07

~raheel07 is one of our original team members, and like a lot of our core staff, we bid him a fond farewell only to welcome him back again in July 2008! ~raheel07 ambitiously began as our Sociopolitical, Philosophical & Transgressive staff member, and now contributes to our Life Stories & Perspectives section. He is energetic, enthusiastic, and above all, ~raheel07 is devoted to prose.

Not only is ~raheel07 a writer himself...

SMILE (137 words)

Philosophical Nonfiction: A smile is a powerful thing!

Remembering the Seasons (188 words)

General Fiction: Seasons intersect in this short evocative piece.

...but he is also a budding photographer:







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