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The Great American Novel

May 9, 2026 9 Comments

By Parker Davis

It was the summer of 1865, and storm clouds huddled over Newark, conspiring to unleash a

Up until the afternoon’s untimely drizzle, Broad Street had enjoyed an uptick of weekend pedestrians, coaxed from their homes by the temperate June which had

At 3 o’clock sharp on his Sunday walk, a surly jeweller named Emmett Chesterton dove beneath the Prudential’s gold-trimmed awning, cursing as raucous fat globules began to

From what Emmett could recall, his dissatisfaction with precipitation had started when

He had never liked the feeling of water when it

He had never liked it when

Emmett hated the fucking rain.

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Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    May 9, 2026 at 10:37 am

    Haha, this is great. Love the structure.

    Reply
  2. ELSAA-LISSA says

    May 9, 2026 at 5:26 pm

    Your dedication to the world and the lore is genuinely inspiring. Every detail feels intentional and adds to the richness of the environment. I feel like I could spend hours just exploring the setting you’ve built. I want to give a huge shout-out for the brilliant chapter you just released! It was everything I hoped for and more. You have a real talent for storytelling. Bravo!

    Reply
  3. Cameron D Yow says

    May 13, 2026 at 8:08 am

    Mesmerizing, captivating, enthralling! What more is there to say!

    Reply
  4. Janet says

    May 13, 2026 at 9:14 am

    Soooo funny!!

    Reply
  5. Bud Pharo says

    May 13, 2026 at 9:32 am

    Unique structure and quite funny.

    Reply
  6. Patti R. says

    May 13, 2026 at 10:54 am

    Love, love, love this! Brilliant and so entertaining!

    Reply
  7. K F Lerner says

    May 13, 2026 at 2:11 pm

    Nicely, done. Great last line. There strikethroughs made things a little hard to read, but it was worth the effort.

    Reply
  8. David Berger says

    May 14, 2026 at 11:59 am

    This is plagiarism. I wrote every one of those deleted sentences and many more. Plagiarism! Not fair! I deleted first!

    Reply
  9. Stella Schone says

    May 14, 2026 at 6:41 pm

    Beautiful. Perfect.

    Reply

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