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Hierophant


Let's give them something to hope for.

Bio

I am a hunting-specified ape descendent, combat vet, father of exclusively female offspring, professional writer, editor and an all-around prolixious twit. I don't want to commit art; I just want to tell stories.

My alternate identity works for Simon & Schuster and sells content across the known wordosphere.

Asyndeton is my thing.

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For horse fans only:

Want your work reviewed by an industry professional? What a coincidence; I am an industry professional. If you are contemplating a writing career and would like the opinion of a seasoned (seasoned? eh, semi-seasoned) industry editor, submit your work to my new group. Timelines not guaranteed (or even vaguely adhered to).

What published authors pay me for, you can get for free. Because ponies.

I no longer review or edit stories unless they are in this group.

Feb
24th
2015

She Changed How Math Works · 10:14pm Feb 24th, 2015

Forty-three point four six isotopic density times three, considering the mass of the specimen. Add one-forty-four, plus the product of my experimental equation... I punched the numbers.

43.46 x 3 + 144 + 81.562

Multiply that by 57. Add 9,289... Double the sum... Subtract 58287.8571, and I got...

Fifty-five.

Impossible. I ran the numbers through the calculator again, making painstaking effort to ensure all decimal points were in their proper places.

Fifty-five.

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Report Hierophant · 677 views · Story: Source ·

Respect is free. Admiration warrants expenditure.

Comments ( 13 )
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Hey! Thanks for the fav for Dragon King's Rebirth. I'd love to hear what you think of it so far!

952082

Clever. I like it.

I keep getting sucked into the story

That is the highest payment I could hope to garner.

951992
Dangit... my riddle has two correct answers. Back to the drawing board. My answer is "a complement." Which, if genuine, is certainly a high form of respect. So I suppose either answer works.

I'm reading Source right now, and I keep trying to make notes about what I like or dislike, or comments and suggestions about the technical problems I find... but I keep getting sucked into the story and forget to take notes. Lately I've been having a lot of trouble telling my internal editor to shut up, so it's rare that I can just sit down and read for the enjoyment of it. Thanks.

Also, I've been seeing a lot of hospitals lately and thinking a lot about neuroscience... perhaps that has something to do with it.

951937

I think this might be an odd amalgam of multiple riddles. Solving it requires that you... expand your thinking.

Give me a few days to mull it over in the crock pot of my subconscious. Perhaps I'll have an answer when I come back to it later.

951937
Oh, you can most certainly sell attention. Reality TV is living proof of this.

But very close!

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