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It Is Raining

Rida Abbasi October 9, 2007

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#1 Posted by RMor on November 14, 2007 2:00:13 pm
very simple, touching.
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#2 Posted by ShoreSahib on November 14, 2007 9:35:59 pm
Beautiful! I loved it....
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#3 Posted by TaheraSajid on November 14, 2007 9:58:33 pm
Welcome to chowk, Rida...and what a start! Brilliant. Hope to read more from you.
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#4 Posted by mangotree on November 15, 2007 9:46:08 am
A good story with originality
Sana Gulraiz
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#5 Posted by category5 on November 16, 2007 4:43:52 pm
Rida,

welcome to chowk.

Unfortunately, being the impatient a-hole (a category 5 storm) that I am, I skimmed the story quickly and just saw "raining" over and over again. Since rain is a distant and weak relative of mine, I had no interest in reading about its misadventures. I got bored
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#6 Posted by Chris on November 19, 2007 9:10:16 pm
Short, elegant, poignant. So often I read pieces and think to myself 'Too many words...too many words...' - and it is rare indeed to see a piece that seems to me to have just the right number.

I liked the sense of ambiguity here...you were writing in the spaces BETWEEN the characters.
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#7 Posted by sufiist on December 11, 2007 7:40:18 am
neat stuff.
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