fresh_out_the_oven, The Journeyman Scrivener

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Hiya! It's me, fresh. I help create the CYS Monthly Gazette and am the one and only Fifth Daughter (est. 11/7/2024 12:21:58 CST), as well as being your friendly neighborhood Noob Keeper. There's a fan club dedicated to me somewhere around here.
Oh, and I draw things sometimes. Feel free to message me with a request, and definitely feel free to pay me (though I'll do it anyway)

my drawings

My Short Stories (at least the ones worth reading)

Hotel California

Positive Self Talk

Fate

Scared of the Dark

Chalk Drawings

School Dance

Benefit the Community

Newlife Studies Case 0036

Grief

Breathe

offensive words

A Brony's Goodbye

Until the End of Time!

"Ngl you remind me a lot of myself a few years ago." -Mystic (my role model)
"The queen is back" -Wizzy
"Your subjects adore you" -Circle
"Saint Fresh" -Dire
"Fresh, you're actually pretty cool, which is rare. I mean, women aren't typically cool." -Chris
"You should be proud" -Sherb
"Fresh doesn't miss :)" -Aldreda
"I think you are kind of tolerable on occasion." -TCat
"You are so cool. My writing idol." -Suranna
"Petros is still my favorite mean girl, though, sorry Fresh" -Peng
"You're both obviously little overachievers and will most likely do well in the future" -End (to TCat and I)
"It's seriously cool of you to notice these little things and be so friendly like this." -RK
"Well at least we know Fresh will never leave us for an athiest tranny" -Mizal
"She seems alright." -Thara
"You know you're incredibly good at diffusing extreme situations? Like, scarily good." -flutter
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME" -Canary
"Know your place, Jezebel" -Ben
"end I think you might have inbred a bit too hard with this daughter" -malk

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3rd most commended Warden
#4 ranked story of 2023
2nd place entry in EndMaster's Prompt Contest 2
4th place entry in Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest
4th place entry is EndMaster's Prompt Contest 4
Runner-Up "most creative gift", Secret Santa 2024
Secondmost Least Secret Santa, Secret Santa 2024
Runner-Up "best overall gift", Secret Santa 2024
 

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Gaiety and Sorrow

Entry in End Master's Prompt Contest 4
Prompt: "a story heavily driven by a love/hate relationship with the antagonist"

A long time ago in a land far, far more gay...

Sir Channing is a knight under rule of King Thom. His successes and failures, as well as every decision between, have more impact on the fate of Thigomisat than he may ever know.

And of course, all of those decisions depend on you.

S'pose you could call it a prequel.

There are 13 total epilogues, one of which claims to be the "true" ending.

Obligatory content warning: Some paths contain vivid depictions of violence, horror, and gayness. If any of these will traumatize you, just rate it an eight and move on with your day. :P

Thank you so, so much to all y'all who gave me encouragement and proofread/playtested. You know who you are.


Gay and DepressedER!!!

Your lesbian little sister died horribly because her gay crush fucked her over, but that’s not stopping you from taking up the rainbow flag in her honor.

Welcome to another addition to the iconic Gay and Depressed series (shoutout to queenlatifa04 for the amazing original!!). Speaking of the original, read that masterpiece by clicking this link here.

It's worth mentioning that this is a direct sequel, and the sister mentioned is the MC in the original.

I would also like to point out that some of the more strange aspects of this tale (such as the names of the pages, tone of the story, and several of the endings) are designed as they are to keep the same style as the original.

Second place entry in EndMaster’s Prompt Contest 2
Not to mention a glowing review from End: "Fresh's story is pretty funny"


Yet Another World-Ending Scenario

You see them all the time— serial killers, zombie outbreaks, nuclear fallouts. Of course, you always see them on a movie screen or the pages of a book. Not me.
Hi, I’m Teshi. I play the comedic relief in all your favorite tales of the apocalypse! It’s the best role because if I die, the fans will have the head of the lead scriptwriter. I consider myself pretty well-protected.
That is until all of that goes kerplooey.

Fourth place entry in Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest

Special thanks to:
goodnight_a for proofreading and playtesting
TypewriterCat for playtesting (though that's not what she intended it to be) and for words of encouragement
My irl friends for proofreading, playtesting, and letting me work in peace


My Possessions
unpublished

This story is about Mammon, a promising young boy whose life gets cut short by his father. But for Mammon, this is not the end of the road; it is simply an unforeseen and abrupt turn.

Mammon awakens to find himself a ghost, and must decide what to with his afterlife.

Will he give in to the greed that plagued him in life? Will he use this opportunity to get revenge on those who caused him suffering? Or will he attempt to atone for his sins, now that he has a second chance?


The Gods are Angered
unpublished

Your city has been living in utter denial of the existence of the gods of yore, and they are angry.
All of them.

As the chosen representative for your hometown, (chosen by the gods, of course) you must complete twelve labors mostly based off of stories from mythology or religious books.

Despite all the religion and spiritual lessons, not every path in this is family friendly. In fact, unless you immediately (or pretty near immediately) die, you'll be subjected to some kind of suggestive talk and most definitely some cussing - some of which could be offensive. So if that's not your thing, don't say I didn't warn you.

For EndMaster's Myth and Religion Contest


Yet Another World-Ending Scenario (Episode 2 and beyond)
unpublished

Teshi has survived thus far with your help. Can you once again keep our beloved, humorous little protagonist alive?

Honestly I'll probably add this all to the first story someday, but only once it's finished.


Articles Written

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Recent Posts

I need an opinion on 8/27/2025 3:05:18 PM

You could say "I'm drawn to something about his face— perhaps the pattern of his freckles, or maybe a different thing entirely. Whatever it is, it causes me to stare for longer than intended."

Just an example, of course. You could also say "The pattern of his freckles tugs at the back of my memory, whispering about something familiar, but I can't make out the words."


I need an opinion on 8/27/2025 4:30:43 AM

Been a while since I've done this. I've been meaning to get back into the habit.

Just gonna dive right in.

Suggested Fixes

First of all, full paragraph breaks > line breaks 80% of the time, and all the time on this forum. Much easier to read and more visually appealing.

the wood never warmed from family dinners,

Should be "never warmed by family dinners. The heat comes from the family dinners— the wood is warmed by the family dinners. It depends on where the subject (the noun that the sentence is about) is, whether it's passive (having the action done to it) or active (doing the action). In this case, the wood is the subject, and it is passive, so you'd use "by".

They haven't talked to me in 3 years, the only times I've seen them is at family gatherings, and that's because I have to go to those.

Well first of all, "three" should be spelled out here. Generally speaking, for creative writing, anything under ten should for sure be spelled out, and in my opinion everything else should too.
This is also a run-on sentence. The first clause ("They haven't talked to me in three years") is connected to the second ("the only times I've seen them is at family gatherings") without any conjuction through use of a comma. This is referred to as a "comma splice". To fix this, you would either need to change the punctuation to an em dash (—) or semicolon (;), end the sentence at "years" and start a new one, or add a conjunction. I don't believe the latter option really works here.
I'll also mention that "is" is a singular verb, and you're using it with a plural noun (times). It should be "are".

I've been doing just fine in a studio apartment for three years, never making a single late payment, what do they mean poor?

This could be improved by adding "so" before the "what" to link the two clauses, inserting an em dash, or making the last clause its own sentence.
Another suggestion I have— though this one's not entirely necessary —is for you to put quotes around the word "poor", since it's a quote, and adding the word "by" in front of it. It reads cleaner, but the intent is clear either way.
Also, "never making a late payment" is a little clunky. I'd suggest rephrasing to something like "and have never made a late payment". It makes the sentence parallel— which means it keeps the same tense throughout. The first verb phrase is "I've been doing", in which the verb is actually "been", so to match it you'd use "have". Your current version lacks the same sentence cohesion.

I clenched my fists which were laying in my lap, I attempted to look at my mother but she just nodded in agreement, not meeting my eye.

"Laying" means setting something down. You mean "lying" here, which means resting horizontally.
Also, you need a comma before "which". "Which were lying in my lap" is a nonrestrictive clause: a part of a sentence that provides extra information.
And then we have another comma splice. This should be two separate sentences. Do you see where the break should be?
Another thing you need is a comma after "mother".

As soon as I said the words their faces flashed with annoyance

Comma after "words". "As soon as I said the words" is a dependent clause, and when a sentence starts with a dependent clause, there always needs to be a comma. You know it's a dependent clause when it can't stand alone as its own sentence.

Their reaction shocked me, this was a low blow even for them.

I personally think you should separate "even for them" off with a comma or an em dash to increase the drama, but regardless you do definitely need to make that comma you've already got into either a period, semicolon, or em dash.

Then, looking between the two I realized, they weren't mad at me, jeez they weren't even disappointed, they were just frustrated at me like I was a difficult customer.

This is just kinda a mess. I'd suggest reformatting it like this: "Then, looking between the two, I realized: they weren't mad at me. Jeez, they weren't even disappointed. They were just frustrated at me, like I was a difficult customer."

The way you've got it set up is missing commas in some places and using too many at the same time. Try varying your punctuation for both interest and clarity.

I quickly realized they weren't going to say no "Fine, but don't expect me to treat this man like I'm the one who chose to marry him".

Unless you have it there as part of the character's voice, I'd remove "no". If it's meant to color the narrator's own way of speaking, I'd suggest sneaking in a few more things like that.

My father hands over a resume, like this stranger is applying for a job instead of marrying me, I look down at the paper, expecting to see a man with cold eyes like my father.

I would switch "like" to "as if" here. That one's heavily semantic though.

The sentence is, however, a comma splice. Need to separate "I look down at the paper" from the rest.

There's something familiar about him, like his freckle pattern or something, but I dismiss it as deja vu.

"or something" doesn't really fit here, but if you really want to keep it I'd suggest a comma after "pattern". I also just don't like the sentence. It's weak.
"Something familiar" and "deja vu" both mean the same thing, really, and it's redundant. I also think it's too obvious that you're setting up for him to be someone the narrator already knows, and I'm not a fan of the character actively telling us she's dismissing something.
In short, your sentence over-explains and kills the tension.

 

Positives

Becca's pretty reletable, if a tad simplistic. You establish her values well.

You also do pretty well at establishing setting and using it to help paint the vibes of your story, with "warm family dinners" and the like.

You've certainly set up stakes and a conflict early on, which is good.

The pacing is alright, too.

There's also some foreshadowing, though I'd like it a little more subtle.

I didn't see any typos; that's actually impressive, even on something as short as this.

 

Closing Notes

A comma splice is when two complete sentences are joined with only a comma. To fix it, you either separate the two clauses into different sentences, use a semicolon or em dash (both of which should be used sparingly), or add in a conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

Show, don't tell. Pay special attention to this when writing in first person. Yes, your narrator is "telling" the story. But that doesn't mean she has to directly state everything. Let the reader have to pick up on cues and hints and use their brain, too. And really try not to have your narrator ever directly state her emotions.


CYS Monthly Gazette - 27 August 2025 on 8/27/2025 1:46:57 AM
Oh dear, the drawings look even worse in public. Well.

Do YOU like typing? on 8/2/2025 6:25:36 AM
I refuse to believe anyone with those skills would spend them soloing on Nitro Type.

Summer Reading Competition 2025 on 8/1/2025 10:39:51 AM
I did the thing. I'd already read most of these (and wrote two of them!) so yay for that.

Summer Reading Competition 2025 on 7/31/2025 8:19:24 PM
I vote no personally

Thunderdome on 7/27/2025 1:17:04 PM
Yeppers. Best of luck

Long time lurker. on 7/24/2025 6:38:22 AM
Oh hi. Read, rate, have a jolly good time.

Thunderdome on 7/22/2025 10:29:58 PM
I feel like I could write multiple short stories in a weekend, since there seem to be a decent handful of people wanting to go against me. Got a pretty free schedule these days.

CYS Colony Simulator - Anomaly - Fourth Update on 7/22/2025 10:22:34 PM
Options B, 5, and II. I agree that B seems the most useful and the toxic waste is worth dealing with, as well as Mizal’s point that we need manpower lol. Plus kidnapping people sounds fun. Vehicle research sounds important, too.