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November 11: Intruder

November 11: Intruder Kindly welcome foreign folk Sit awhile, exchange what spoke How’s the husband? How’s the wife? How’s the hand...

November 10: People

November 10: People There be People in the world outside the Hive. Much like us, oh yes. Some will buzz. Some will harvest. Some will...

November 9: Familiar

November 9: Familiar What crawls back you cast aside? Discarded rotten? Buried live? What home kept you classified? Regard forgotten?...

November 8: Treasure

November 8: Treasure "I found a thing today." "What kind of thing?" "Is it a thingy-thing?" "What kind of thingy-thing?" "Can I be a...

November 7: Natives

November 7: Natives Divvied sanctum border state Flags at mast in colonnade Furrowed terrace owned and paid Cash amassed for profit made...

November 6: Visitor

November 6: Visitor "Who stands at the gate?" "Who treads on the way?" "Who goes?" "Who rides?" "Who waits at bay? "Who speaks who never...

November 5: Business

November 5: Business "A decision?" "What is that?" "As a Queen does!" "The worker shall now!" A sewing needle doesn't choose silk Nor an...

November 4: Settlement

November 4: Settlement Life isn't fleeting Life is a fleet And the time for unfurled sails Is now But hiveless girls are throneless...

November 3: Freedom

November 3: Freedom A silence rattles these our ladies. No familiar buzzing but their own. White-knuckle hand in white-knuckle hand....

November 2: Escape

November 2: Escape See now the dregs of royal sloth, Of girls anew Old girls forgot The cycle weaves a bitter cloth A girl will speak,...

November 1: Hive

November 1: Hive This is the end This is the end But this is the pulse Where beats begin The Wax-Crowned Queen on her Sugar Throne Wields...

Our November, And Nothing More (Rules)

The Game Our November, and Nothing More is an interactive storywriting challenge for National Novel Writing Month, played out from...