Tabitha Crane, Chapter III: Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)
_When daddy comes home, you always start a fight_ _So the neighbors can dance in the police disco lights_ _(Arcade Fire)_ * * * I saw the little mink leaning against a tree, running a hand through his hair nervously as I arrived in Haverford Park a...
Tabitha Crane, Chapter II: Rumour Has It
_All these words whispered in my ear_ _Tell a story that I cannot bear to hear_ _(Adele)_ * * * The television was blasting _Cops_ when I got home. Huh. They must have been showing women's basketball or something like that on SportsNet. Then again,...
Tabitha Crane, Chapter I: Intervention
_Who's gonna throw the very first stone?_ _Oh! Who's gonna reset the bone?_ _(Arcade Fire)_ * * * "I can't believe we're having this conversation again, Tabitha," my father grumbled. "It's been, what, a week since your last write-up? This can't...
Maelstrom, Chapter IV:
I'm right here I'm your star-crossed lover I lie here like a starless lover I'll die here as your phantom lover _(Lykke Li)_ * * * My toast was exceptionally burnt that morning. I suppose the _point_ of toast is that it's burnt bread. But there...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter V: Monument
This will be my monument This will be a beacon when I'm gone _(Röyksopp + Robyn)_ * * * For seemingly the next eternity, all I knew was pain. I had been taken back to the facility and shut me away in my old tiny, black room, far away from the...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter I: Cliquot
But what melody will lead my lover from his bed? What melody will see him in my arms again? _(Beirut)_ * * * Vodka really _is_ the water of life. Isn't that what they say that word means? _?????._Countless distilleries had perfected their recipes...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter IV: Blacking Out the Friction
I don't mind the weather I've got scarves and caps and sweaters The hardest part is yet to come When you will cross the country alone _(Death Cab for Cutie)_ * * * I must have dozed off, because when I looked up, the sun slanting though the...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter III: Fame
Fame, makes a man take things over Fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow Fame, puts you where things are hollow _(David Bowie)_ * * * Gabe managed to tear his gaze away from the devastated cityscape to glance down the bus clutched in his hand. On...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter II: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
We will find you Acting on your best behaviour Turn your back on Mother Nature (Tears for Fears) * * * I awoke groggily in the lap of luxury. Startled into a fuller state of awareness by the unfamiliar surroundings, I looked around, wide-eyed....
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter VI: Miss It So Much
Days turn to nights, turn to weeks Turn to paper, into rocks, into plastic My material heart, how it keeps us apart _(Röyksopp + Lykke Li)_ * * * I groggily exited elevator and made my unsteady way down the hallway, fumbling in my pockets for the...
The Long, Cold Dark, Chapter VII: Glory and Gore
Now we're in the ring And we're coming for blood (_Lorde_) * * * "Waa-_AAA_-augh," I panted, staring at the ceiling. "Exactly," Andy grinned, propping his cheek up on his hand as he lay on his side next to me. "That was... great," I breathed...
Maelstrom, Chapter III: Crown of Love
If you still want me Please forgive me Because the spark is not within me (_Arcade Fire_) * * * Reynard sat on a couch in the entryway to the hospital ward, a clear plastic bag full of his belongings next to him and his black hooked cane propped...