Marry Me
The world swims around me in a peculiar haze. I can't focus, for some reason, and my heart seems to be trying to burst out of my chest. Something constricts my throat and prevents me from speaking. My skin is clammy, cold, yet I feel hot beneath my...
A Strange Day Out
So there was this rabbit. And one day, this rabbit - I think his name was Jacky; Jacky O'Hare (on his father's side, I believe) - got up, looked out of the window of his little bachelor warren and saw that it was an absolutely perfect Spring day. The...
Fairyland Magic
Cinderella and Prince Charming were married, and everyone rejoiced. The country was safe, offspring were guaranteed (an heir and a "spare") and the fairy-tale ending was had by all. Except it didn't quite work out that way. See, Cinderella - real name...
Steal What You Came For
_to Jenn, the rapturous raptoress, wheresoe'er she may be_ It was right there, right in front of hir. Sie had never been closer to it in hir whole life, and there it was, sitting nestled in velvet and glinting in the softness of the few lights that...
Window
_As they drove through Kamerger Street Yura noticed that a candle had melted a patch in the icy crust on one of the windows. The light seemed to look into the street almost consciously, as if it were watching the passing carriages and waiting for...
"Life"
Can you help me, my dear friends, . to support my kin and not to simply shelter, to encourage them and not resort to force, to guide and not to drive before me, to show the way and always from the front; . to follow on but never follow...
Health
"It's good to see you again, Benedict. How do you feel?" "I'm all right, Headmaster. Thank you for asking." "We've all been worried about you." Martin Heatherstone leaned back in his office chair and rested his elbows on the arms. Save for the...
Program
"Okay now, class, settle down." The svelte female jaguar at the front of the room peered through her spectacles at the assembled gaggle of teen-agers and frowned lightly. The frown caused her ears to swivel just a little and the end of her tail gave a...
Plain
The bar was half-empty, which wasn't unexpected for a weekday night. Mostly the regulars, looking around between sips of their drinks, seeing if there's any new talent around, or any new ways to make old talent interesting. That's the harder part, of...
Tolerate
"Hey, love? There's a letter here for you!" Adrian's voice floated upstairs to the study from the front hall. I frowned: I wasn't expecting anything. "Who's it from?" There was a pause as my fiancé studied the envelope. "I don't know. Small, tidy...
State
most people think they know what they want. no, most people don't think about it, they just go with their feelings and live each day. they accept what they're told, they do what they 'should' and they go with them. you dare to think about what you...
Crossing
**"Reports are coming in of an incident on the southbound side of the East Mersea Parkway Bridge. Two lanes are currently closed as police and medical teams try to reach a young man who is threatening to jump from the bridge into Safeharbour Bay....