robin des bois - french, meaning "robin hood" Isis Greene is a girl with an unconventional hobby. She steals from the rich to give to the poor, or as she believes, restores some much needed balance to the universe. But after one robbery gone wrong, she finds herself in more trouble than she'd ever anticipated, and her life becomes entangled with two boys who are as different from one another as the sun and the moon. And even though the going can get tough, she's about to discover that sometimes, the worst mistakes lead to the best life has to offer. Romance | New Adult | Mystery

♥ so let me hold both your hands in the holes of my sweater ♥ a collection of drabbles, musings, and poetry.

They met in December.

Axe's nightmare has become reality. Not only has he been bought by one of the cruellest plantation owners in the state, he befriends his master's son Henry. Axe has dreams. He wants to get his family back and live on a farm with lots of chickens. Henry wants to end slavery and see his parents happy again. It's not long before both boys find themselves trapped deeper in a world of facades, and lies where prejudice rules the hearts of the people, and skeletons hidden far from sight, make their way to haunt the living, giving Axe no choice but to run away. However, running away brings grim realities that not only test their friendship, but could change both Axe's and Henry's lives forever...

[ © thronos two-thousand-&-thirteen ]

He runs his fingers through her hair and tugs on it. "You're my doll," he says as he breathes her in. "You need me. You're mine to play with. You're mine. Without me, you're nothing." What happens when he one day disappears and the monsters buried deep in the basement begin scratching the walls and howling her name in the night? Why does her mother force big yellow pills down her throat, saying it's for the best? Why isn't she allowed in the basement? Who's in the basement? What's in the basement? Who is the little boy with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks, crying for his mother? Tick tock, Monique. The monsters are crawling up the basement. And they're coming for you.

"When I look back on it now . . . of course I think I failed Timothy Hodgkins. I always thought I was doing right by him . . . I should have seen it coming." Greta Quincey is a professional student with a penchant for late nights and who's constantly trying to step out of the shadow of her younger, soon-to-be married sister. She's also the new counsellor at a not-so-new community center, and that's where she meets Timothy Hodgkins. He's old, cranky and reluctant to admit his own loneliness -- which leaves Greta itching to help him relax, and relieve his intense stress headaches. She suggests that Timothy starts volunteering and it seems to be going well. He feels productive again, and even makes some new friends, but after a terrible accident changes the nature of Greta's professional relationship with Timothy, both of them are forced to face the gut wrenching truths behind the lives they lead; does Greta really have what it takes to succeed in her career and life goals? And how long can an aging widower maintain his independence? NaNoWriMo 2013 attempt.

When kids are young and full of innocent wonder, they're asked the question that will haunt them far into their adult lives: what do you want to be when you're older? Kyleigh Frost's answer to this very question was that she wanted to be thin. Ever since she could remember, all she wanted to do with her life is to be the skinniest girl out of everyone she met on the streets. If she couldn't be the brightest kid in her school or win the next cycle of America's Next Top Model, she might as well be the thinnest one there. After all, to be fat is the biggest sin one could ever commit in today's society.

Years after the story became a classic, a girl named Alice finds her own Wonderland. She visits her dreamland when she feels the need to eat, and it convinces her not to. Her weight is dangerously low. She locks herself in her room every night and her parents are concerned. Alice thinks she's fine, what's wrong with having your very own world where you're completely happy? But when Alice gets stuck in wonderland, she begins to learn that being perfect isn't everything. The things she always believed were lies--beauty is within you, everybody's beautiful as they are, blah blah blah...--are starting to make sense to her. Alice wants to learn to love herself again, but "recovery" isn't always as easy saying yes to food again and pretending you're all better.