A dialogue short story about the things we wake up to that remind us there are still things in this life worth waking up for. ante meridiem - [adv. & adj.] "before noon;" Abbr: A.M. Or a.m. [credit to owner of image (not me)]
Enjoy two pieces from Marian’s collected short writings. One frank and funny account of her experiences as a writer and an uproariously comic dose of counselling from the one and only Mammy Walsh!
Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They’re ready to start life afresh–to build a home–on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn’t the paradise that Amy had been hoping for. Amy and...
Godspeed was once fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He’s finally free to enact his vis...
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awake on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon...
Selene is a "non-essential" crew member on a generational spaceship that classifies artists as insane. She and her fellow non-essential artists are given a rather unique assignment: create art they find beautiful, with no angle of making it essential for life on board the ship. As they hone their art skills, Selene te...
What events shaped Orion and turned him into the man he was at the start of Across the Universe? This story explores just that. Orion started off as just another Elder, due to inherit the leadership of the spaceship Godspeed. When he starts to question the world around him, though, things quickly change. He meets a yo...
Franklin can travel through time--but his abilities are limited. He can only go into his own past, never further back and never the future. Then Heather shows up. She says she's met the future him--and she can help him access his full potential in time travel, going anywhere in history or the future. But there's som...
To keep Lucy from heat stroke, Gray creates his own sphere of frost. He'd love to heat things up, but she tries to chill his hormones. They find a cooling and sexy compromise! Written in a heat daze, sorry for fantasizing about ice so much!
Over drinks and blues music, two people who have known nothing but rejection finally find acceptance with one another. JuviaxLoke. Crack pairing that works!
Why in the world would Wendy steal Natsu's scarf? And why is she last seen leaving with Gray? Natsu gets jealous as he wonders if Juvia is right, and Wendy is a potential love rival. Just how perverted is the stripper? Gratsu Week 2013, Day 2 - Theme: Rival in Love
Zoro leaves Mihawk early to seek out his captain before the end of the two years. Luffy is overjoyed to see him, but such insubordination must be ... punished!
There's a trick to math: Gray over Lucy plus Loke over Lucy equals Gray plus Loke over Lucy! This mathematical equation led to a night Lucy will never forget. After all, what's hotter than having Fairy Tail's two sexiest guys making out on top of you?
Romantic, platonic, angsty, sexy, tearjerker, heartwarmer: every sort of drabble and short fic for the Celestial Lion and his master. Written for LoLu Week 2015. (Day 6 is Rated M, the rest are K-T.)
When Lucy gets pregnant with Loke's child, Fairy Tail must protect her from the harsh laws of the Spirit World and enemies who want her half-spirit baby. The Lion fights for his lover, his child, his guild...his PRIDE!
When Loke is killed in the Human World, Lucy solemnly accepts the duty of taking his place as the Zodiac Lion. However, Gray isn't ready to let her go, and he's prepared to do whatever it takes to bring her back from the Spirit World. GraLu tear-jerker.
@VertigoComics is launching a new Lucifer comic on December 16, featuring the character originally created by Neil Gaiman for The Sandman. In order to get new readers oriented about this particular incarnation of the character, we have created a handy guide for getting to know your Devil.
Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney, who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew, double-dealing I...
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as children.
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.
