In the very old days, when I had a website for my fic, I'd offered single documents suitable for download of some of my fics.  Technology and time has passed us by, but I've kept the idea tucked away.  After a bit of practice, I'm reasonable confident that anyone can download this file and upload it to their device.  I used a Kindle and Aussie used ( Read more... )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-seven
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: T+
Word Count: 3,100

( The storm came, a barrage of wind, rain, and electricity under our skin. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-six
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: MA
Word Count: 3,200

( She showed me the cell that had been her sole home for so many years. I saw dank stone walls, a metal cot, no hope. She saw the many roads she would take in the grout lines, a sturdy ship that she'd sailed in the bed, and all her hopes coming alive when the cell's door opened. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-five
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: T
Word Count: 2,400

( If I were to say the words, my boy is dead, it will be final, so I don't. I run, I hide, I sleep like I am dead myself. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-four
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: T
Word Count: 3,300

( The last of the fall leaves were falling. I caught one in my fingers, dry and brittle, ready to shatter. But I hold the leaf tenderly, admiring the russet colors and its deep veins, still bringing life in death. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-three
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: M
Word Count: 2,500

( The boy smiled and offered her a red rose, but I wasn't jealous. He was the sort of boy that women wanted to give advice to and to fatten up. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-two
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: M
Word Count: 2,900

( He told me not to open the box. But I did anyway, was her tear-soaked admission. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty-one
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: T
Word Count: 3,800

( She told me that she considered her life a performance that was just beginning. That the overture's first note was playing, the dark curtain was rising. )

Title: Turn the Page ~ Chapter Thirty
Author: bugs
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Rating: T
Word Count: 2,400

( Some nights are darker than others. The clouds roll in to block the moon; the mist obscures the streetlights. But she sees me like a cat spots a quivering mouse. )

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