Oh man, it's been... too long. Although I've stayed in the shadows and read fanfiction constantly, I haven't written anything myself since October 2008. I haven't written any Spawn since -oh my god- March 2008. Well, I've been leading a very crazy and busy life- I'm in my senior year of college studying as a BFA Theatre major so that hopeful, maybe ( Read more... )

Title: Action // Reaction
Author: Claire Starling
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The B:tVS universe belongs to Joss.
Notes: Written for kindred_candle, who requested that Dawn goes looking for Spike post NFA.  
Time: A month or so after Not Fade Away.
Summary: Dawn discovers Spike didn't die at the Hellmouth. And boy, is she pissed.

( She glared down at him, her baby blue eyes scorching him with the fire she had promised in her youth. )

Title: Disremember
Author: Claire Starling
Rating: PG
Notes: Written for saifai, Fall by Justin Fox; also written for fall_for_spike
Time: Season 7

( Dawn was disappearing. No one else had noticed but he had. )

Title: The Lady of Shallot
Author: Claire Starling
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Written for narnian_nymph , The Lady of Shallot challenge
Time: The Gift, Season 5
Additional Notes: Entire poem can be found here.

Teaser:  She glanced down at the battle, and felt true sorrow grip at her. It was for nothing. Her blood did fall... and night blended into day.

( The Lady of Shallot )

Title: The Meditations
Author: Claire Starling
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Written for the livejournal community spikedawn's "Nature" challenge.
Time: Season 7

( The Meditations )

As the Key, I ruled over all of the dimensions. Some dimensions are formed by the slightest change in time. A butterfly lands on the right leaf instead of the left, a person wakes at 6:01 AM instead of at 6 AM,someone says yes instead of no... just one action, no matter how small, creates another universe. My job was to destroy the unnecessary ones ( Read more... )

Ever notice how sometimes, when you listen to a song, it seems like it was written just for you? It describes your life, your every emotion, your every thought. It comes on and you just hear the beginning strains and you think "God, this is about me"? Music is a component in every movie, every television show, every play... and it is not in real ( Read more... )