After several weeks of reading and studying, Childermass is ready to try something. He made a small model of Lynette's spaceship, and took it out to the gardens. There, he attempted to enchant it to send it through time, as well as space ( Read more... )

Prince Paul Maraloffski and Princess Helen Kurtzevitch have been married.

If I could have everyone's attention, please. I'd like to know, who do you hate most and why?

Random opinion poll, of course Paul has his own reasons for it.

He's a youngish man, dressed well but not extravagantly, and at present looking around with no small measure of confusion. Suddenly he begins to smile, and then to laugh. "A house in the country! Wonderful."

Typist: Count Rouvaloff here appears in both Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Nihilists by Oscar Wilde, and since if you tilt your head and ( Read more... )

As everyone knows, tea is sort of the staple of life around the Mansion. And some ruthless being has gone right to the source. Most of the tea is still in its neat little boxes, not conveniently laid out, because we all know how people adapt (and gods don't play fair), but anyone desiring their breakfast beverage of choice may find it does a little ( Read more... )

See Helen. See Helen cook. Cook, Helen, cook. Well...technically the cooking isn't supposed to be done until Good Friday, but there is a lot that needs to be made, and this is the first time she has had to do it all by herself. She has also discovered the wonder that is modern refrigeration. It's brilliant! You can make something in advance, ( Read more... )

Finish this sentence: Love is .......

There is no wrong answer - although I may disagree with you.

If you do answer this I'll grant you a wish. As long as it is within my power and morals.

What looked to be a very pretty, slim, dark haired boy, dressed like a slavic peasant of the 1640s, stepped into the Mansion. After looking around in bewilderment a well bred voice asked in Polish. “Pan Zagloba? Where are you?” The question was attempted again in Russian, Ukrainian, Ruthenian, and even broken French. “Hello? Can anyone tell ( Read more... )

In general, Mad Sweeney was opposed to celebrating Christian holidays and he wasn't too terribly fond of Patrick, the man who had driven the snakes from Ireland, but he loved St. Patrick's Day. It was the one day of the year when the leprechaun could tell people exactly what he was and instead of calling him crazy, they would buy him a drink. So ( Read more... )

"What's more important: romance or lust?"