Patty Sheridan was dead ( Read more... )

She's a slut.
Josie Pratt is twenty-four and she's a stripper. It wasn't the job she had dreamed of designing clothing for high fashion as a child. She came to this city with ambitions, but everything had seemed to go wrong. When her car was stolen and she could find no affordable means of getting herself into school, Josie made a decision. The ( Read more... )

It might seem quite odd, but one of the most significant moments of my youth took place as I sat in the living room on a summer afternoon, watching My Girl 2It was the first time I ever heard the song "Smile." I was thirteen. It was summer, insufferably hot outside as it so often is in Alabama, and as opposed to taking in the gentle beauty and ( Read more... )

"There's nothing wrong with her."

"She's just eccentric!"

"That's just the way she is."

"Kaye has always been a free spirit."

"She doesn't need to take her medication. She doesn't need to be on medication!"

"There's nothing wrong with her!"

"There's nothing wrong with her!"

"There's nothing wrong with her!"
Standing outside the small ( Read more... )

You have turned twenty-one, and this is a significant milestone in your life! We congratulate you on reaching this passage into adulthood. Things change, as we age and blossom into an adult. As you grow, expectations of you will change, as well. For example, gifts given at Christmas and on birthdays will be expected to be reciprocal. You will ( Read more... )

Introductions always seem a bit overwhelming. We want to establish ourselves in someone else's perception as a person of interest and worth. Introductions can tend to be short affairs, and so each time we introduce ourselves, we scavenge our minds to find the most interesting bit of us to pluck out and offer up for inspection. I am as guilty of ( Read more... )

This will serve as my official entry into LJ Idol! I've never done it before, and I blame littlelessevil entirely. But, I love to write and I'm not terribly concerned with having my ego lashed a time or two by writers who surpass what talent I may be fortunate enough to have ( Read more... )