Jones was currently reviewing a recent biography of Alexander Hamilton and was taking some mental notes of facts laid out in the book and what she remembered from her own observations of the events. For the most part the books were being quiet today with little mischievousness being performed if not at all.

After freeing herself from her candy-like prison last week, Jones went back to the court for a few days in order to catch up on the current status of some of her former charges. Suffice to say: They were all being silly teenagers ( Read more... )

Jones wasn't quite sure how the Christmas decorations had suddenly appeared in the store. Nor was she sure how the "Black Friday Sales" signs had appeared in the window ( Read more... )

Jones had found herself immersed in a rather horrible fiction involving Thomas Edison, Nikolai Tesla, a rather pale girl and some sort of ape-vampire hybrid named Samson. Along with the conflicting love interest who was a platypus-werewolf hybrid named Daniel ( Read more... )

The shop was quiet today, though Jones would occasionally come across a randomly placed banana on various bookshelves. She briefly wondered if Parley and Andrew were on the island and playing tricks on her again, but since there were no party hats involved she doubted that was the case ( Read more... )

Jones was behind the counter today, casually engrossed in a non-fictional book about historical hoaxes. Occasionally she would bookmark a page on so-called "hoaxes" that were true events but distorted due to the effects of time and lack of documentation.

The teapot was full and warm for any visitors or customers who might wander in.

With the new semester and new people on island, and also a holiday that just so happened to fall on Kitty's shift, those were as good excuses as any for a party. Plus they got to do so with margaritas and nachos, and who didn't like margaritas and nachos ( Read more... )

There was nothing Leland Gaunt enjoyed more than being a shopkeeper. Nothing. It put the spring in his step like nothing else. He could have retired years ago, really, but the truth was he was just having far too much fun.

The GRAND OPENING sign was down, so the door only read

NEEDFUL THINGS
A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORE

You Won't Believe Your Eyes ( Read more... )

A sign was posted at the front door:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATESPromptly at 8:00, the zombie band started playing music and the bassist lurched forward to do an interpretive dance explaining the rules of the dates. It wasn't long before Tino was pushing Johnny on stage while holding cue cards ( Read more... )

"Let's do something normal!" Anakin said in a voice that sounded nothing like Obi-Wan's, making a face as his lightsaber sliced through a kriffing flying eel. "Let's go see a movie! Nothing weird will be zooming around the island with their own kriffing anti-grav units trying to eat us or mate with us or whatever the frell these things want ( Read more... )