White Collar Fiction: "All Through The Night" (G)

[halfshellvenus]

Title: All Through The Night
Author: HalfshellVenus
Characters: Peter, Neal (Gen, H/C)
Rating: G
Summary: It's the little things that matter.
Author's Notes: A run_the_con entry for the prompt, "Sweet Dreams

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

Throws her arms in the air and cheers - The Phantom Tollbooth is one of my all-time favorite books.

What a lovely way to start off this round - I hope, when it's my turn, that I can write something as good as this.

[halfshellvenus]

\o/ Someone recognized the book! \o/

I loved that story so much as a kid, and it was completely neglected in my own kids' education. I read it to my son at bedtime long after he should have encountered it himself... and just this last year he re-read it. There's so much wonderful weirdness in that story.

I'm so glad you liked this, and thought it was worthy of the kickoff! There's a lot of pressure being the first one, somehow. :)

[elrhiarhodan]

The Phantom Tollbooth is one of those books that's ostensibly for kids, but speak to adults too.

So much of the story still resonates with me - I never used the expression "Killing Time."

[halfshellvenus]

Have you ever read "The True Meaning of Smekday"? That's another one that is written for kids, but I can't imagine that it's more fun for them than for adults. The satire/irony/absurdity in that book are pure gold.

Upon re-reading Tollbooth, I unexpectedly fell in love with the Humbug, which I think is new from reading it as a kid!

[elrhiarhodan]

No, not familiar with that book (but goes to check it out).