Title: The God of Fear
Author: keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word Count: 894
Prompt: "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come." From, of course, “Hamlet”.
A/N: Written for week #4, the final contest at brigits_flame. As a caretaker for someone who suffers from schizophrenia, I hope I portrayed the struggle with compassion and insight.

( The God of Fear )

Title: Hell to Pay
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: R
Warnings: language, adult subject matter
Word Count: 4770 (sorry!)
Prompt: "For where we are is hell." This is a quote by Mephistopheles from Marlowe's play, “Faustus”.
A/N: Thank this week goes out to hbar for her patience in betaing this beast for me! And to anyone who reads all the way through to the end.

( Hell to Pay )

Title: The Letter
Author: keppiehed
Rating: R
Warnings: language
Word Count:1029
Prompt:"You taught me language, and my profit on't is, I know how to curse."
A/N: Written for week #2 at brigits_flame. The prompt is a quote from Shakepeare's “The Tempest” and references (in a nutshell) the feeling of ingratitude. My story requires a bit of explanation this week, as my ( Read more... )

Title: The Profundity of Chamomile
Author: keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 606
Prompt: “Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams”
A/N: Written for week #1 at brigits_flame. The prompt is the last line from a poem by Yeats, which can be found here: He Who Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven. This is a lovely poem, and I am not sure why I chose to represent it ( Read more... )

Title: Fish in a Barrel
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1534
Prompt: “divine deviant”
A/N: Written for week #4 at Brigits_flame.

( Divine Deviant )

Title: The Bough Breaks
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: R
Warnings: language
Word Count: 764
Prompt: “undercover mother”
A/N: Written for week #3 at Brigits_flame. Despite the fact that I promised Urb_banal I wouldn't say anything bad about my writing in the author's notes … um … this is possibly a new low for me. I don't even have a good excuse. So lame.

( Undercover Mother )

Title: Persephone's Perseverance
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: R
Warnings: nonspecific descriptions of nonconsensual relations
Word Count: 783
Prompt: “nominal nomad”
A/N: Written for week #2 at Brigits_flame. I am finding these to be challenging prompts, and the best approach for me is to be subtler with how they present in the story. I hope that they are still ( Read more... )

Title: The Slow Slide
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1499
Prompt: “hurricane, shuffle”
A/N: This was written for week #4 at brigits_flame. Someone who knows better advised me against submitting this, and I am inclined to agree. After a few good weeks, though, I find myself to be less than my best. I talked to some fellow Flamers, and this week's ( Read more... )

Title: The Artillery of Words
Author: Keppiehed
Word Count: 883
Rating: R
Warnings: triggers for sexual abuse of a minor
Prompt: “dewdrop, amulet”
A/N: Written for week #3 at brigits_flame. The title is from a line in a 1692 poem by Jonathan Swift called Ode to Dr. William Sancroft. Big hugs to my friend and most reliable firstreader, Grander_fanfics. I know I hear the truth from you ( Read more... )