“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The ( Read more... )

Prompt fill for theshelbyparadox  over on tumblr

April let out a sigh, watching the maple leaves fall outside the attic window. It was late October now, she thought. I had to be, with all the plastic gravestones decorating the yard and jack-o-lanterns haunting  the porch steps. She’d never been good keeping the months straight, only the seasons, as ( Read more... )

Prompt fill for nonsequiturtle over on tumblr

All we had for kindling were three copies of Playboy from 1955 and a year old copy of Glamour magazine. Janet said they were all she could find without getting caught. We made due. All five of us knew that if we didn’t go through with it now, then we never would.

The November night was cold, biting at ( Read more... )

So I have been working on an wild west Saxa/Mira bit, for Other Roads: Spartacus Au Fic-a-thon. That's been fun, something to give me a break for lesson planning.

Then today I found this.


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Originally posted by selonbrody at Spartacus Meme Drabbles.
I've had severe writer's block the past few days, so I finally threw in the towel and decided it was time to pull out my old standby for this kind of situation.

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each ( Read more... )