So I've determined to post all of my stories on AO3, because I like how clean it looks there, and I like the fact that it's an archive that's not owned by non-fans.

Today I posted Phantom Load on AO3. You can get it here.

This story originally posted on my live journal account for the Supernatural Big Bang for 2008.

My only regret here is that I ( Read more... )

 More realism, yeah! Here are some inside snaps of Platte. Luckily, that day, when I happened to have a camera AND film, the school was open AND empty, having just finished up parent/teacher conferences. My friend and I were able to wander the halls. We did ask permission of the first teacher we saw, told her we were former students, and it was ( Read more... )

What was once Platte Jr. High School is now Platte Middle School. How this helps the kids, I'll never know. At any rate, I wanted to take pics as the buses were arriving at the end of the day. I would have liked to have pics without any people in them, but when there are buses there are kids so what can you do. Here are the results!

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One of the most important parts of this story to me was picking the right, downtrodden little location, with access to Platte by foot. I thought of using this dear little stone cabin that was quite small, but it was too nice. Instead, I picked this one.

Here is Baseline looking east, if you were walking from the 7-11 in town towards the trailer.


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I love realism in my stories, so you bet there's a Valmont Cemetary and it's in sad shape, considering how historical it is. It's at the very top of a ridge at the edge of town, right next to Valmont Butte. Valmont Butte has been used for years for gravel and brick making and there used to be a brick making company right there too. I think now it's ( Read more... )

 Naturally I took pictures, or got pictures for this story. Some of them were used by Xterm to create her beautiful line drawing. Others were for my on reference. This post includes misc items for the story, including my favorite, mittens on a string!

Here is a picture of wee Sam, looking all serious....


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Title: Phantom Load
Author: lovesrain44
Artist: xterm
Genre: Gen
Characters: Sam, Dean, Dad, OFC's
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: G
Word Count: 54,000
Warnings:  Weechesters & present day, dark, angst, underage non-con (not wincest).
Summary: Dean and Sam return to Boulder, CO, where they investigate a haunted school. The job seems simple enough to Sam, who has good, ( Read more... )

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Sam snapped the phone shut, and shifted in his seat. “Okay,” he said, “I got us a gig.” The darkening flat landscape sped past outside the passenger window.

“What kind?” Dean asked this without taking his eyes off the road or his hands off the wheel.

“Haunted school,” said Sam. He pulled out a map and unfolded it, ( Read more... )

Thursday, January 9th, 1992

The next day Dean found out that homework was definitely a big fat deal at Nevin Platt. The teachers in all his morning classes scowled at him for not having anything to hand in; even in gym, he got yelled at for not having the right footwear or uniform. When he told them he was still new, they tapped their respective ( Read more... )

Monday, January 13, 1992

Gym class sucked. Out loud. Dean finally remembered to bring his new gym shorts and sneakers so that Dad wouldn’t have to write a note, but while the sneakers were okay, the shorts weren't. They were the wrong kind. Not wrong in the widest sense, they were gym shorts, they were dark. But they were the kind that guys wore in ( Read more... )