I’ve lived these past few years in the depths of these cellars, my eternally night-bound passages in a world of darkness-unlike my house by the lake, however.  A world that, outside my hidden door, is colored in shades of blacks and grays, along with the omnipresent, eerie blue glow of the lake.  Not a problem for my eyes, and me as ( Read more... )

Title:  Look Not On Past Beginnings
Fandom:  The Phantom of the Opera
Characters: Erik
Prompt: 001 Beginnings
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Author's Notes: A contemplation on life and Death

Beginnings are presumptuous, he always said, l’Hombre that is, as are introductions.  Beginnings are for the past, the unrealistic, and the hopeful.  One ( Read more... )

               I had often thought my heart as ice and incapable of love.  I am not usually proven wrong; however, this time I was in the worst possible way.  I lived for so many years without love or initiated social contact, and now that I have tasted it, my heart broke when I realized the truth:  my little blonde Christine could never live in ( Read more... )

I had a very, very bizzarre dream last night.  More bizzarre than usual.

For one thing, there was a vampire involved.  This is weird because generally I won't have anything to do with (most) vampires--i.e., Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Cirque du Freak (haven't read it though, so that is iffy), Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, anything to do ( Read more... )