( In Which Hania is One Year Old To-Day )

( Birth Announcement, Being Sent Out by Interdimensional Mail (Image Behind Cut) )

( 'This must be the wood, she said thoughtfully to herself, 'where things have no names. I wonder what'll become of MY name when I go in?' )

( The Spice Trance )

( A Queen's Flight )

( A Queen's Labor )

For several months now, Alice's life had been hanging in an inbetween state. That was what pregnancy was; something in transition that was-but-wasn't. She was a mother but wasn't. A constant crescendo of not-yet.

( Until now. )

Alice sat cross-legged on the floor, shuffling cards together and dealing out another hand of Patience. Alice wasn't very good at Patience; she got bored and cheated. One could turn that into whatever metaphor one liked ( Read more... )

( A Nightmare )

"Don't be ridiculous," Her Majesty Queen Alice said to her much smaller companions. Though at least she did realize the futility of that request.

( An Unexpected Guest )