Author: winebabe
Title: Put Up a Fight
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Poverty Club ‘Verse)
Rating: R (offensive language, gratuitous swearing)
Flavor(s): Sour Grape #2: don’t just stand there; Wintergreen #12: off the cuff
Extra(s)/Topping(s): Malt Prompt: roisin_farrell: "Vic causes a brawl in the cafeteria."
Word Count: 2,536
Summary: October 2020. Vic quits high ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: Take It as a Sign
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Poverty Club 'Verse)
Rating: R (language, violence, general garbage characters)
Flavor(s): Sour Grape #18: not so fast; Wintergreen #6: good as new
Word Count: 1,802
Summary: October 2020. Cara has the procedure, Vic and Casey use their fists to express their feelings, and Mona reaches ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: Too Late for Plan B
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Poverty Club 'Verse)
Rating: R (offensive language, gratuitous swearing, see content warning in notes)
Flavor(s): Sour Grape #11: look before you leap; Strawberry Banana #26: indecision
Word Count: 2,837
Summary: October 2020. Isaac's not free of the Eastman curse.
Notes: Previous: ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: In the Cold Light of Morning
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Poverty Club 'Verse)
Rating: PG-13 (significantly less swearing than usual)
Flavor(s): Peppermint #2: bandanna; Sour Grape #1: nothing can stop me now; Strawberry Banana #28: procrastination;
Word Count: 2,754
Summary: October 2020. It's just an average day in the Eastman ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: The Rules of the Game
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Kingdom of Second Chances #3)
Rating: PG-13
Flavor(s): Sour Grape #26: sorry isn't good enough; Thyme #12: around the clock
Topping(s): Caramel, Sprinkles
Word Count: 2428
Summary: November, 2028. Mona says the magic words; Marion makes things personal.
Notes: Mona Lively, ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: You Must Know (You Are Doing the Right Thing)
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Kingdom of Second Chances #2)
Rating: PG-13
Flavor(s): Prickly Pear #29: rank & file; Sour Grape #28: if it's not one thing, it's another
Topping(s): Caramel, Sprinkles
Word Count: 2464
Summary: November, 2028. Open-and-shut cases aren't necessarily the easy ( Read more... )

Author: winebabe
Title: If You Leave
Story: The Gemini Occurrence ( Kingdom of Second Chances #1)
Rating: R (Explicit language, domestic violence, drug use.)
Flavor(s): Rocky Road #1: big city; Sour Grape #9: nobody's home
Topping(s): Sprinkles, Caramel
Word Count: 1432
Summary: November, 2028. Mona won't admit to being in trouble anymore. She's decided she ( Read more... )

A collection of short stuff I've written this month including three more entires in the "how darkly can I take prompts from Christmas carols?" game.

( Birth of a Hero - FoTD, Sugar Plum #8, Marshmallow #19 + Butterscotch, Fresh Blueberries, Gummy Bunnies )

Author : Rue
Prompts : Cotton Candy 26 (Left Behind), Sour Grape 22 (I want it all), Carob 13 (loneliness),
Universe : Disperse
Type : Fill-in-the-Blanks. Stream of thoughts.
Character(s) : Lachlan.
Notes : This one is set in another world too.

( Another session. )

Universe : Rue's Metaverse
Prompts : Sour Grape 5 (Let's try that again), Passionfruit 1 (to hope, till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates), Dark Chocolate 13 (inadequacy)
Type : Fill-in-the-Blanks.
Character(s) : Poyink.
Notes : This is more of a personal narrative.

( It's dark. How long has it been? )