Every year, between Guy Fawkes Night and Thanksgiving, there was a holiday that everyone on the island could celebrate despite their cultural background. Tabula Rasa Day might not get the same fanfare as the other two red letter days, but it was well-enjoyed nonetheless because it commemorated the establishment of the community, a new home and a ( Read more... )

Castle wouldn't lie -- well, he would, but he would never do so about famous literary pieces -- when he said that Dracula was one of his favorites and that if he could stalk Stoker and ask about all the literary inspirations that he took to create his opus, he would. He would stalk him so hard that he'd be a one-man mob with torch and pitchfork ( Read more... )

Fuck all of it. That had been Mitchell's motto for the last two weeks and still the song remained the same. That was a long time to be pissed off at the entirety of the human race, but Mitchell had lived a great deal longer than most. He knew how to keep a fire burning low and long ( Read more... )

There were several go-karts lined up in a row, there was a pirate ship, there was a monorail and there was one teenage girl looking like a very happy, pleased explorer. There was so much to see and do and Coraline didn't know what to start with so she was going to fully explore all her options before making a decision ( Read more... )

Something dawned on Kate the other day as she was coaxing Sam into the ocean. It's been five years since she was beamed here. Five years since Jack found her on the beach and they made this ridiculous place a home. Every time another anniversary like that passes, it knocks her for a loop. Not like it used to, not even close. But there's always a ( Read more... )

Back home, Rizzo had to drive on down to the drive-in if she wanted to catch a flick. The options were pretty limited to whatever reel the man in charge had lying around, but she wasn't too big on the things anyhow. Here, though, they had plenty of movies just lying around on the bookshelf, waiting to be thrown up on the screen in the rec room - in ( Read more... )

Less than a month in the office under his belt, and Archie felt he was settling into his new role as IPD chief rather well. He had not expected the appointment, but had been nonetheless honored by it and inspired to rise to the challenge which it presented, in his eyes. In lieu of direct challenges, as the island's crime rate was non-existent due ( Read more... )

”Come on.” Joscelin pushed his chair back and rose. “Enough idle speculation. The Queen is waiting. Let’s get you to Court.”

( Cut for spoilers from Kushiel's Scion )

In retrospect, Geoffrey may have overestimated his building skills ( Read more... )

Nearly nine months it's been that they've been working on the Green Arrow Estates, and even standing in the middle of the completed clutch of luxury cottages, Clark can't quite believe that it's finally finished ( Read more... )