When Vincent awoke that morning, there had been a number of discoveries. It had been a sort of creeping settlement of recognition down on his mind, the slow coming of wakefulness that allowed him to access clear differences. That he felt irrationally smaller, lighter, there was no tickle of untrimmed beard against his face and most pressing of all ( Read more... )

 As hard as it is to find a decent fitting bra in a girl's normal life, trying to fish one out of the clothes box is damn near impossible. Beside which, it's sort of embarrassing. She's not even quite five months pregnant and they're just getting...big. No way around it. She's got these big boobs. And that's kind of stupid because what good are big ( Read more... )

As much as Saffron wished she could escape to the black and get out of the world, she had to admit that life on the island was going pretty well, all things considered. Sure, there was her gorram ex-husband and his annoying new wife and the rest of his crew to put a damper on things, but for the most part they left each other alone. Don't mess with ( Read more... )

Nessa wasn’t bored. She would never call herself that. Even in those days when it was popular to say one was ‘frightfully bored’ or when parties were ‘just too dull’ or ‘too wearisome’, she stayed away from such denominations. First and foremost because she seldom found parties she attended to very dull and second because those who did claim such ( Read more... )

 "Ow, mother of God," Kate hisses as she swats hot cooking oil out of her face. Again. This cooking thing is ridiculous and she's only trying to sautee vegetables for God's sake. How the hell is she going to take care of a baby when she can't even feed herself? She eyes the pan of vegetables before looking again at the strips of raw meat. Crap, ( Read more... )

Jack had spent the day slowly gathering up House's things from around the hut. Clothes. A watch. An empty vicodin bottle. It wasn't like there was a ton of stuff. He carefully folded the Led Zeppelin shirt, the jeans, the pajamas. He even stipped the bed of the expensive sheets. Everything went into the bag he used for laundry. By the time he was ( Read more... )

Jude stood in his hut looking down at the pictures he had laid out on the floor, trying to decide which would sell best if he had to choose only a handful. He had more than enough pictures of Lucy he didn't really need anymore, and about a hundred pictures of strawberries, different sizes and strange colors, distorting the image of what a ( Read more... )

 It's almost as if now that Kate knows for sure about the baby, all the symptoms are catching up with her at once. She's tired and nauseated all over again and she swears that her boobs are already getting a little bigger. While she feels a hundred times better after having told Jack, she still isn't ready to run out and announce it to the world. ( Read more... )

When his time was not otherwise occupied by his work or lifely neccesities, Vincent had often taken to reading. Sometimes by candelight or the fire of the stove should it be dark, or in the sunlight should it be day, but his brother had often sent him books as well as paints, whether they be a gift or a request. Vincent would also find dog eared ( Read more... )

As the earth turned her face more toward the sun and the seasons grew warmer, the people who inhabited the prehistoric world rejoiced in the bounty of vegetation and new life which would inevitably lead to good food. It was a simple subsistent existence, timed to the moon, the sun, and the slow dance of the stars ( Read more... )