Curses! Foiled in my plot to take over the Idolverse! Ah well. I guess that next time I should make sure I'm not emigrating when Idol starts up.

If writing about a grumpy torturor wasn't hint enough, this was another one of those pesky theafaye  IDs. Although my ego is screaming into the night about the injustice and unfairness of it all, to be honest, I ( Read more... )

Love me, love my dog.  That's what he said when I met him but he'd had nothing to worry about.  Although I'd never been one for pets, the moment that I first laid hands on that gloriously soft fur, I was head over heels.  It was a mutual attraction and there were evenings of sitting on the sofa, the hound's head in my lap, those intelligent eyes ( Read more... )

"Bet you never thought you'd be a guest on a prime time talk show?!"  The runner was making polite conversation as we waited for me to be called to the stage.  He was right.  I came from an ordinary background, ordinary parents, ordinary job, ordinary life.  No one would ever have been interested in my story - until I discovered the secret of ( Read more... )

The midwinter Christmas rush makes for interesting people watching. Shoppers frantically rush from store to store, desperate to find that last minute perfect present or simply spend money because that’s just what you do. It’s at times like this I’m even more invisible than usual, an annoying reminder that not everyone has the luxury of caring about ( Read more... )

"Need a little help over here!"

I groaned inwardly.  I'd been asked to supervise the trainees for the day, give them a little pep talk, show them what a great career they were setting themselves up for and I'd been hoping for an easy day of it, maybe correct a handhold here, an incision there.  My work was highly skilled with a high drop out rate ( Read more... )

Our work is carried out in the shadows. Creatures of the night, we come out to play when everyone else is comfortably tucked up in bed. You should never see us. If you do, we’ve failed and the penalties for failure are extremely harsh. It’s why I run regularly - if you want to punish me, you’ve got to catch me first.

I hadn’t intended to enter into ( Read more... )

They told me that the drugs would reintroduce normality into my system, that I would remember what I'd chosen to forget.  They told me that it was a simple procedure, easily reversed and I could leave any time I liked. Any time I liked.  Until the day came to walk out the door and then it was "you don't want to go just yet, do you?"  Of course, I ( Read more... )