Stars in the night sky winked and sparkled above the form of the young woman huddled in the swaying, whispering grass. A dress the color of pale cream swirled about her lithe form and dew adorned the orchids and pearls in her hair as she crouched beneath the lively sky. The oak, willow, pine, and elm trees surrounding the meadow where she sat ( Read more... )

In every great warrior's life, in the travels of every famed minstrel or wandering sorceress, there is an epic moment where the protagonist faces a fearsome battle, a harsh reality, or a magic trial of such proportions that it will not soon be forgotten. But what happens to our heroes once they have reached this zenith? Do they go on to live rich, ( Read more... )

Renee stepped out of her dusty Honda Civic and pulled a wayward pencil out of her long auburn hair, letting the cascades of sun kissed golden strands swirled gently around her shoulders and down her back. It had taken five long months, but the bright, natural color her hair had once shown was beginning to return at long last. Renee fluffed her ( Read more... )

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Three finals down, one more to go. I project that I have a "B" in Library Science, a "B" in Comp II, and an "A" in Espanol III; however, History of the 20th Century has me worried. He only took two grades in the class the whole semester, and the final is 40% of my total grade. I have this final at 2pm. I have passed freak-out mode and entered ( Read more... )

Here I sit in the local coffee shop attempting to immunize The Goddess of Light from one of the many viruses she has managed to attract, yet again. It is slow going as a have very little concept of how computers (my computer especially) work ( Read more... )

"The leg is beyond repair, amputation is the only hope of survival this girl has." The quiet voice penetrated the floating haze filling each crevice of Renee's brain. She lay on the frigid steel gurney listening to the doctors consult their charts in lowered voices. She heard the tick of each pencil, the rhythmic rustling of papers, and the quiet ( Read more... )

They dipped their toes in the cooling water and basked in the shade of the gentle oak trees. The stream burbled with hiccupping laughter as it merrily meandered the gentle slopes of the forest ( Read more... )

They popped the rusty screen out of its setting and crawled quietly onto the gently-sloping roof. Minette handed a lit cigarette to Renee and the two sat in companionable silence, content to enjoy the starlit sky and cool night air ( Read more... )

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