Modern

Krory could still not get over the new world he had been catapulted into. Life in the castle had remained much the same for a long time. With the villagers so scared of him, he had rarely had visitors, or news of the outside. Even when Eliade came, she brought very little of her outside life with her - and he had been so caught up in her ( Read more... )

‎Key:
* - Bought
R - Reading
A - Abandoned
C - Complete

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Pirouette

“That's good.” His voice broke through her concentration and she looked up in a panic. Somewhere below, her feet got in their own way and her ankles ended up wrapped around her knees.

Miranda slumped to the floor in frustration, balling her hands into fists in her dress. Noise waved a hand at the golem providing the gentle strains of The ( Read more... )

My my, that was a long break. I could make excuses, but that's not what anyone reading this came here for.

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Quitting smoking is not going well. Everything seems to remind me of it and frankly I miss it. Lapsed twice, although I have yet to go the full breakdown and buy myself a packet. The one thing this hideous, and rather disgusting amount of snow is useful for is stopping me getting to the shops to indulge ( Read more... )

Believe me, I never wanted to watch Doctor Who. I was stuck firmly in the past, I held strong against the Russell T. Davies onslaught. I hated Torchwood.

And then I saw this.

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And now I need to see the series. I need it.

25th December - Party

By the very fact of their existence as a religious order, the Christmas celebrated at Headquarters should have been sombre, quiet, dignified... in short, a primarily ecclesiastical matter. A day given over to prayer and penance, a day-long mass in the castle's corridors. This statement could have been true, would have been ( Read more... )

24th December - Family

Glassed-in portraits winked and flashed in the darkness of the room, candles flickering in draughts that came from no door. Tyki paced along one wall, staring up into the infinite spaces above, seeing the faces of his previous incarnations stare back with unsettling, implacable smiles. He mirrored their grins, teeth flashing ( Read more... )

I have just seen David Tennant on NMTB, and I am even more in love with him than ever. Because he hates John Barrowman ( Read more... )

23rd December - SledgingThe two teams faced each other on either side of the hall, pulling intimidating faces, making cruel jokes between themselves ( Read more... )