Some days when Coraline woke up she really, really hated the island. For instance not ten minutes ago there were fourteen flowers, there were four shells and there was a hot cup of tea. And now, now there wasn't. There were, however, the remains of the fourteen flowers, there was bits of broken shells everywhere and there was one cup of tea cracked ( Read more... )

Anthony found it a bit strange to be hanging paintings again after all these years. When had he last put together an exhibit - at Courtald? Buckingham Palace? Though the island gallery had been his for some time now, he had only moved things around a bit, brought more Blunt-like organization to what had once been a collection displayed with a ( Read more... )

She hummed to herself- stars shining bright above you- turning the pages of the thick, heavy leather bound book. The chain dangled from her wrist- Night breezes seem to whisper I love you- giant links forged from unyielding metal to bind the wearer to the book. It had contained the universe- Birds singing in the sycamore tree- but now, now it was ( Read more... )

Dated July 31, 2011: Juliet is recovering in the clinic when she gets a visit from a very distressed young woman asking about her father. Adam Carter.
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It was only fitting, Jane believed, that she would hold this party upon such an eventful day. Five years ago, she had arrived upon the island and her whole life had changed. She was no longer the young girl that she had once been and was no longer trapped in the confines of a time when her options were greatly limited. Though the date coincided, ( Read more... )

It's absurd. Patently absurd. Juliet can't help thinking she's eventually going to get up out of her sick bed to walk outside and discover she's at the Hotel Portmeirion on the set of some horrible The Prisoner remake. I'm not a number, I'm a free woman! A peal of laughter bubbles out of her at the thought and she quickly covers her mouth, ( Read more... )

Dated July 29, 2011: A coup involving some of the most powerful men in Britain is threatening to turn the country into one "run by an unelected committee with the silhouette of a hangman behind it." While attempting to prevent this disaster from occurring, those in government still loyal to democracy are betrayed and a bomb is set to go off in the ( Read more... )