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  • The Court of Gilded Birds: cheeseball fantasy extraordinaire

    It was glorious summer in the palace, though spring chill and dampness lingered on the city walls; the only thing dying behind its gates was a king. But his was ...

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  • Over Tea

    When he returns from the kitchen, the fog has shifted. Light is filtering in through the high plate-glass windows of the dining room, bright but watered down like ink or ...

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  • On the Virtues of Wish-Fulfilment

    When you get home from work tonight you're so tired your hands have finally stopped shaking, which is kind of a bitch since you went to all the trouble of ...

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  • Something in the Water

    Something in the Water I didn’t know what to do with Derek’s remains. I hated people who displayed urns on their mantle pieces like trophies. Also, our house didn’t have ...

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  • In the [Insert Appropriate Sensory Organ] of the Beholder- 1

    A/N: Written for the Extra! Extra! contest. I JUST REALIZE I COULD POST THIS HAHAHAHAHAHA.The article I based it on is here: ... ner-t.htmlAaaaand the THE [INSERT APPROPRIATE SENSORY ORGAN] ...

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