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  • Deception! at the Disco [Part 1]

    Okay, so you're at a Panic! at the Disco concert. The fans are screaming in your ears, and now you're getting a huge headache from constant repeats of "Brendon, I ...

    3 min read
  • And the Bride Wore Black

    And the Bride Wore Black “What a scandal,” they’d whisper on the streets. The priest who performed at his funeral, the weeping mother of the unlucky boy, murmurs of the ...

    16 min read
  • What Was I Thinking Again?

    “The good times,” we say. “Ah, those memories, those memories from childhood that still keep us alive. What wonderful memories.” Pity the person who lost theirs. “Oh, well,” we shrug. ...

    3 min read
  • Every Slash Counts

    Every Slash Counts Scars of you reduced to ribbons Touch the pain Put a bandaid where it hurts the most. She tries to cry. He takes the tears. Touch the ...

    1 min read
  • A Band Called "The Fakes"

    A Band Called "The Fakes" See me here, see you there Split by a line but do I care? So I'll just shout at you from this side Shut up ...

    2 min read
  • In The Shadows

    In The Shadows It had been a battle gone terribly wrong, and winter’s reluctant loitering knew that as much as Artemis Mogue. He stood, feet solidly apart, hands clasped behind ...

    6 min read
  • RiOT! [prologue]

    Prologue “So where’s the sight? Where’s the tears? Where’s the monster that feeds your fears?” --“S/h/r/e/d/d/e/d”, by Ending, The Happy Once upon a time, there was me. And once upon ...

    2 min read
  • A Lesson in Semantics

    A Lesson in Semantics "Okay, Maddie. You're done for today. Go explore or something, say hi to visitors." My father waves me away from the labs after my checkup, his ...

    8 min read
  • New Year's Day

    New Year’s Day I thought I was strong enough. We all think we’re strong enough, after the first breakup, the first job rejection, the first marriage, the first divorce. It ...

    10 min read
  • I Would Like to Dream

    I would like to dream forever. Because there’s something so lovely and beautiful about the good dreams, the really good ones where it’s bright and warm and full of what ...

    2 min read
  • Lock and Key

    Actually, anything is great by Sarah Dessen. The woman's an amazing writer, and she's one of my heroes. This is her latest book. I think I liked Lock and Key. ...

    1 min read
  • The Last Summer (Of You & Me)

    This is Brashares' first adult fiction novel. She handles it as well as she did The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. I think better. The characters are so real, ...

    1 min read


Man is by nature a political animal.
— Aristotle