gyrfalcon

I love sitting on my dorm's porch in autumn. I get the whole bench to myself, and I can either hook my feet over the white-washed railing in front of ...

(note: this is a very rough first draft; any help that could be given would be much appreciated) “The Happiest Place on Earth” is a phrase often received with the ...

Cinderella fled the house, the rags that had just been a party dress fluttering at every step. She collapsed in the garden, her arms on a stone bench with her ...

I stood before the door, trying to take deep breaths. It was a green door, and for some strange reason it had a red spot directly in the middle. Odd, ...

Well, Jiggy and smaur are right, and until I can revamp this puppy I'm afraid dear K'ratcha will have to settle for a back burner in my brain. Thanks to ...

Orphan I bundled my too-large, second-hand coat around myself as I paused on the path back into the orphanage. The main bulk of the dormitories loomed to my right, and ...

From the trees, we watched them. The children rolled in the long grass of the clearing, tossing handfuls of autumn leaves into the air and squealing with delight, totally unaware ...

The first time Penny came running into the house, dripping wet and babbling about a mermaid in the lake, her mother was understandably skeptical. Penny had a powerful imagination, even ...

brief opening note: if you don't know the original, I'm not sure how much sense this will make. --- --- --- The term “drop-dead gorgeous” could very nearly apply to ...

“It is one of the old gods,” they whispered when he stepped into the room. I barely noticed their mutterings, so caught up was I in the spirit of Anna’s ...

- - - Thank you all for your input! Since I'm currently shopping this story around at different literary magazines, I thought it prudent to remove it from this site. ...

- - - Thank you all for your input! Since I'm currently shopping this story around at different literary magazines, I thought it prudent to remove it from this site. ...