They say everything comes in threes. You know the one superstition where if bad luck befalls someone, then it is more likely that a second and third string of unluckiness is sure to follow? For Julian Berkowitz, it was his week for unlucky threes. First, he got fired from his job as a cosmetics sales rep at Lacey's department store after arguing with a cust...
Mighty Tungsten Tuberosity, Part 2 Hallowe'en morning. All Hallows' Eve. All Saint's Eve. The beginning day of AllHallowTide, the Western Christian Feast days signaling the liturgical dedication to remembering the dead. At least, that is, the saints, the martyrs and all the faithful: those who existed in Purgatory until the Day of Reckoning or, modernly, th...
Tony had a crush on this guy at work. Mark was a confident, dominant, and out bisexual guy. He had carefully tousled black hair above blue eyes. The girls at the office fawned over him, and he'd been with many of them. The gay guys at the office were jealous of him because he was so fit without having to work out. He'd been with many of them, too. Tony was c...
"Gordon Electric," said Melanie, picking up the ringing phone. "Okay. Let me write down the address. Yeah. Okay. They'll be there between nine and ten tomorrow morning." Melanie hung up the phone and came into my office with a sheet off a pad. She handed it to me." "They need the whole house rewired," she said. I told them you'd be there between nine and te...
***Hey all! This is my first fanfic. I hope you like it! This is an alternate universe story where a slightly more tsundere Victor is still a figure skater but Yuuri is more or less a stripper... >.> 'scuze my fantasies. Anyways, thanks for reading! Please let me know what you think. (I know not everything is going to be 100% realistic. I'm not super knowl...
After I finished my studies at college, I was sick and tired of studying and decided that I wanted to take a break from everything before starting grad school. So I decided to travel the Trans-Siberian railway across the largest country on earth, Russia. My friends and family thought I was crazy, traveling across a country to which I have never been before a...
Welcome back. I love you, I've been procrastinating writing this chapter. I've had most of it written since this time last year. Let me know what you think, of me, of the chapter, of what will happen next. I promise you, things will end up okay. May you remember in moments of turmoil that there is no such thing as an eternal state. The seas move; mountai...
This is the final chapter of The Pirate King. This journey has been incredible. Thank you so much for allowing me to share this story with you. You have been so kind; you have helped me more than you could know. All things come to an end. Take comfort in this. Nothing ever truly leaves. Take comfort in this. Long live the King. Hail, for the King will n...
A little less than six months after our wedding, I awoke to the sound of vomiting. Part of me actually hoped it was Kat. But no, she was asleep in her own bed, in the room across the hall. I got out of bed, wearing only sweatpants, and threw open the blinds to let in natural light. In my room, my bed, my patient was violently ill. Val had vomited in bed and...
Alex prologue "Alex!" My sister whined. "It's my wedding day. You have to dance with me." I turned my scary glare on her and shook my head. Usually the person receiving said glare would cower and stop bothering me. Anya, of course, just pouted more dramatically. I loved my sister. More than anything in the world. She was the one person that kept me connect...