Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

Ashputtel a Fairy Tale The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side Read More>>

BRIAR ROSE A king and queen reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies... Read More>>

CAT SKIN There was a king, whose queen had hair of the purest gold, and was so beautiful that her match was not.... Read More >>

CLEVER ELSIE
There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie. And when she had grown up her father said..
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CLEVER GRETEL
There was once a cook named Gretel, who wore shoes with red heels, and when she walked out with them on...
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CLEVER HANS
The mother of Hans said: 'Whither away, Hans?' Hans answered: 'To Gretel.' 'Behave well, Hans.'
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DOCTOR KNOWALL
There was a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two talers
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FREDERICK AND CATHERINE
There was once a man called Frederick: he had a wife whose name was Catherine, and they had not long been married
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FUNDEVOGEL
There was a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little...
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HANSEL AND GRETEL
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel..
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HANS IN LUCK
Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right, all that falls to them is so much gain...
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IRON HANS
There was once upon a time a king who had a great forest near his palace, full of all kinds of wild animals...
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JORINDA AND JORINDEL
There was an old castle, that stood in the middle of a deep gloomy wood, and in the castle lived an old fairy...
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KING GRISLY BEARD
A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was very beautiful, but so proud, and haughty...
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LILY AND THE LION
A merchant, who had three daughters, was once setting out upon a journey; but before he went he asked each daughter
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
There was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother,
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MOTHER HOLLE
There was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and...
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OLD SULTAN
A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd and his wife were standing
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RAPUNZEL
There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped...
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RUMPELSTILTSKIN
By the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine stream of water; and upon the stream there stood...
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SNOWDROP
It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country..
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SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED
There was a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood...
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SWEETHEART ROLAND
There was once upon a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this...
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THE BLUE LIGHT
There was a soldier who for many years had served the king faithfully, but when the war came to an end...
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CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love
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THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
A shepherd's dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger...
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THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon;
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The Fisherman and His Wife
There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty, close by the seaside. The fisherman used to ..
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The Four Clever Brothers
'Dear children,' said a poor man to his four sons, 'I have nothing to give you; you must go out into the wide world and try your luck. Begin by learning some craft or another, and see..
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The Fox and the Cat
It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: 'He is clever and full of experience,...
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The Fox and the Horse
A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work
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The Frog Prince a Fairy Tale by The Brothers Grimm
One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood;
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The Golden Bird
A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples...
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The Golden Goose
There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called Dummling, and was despised, mocked, and sneered
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The Goose Girl a Fairytale by The Brothers Grimm
The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter,
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The Juniper Tree
Long, long ago, some two thousand years or so, there lived a rich man with a good and beautiful wife...
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The King of the Golden Mountain
There was a merchant who had only one child, a son, that was very young, and barely able to run alone..
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Charles Dickens

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Master Peter, and the two ubiquitous young Cratchits went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned in high procession.. Read More >

A CHRISTMAS TREE Short Story I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy... Read More >  CHRISTMAS AT FEZZIWIG'S WAREHOUSE I'Yo Ho! my boys," said Fezziwig. "No more work to-night! Christmas Eve, Dick! Christmas, Ebenezer! Let's have the shutters up!" Read More >

HUNTED DOWN Short Detective Story
Most of us see some romances in life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance Office,
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NOBODY'S STORY
He lived on the bank of a mighty river, broad and deep, which was always silently rolling on to a vast undiscovered ocean..
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THE CHILD'S STORY
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present stood in the city streets on Christmas morning, where..
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THE CRATCHIT'S CHRISTMAS DINNER
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present stood in the city streets on Christmas morning, where
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THE POOR RELATION'S STORY
He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family
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THE SCHOOLBOY'S STORY
Being rather young at present, I am getting on in years, but still I am rather young, I have no particular
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WHAT CHRISTMAS IS AS WE GROW OLDER
Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring..
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Tiny Tim Children's
THERE was once a man who did not like Christmas. His name was Scrooge, and he was a hard..
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Elena Zovatto

A Time For... A three-part series focusing on Mystique, Gambit and Rogue during the Christmas season. Takes place one year after... Read More >

Kinship The Shi'ar cruiser lurched and spun like a leaf in the wind through the stargate, drawn through the passag.... Read More > Wild Cards  The planning stages were all over -- it was time to act. The lone figure in the coffee shop gazed intently at.. Read More >

Jerilyn Winton

Don't Look Back But Mama! Ah don' wanna go ta school today ... Ah don' ever wanna go ta school again afta yesterday!" Rogue screamed, as her mother drug her out to the car .. Read More >>

Dying Promise He remebered seeing a her lying on the med-lab table, dying. Read More >>

On the Side of Angels
The mysterious man known as Remy LeBeau to some, Gambit to most sat in Harry's
Hideaway in Salem Center. Weighing between two options. X-men or no X-men.
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Keri Wilson

Another Time, Another Place The X-Men as they may have been during the Regency period, circa 1800 in the United Kingdom region. Read More >>

Sek, Lies and Videotape "Is this thing on?" The attractive brunette with a distinctive streak in her hair took a step back from the camera .. Read More >>

An X-Mas Story
The skaters glided or stumbled around Rockefeller Center's ice rink to the music. Others watched from the sides. Two of those observers were the X-men Gambit and Rogue..
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Elizabeth Wilde

Ah Don't Feel Sexy "Ah don't feel sexy," Rogue protested. "Ah feel like an idiot." Read More>>

Change in Perspective I hear what you're sayin'. I may seem out of order Nothin's quite the same .. Read More >>

Watching It's amazing How you make your fact just like a wall Read More >>

Allen Sumner

Darkness Falls When Rogue and Gambit visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras, they find themselves wrapped up in a dark woman's.. Read More >>

Gambit: Magic Man What have ya done t' him, ya MONSTER!" Rogue screamed as the rest of the X-Men tried in vain to hold her back. Read More >>

Rogue: Shared Sunrise Rogue awoke shortly after 5:00am. Looking around with hazy eyes she realised that she had fallen asleep .. Read More >>

Tilman Stieve

Tales of the Twilight Menshevik Takes place sometime after X-Men 8. Centering mainly on Valerie Cooper and Mystique, this series of stories is set just after Chris Claremont's departure from Read More >>

Magneto, My First Love Is she really going out with him? Psylocke: Well, there she is. Let's ask her. Read More >>

Point of No Return It had been an amazing finish to a crazy day, Mary Jane Watson pondered as she unlocked the door .. Read More >>

Midnight Sun It is, to borrow Dickens' overused phrase, the best and the worst of times. For all practical intents .. Read More >>

Point of No Return It had been an amazing finish to a crazy day, Mary Jane Watson pondered as she unlocked the door.. Read More >>

Before the Plunge It’s been too long, Mother. I haven’t been here since the funeral, but well ... I really couldn’t have visi­t­ed your grave without seeing Gayle.. Read Moire >>

A Song of the Valkyrior Moonstar, young rider, from Midgard thou camest, scion of warriors from westwards of Vinland.. Read More >>

Southern Nightingale

A Beach of Memories Remy LeBeau gazed at the dark blue ocean wave as it sank peacefully in the sunrise. He woke up very early in the morning. Read More >>

Foolish Hearts In a time when Rogue never left Mystique, Cody never went comatose, and Gambit had a kid with someone else before getting engaged to.. Read More >>

No Return, No Exchange Two years after the "trial," Rogue has left the X-Men to strike out on her own, winding up working ... Read More >>

Amanda Sichter

After Midnight When he didn't come back, she took to smothering babies. Read More >>

All Creatures Great and Small The Beast knew they were in trouble when the cow flew into the window. Read More >>

And I Alone Am Escaped to Tell Thee They brought me back from Hong Kong in chains. Read More >>

Cigarettes Will Kill You He doesn't know why he is explaining himself. Too much had gone, too many things had changed - but still he found he needed to explain. Read More >>

Dealing with the Devil Gambit looked around with interest. It appeared the priests had been telling the truth when they'd Read More >>

Hungry for Your Touch Walking down the street, head held high, long limbs clean, sun beating down on me and making mah white streak shine, mah face touched with colour, mah eyes burning with green fire. Read More >>

Love Lies Bleeding She was having a dream, a nightmare -- she couldn't move, couldn't breathe, she was weak, weak, held in place, screaming, fighting, nothing would come out, she couldn't move, she was trying but she couldn't Read More >>

Pangs It's been so long that I can't even remember when being in love stopped being fun. Read More >>

The Princess, the Thief and the Tall, Stone Tower Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived at the top of a tall tower made of stone with one wide window that looked over a barren, Read More >>

Something Just Like Weeping She hummed as she laid the table, a bright brittle music that underscored her careful movements with broken half-note Read More >>

RogueStar

Always Coming Home Yes: I have re-entered your olden haunts at last; Through the years, through the dead scenes I have tracked you.. Read More

Mending Fences The stars are still bright on this most beautiful of evenings. Early cultures believed them to be the souls of the dead Read More >>

Blowing in the Wind New Year's Day. A time o' new beginnings. O' hope an' promises. O' silly resolutions that'll be broken within a week. Read More >>

The Briar Patch She was responsible for the nightmares. Read More >>

Cantique Noel Teresa fingered the strings of the lute in a desultory fashion, the notes drifting out from the balcony of Cassidy Keep Read More >>

Alara Rogers

And After the Battle The images rise with nightmare intensity, burning their way into my brain, and however much I drink of the alien liquor Read More
The Damned Have No Right to Weep I sit in the center of my complex, surrounded by elaborate security systems, elaborate defenses, and stare into nothing. Read More
A Death in New Orleans Jessamy glanced into the back seat, where her five-year-old daughter Henrietta was curled up asleep Read More
Habits Kurt had lost his third round of pool to Logan when Lee Forrester walked into the room. "Hey guys, what's up?" Read More
The Mother of All Retcons Lorna Dane, nine months pregnant and on overtime now, struggled against the leather straps that held her to the examining table Read More

Ratmist

TheResponsible One Waking up was always the worst. It was much worse than the dreaming she had experienced without pattern during the last month. Jean simply said it would pass Read More >>

Thoughts These thoughts have been bubbling in my mind for a long time. Ever since I felt the memories of three men, I have felt my head compound in years. Read More >>

TheIrresponsible One Waking up hurt. Every major joint ached due to the activities of the night before, far less pleasurable activities than others may have expected from him Read More >>

Steven Paul

The Ice Capades Night: Its' darkness matched his mood. He sat alone, on the roof of the mansion. The mist of his breath mingled with the smoke from his cigarette. Read More >>

Loose Ends It was an annoying sound, but one that had become common place over the last few days at the Xavier Institute. Read More >>

Onyx

Ghosts Alone. She has always been alone, ever since she can remember, in some way or another Read More >>

The Death of a Dream Read More >>

The Resurrection Gauntlet Six years after the Shadow King has been defeated and the Brotherhood scattered, the future remains bleak for mutants and humanity alike Read More >>

Northlight

Crisis Rogue stared into her mirror, aghast. This couldn't be happening to her! It couldn't! But as hard Read More >>

Inquiring Minds Rogue grinned happily as she flipped through her latest copy of 'Lots and Lots of Books Read More >>

Just in Time for Christmas Even had the bone chilling wind not been blowing snow into his eyes, Remy would not have Read More >>

Love and Pain Remy stepped out of the men's washroom, having just completed the difficult task of getting his zipper-less Read More >>

Reunions and Other Troubles The two men sat in companionable silence, both puffing on cigarettes and wearing identical looks of Read More >>

Maybe Just a Little Strange T'was a week and a half before Christmas, and all through the house, the only creature not stirring Read More >>

Nothing More Soft rustling. The slightest sound of a boot falling against the floor. A sudden quick intake of air. Read More >>

Of Cooties and Dice C'mon baby!" Jean exclaimed, rolling the die in her palm. A quick flick of her wrist sent the cube sailing over the floor to land at Storm's bare foot. Read More >>

One of Those Days Psylocke cursed as the alarm continued to blare. Attackers, at six o'clock in the morning! Of all the nerve! Read More >>

Reflections Like Ah've been for the past days, ever since gettin' back t' what's left o' home, today Ah'm sittin' outside in front o' the mansion. Ah hold the half charred playin' card Remy Read More >>

Searching for Justice Helen Tyler lifted her face to the sun, a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She stood there, motionless Read More >>

Sightings Lindsey sighed and shifted her bag from one hand to the other for the fifth time in the last ten minutes. Read More >>

Skin Crawl Heat. Warm hands, moist and clammy with perspiration. Sweat slicked skin that glistened on exposed faces, emerging from the hairline trickle down heat flushed faces. Read More >>

Small Problems Her toe was tingling, Rogue realized as she woke from a restless night's sleep. She lay still, trying to place Read More >>

Substitutions It was summer, and it was hot. In fact, it was the hottest day in recent memory. It was the kind of day, where eggs Read More >>

Summer Vacation And don't break anything!" Cyclops said sternly, facing his pinkvisor wearing cheap rip-off. The X-Men were going Read More >>

That's What Happens Oh my stars and garters! Rogue!" Rogue trips and falls -- the large amount of bare skin Read More >>

The Super Beings Bureau Saga A series of short stories about the Super Beings Bureau, someplace all super-powered types have to visit at Read More >>

The Susan Smith Show A series of talk shows in which various super hero-types discuss the issues that affect their lives. Read More >>

Touch She said that she wanted to touch, to reach out, skin to skin. She said that she wanted to press cold fingers Read More >>

Untitled Random Mutterings The small, almost flat, grey metal box was one of the few things that had managed to stay with her during the turbulent years. She'd carried it with her faithfully, heeding her mother's warnings Read More >>

Watching from a Distance Of all the regrets in my life, there is one that stands out as that which hurts the most. It's a regret that has consumed me, that drives me, that haunts me without cease. Read More >>

Mercutio

Bobby, Rogue and the Vat of Hair Dye Bobby," Hank said, "I'm afraid I must also respectfully decline to agree with you. Our Rogue is most certainly a redhead Read More >>

What I Did on My Summer Vacation This is sure gonna be fun, Jubilee sulked. She wasn't real into the concept of reports to begin with, and this particular assignment was just plain dumb. Frosty already knew what she'd been doing Read More >>

Confusing the Issue Allo, Joseph," Gambit said quietly into the darkness surrounding the small grove of trees. He sat perched on one of the railings of the gazebo. He had been staring quietly.. Read More >>

A Loose Reputation When Remy woke, he had no idea that anything was wrong. Read More >>

Sestina in G Minor Thieves know nothing of love. To save your heart, you must keep it secret, wild, untamed, untrammeled Read More >>

Melodist

Innocent Heart, Guilty Memories Dear Diary, It's been five years. Holly says I should tell you about what happened. I feel kinda silly talking to a book Read More >>

Imaginary Friend She put the last of the dinner plates in the dishwasher and turned to look at the couch in the adjoining room. Read More >>

The Ever-Changing Winds My name is Storm. I am the Windrider, Mistress of the Elements. I was thought to be one of the most powerful of the X-Men Read More >>

Ruby Lis

The End of Innocence After Rogue is brutally assaulted by Genoshans out for revenge, the X-Men try to guide her through her recovery, Read More >>

Incarnidine A foray into Storm's past sends Ororo and Rogue into a hurricane of internal chaos as multiple personalities Read More >>

Scars Bitter at being left to die in a Genoshan death camp by Rogue, Gambit focuses his energies on his recovery--and revenge Read More >>

Vicki Lew

Free for a Second Tired of the way Marvel is handling things, Vicki Lew takes matters into her own hands, forging her own "Elseworlds" Read More >>

I Don't Remember After an accident, Gambit loses his memory and falls for another woman. How will Rogue deal with it? Read More >>

Normality Her breath formed fluffy little clouds before her face as she walked briskly down the cement sidewalk Read More >>

A Place in this World Rogue is Sabine, the daughter of a powerful senator. Locked in her room since the Read More >>

Rescue Midnight found him in a steaming shower stall, jets of soothing hot water streaming down his naked body.. Read More >>

Written in My Depression Ah've never kept a diary, but they all said that it was supposed t'be good for me. Ah'm like, whatever Read More >>

Latex

Ain't Nothin' Like Regret The words issued from the speakers, the syllable of the first stretched almost as far as breath allowed, Read More >>

Failures Rogue sat, legs pulled up and arms wrapped around them, chin resting on knees, and looked Read More >>

The Morning After The early morning sun streamed through the attic skylight, causing stray dust motes to gleam like airborne flecks of gold Read More >>

The Price of Coffee The expletive accompanied the sound of shattering crockery and the spillage of hot coffee on the kitchen floor. Read More >>

Poi Lass

TheAdventures of GOD Yea, and a time came when God looked down upon the earth, and saw that itwas in dire need of his divine assistance. Read More >>

Laid Doctor Agee, Rogue mused, sure was a hell of a doctor. He'd gotten rid of her absorbing power for her, Read More >>

OneTouch Rogue lay flopped on her bed, arms wrapped behind her head. Another day,another hotel room. Another step closer to the place she didn't want togo Read More >>

Start Spreading the News It was your idea. You said we should be honest with everyone. You said I should stop lying about myself. Besides, it's not like you can ever keep a secret in this place, gossip travels at light speed Read More >>

What You Know Can Hurt You Maybe because I always thought there were too many of them. I was curious since I was a kid, I always wanted to know. I thought the world would be a better place if we knew Read More >>

You Did WHAT in a Cave? "One more t'ing chere. Wit' your powers negated, it means dis may be our night. Our first. Our last." Read More >>

LadyLyte

Hot Pursuit The bike bulleted down Lakeshore Drive, its engine roaring in the night as it sped down the road skirting Read More >>

Running to Catch Up With a flick of his wrist, he sent the card spinning toward the target. It flew with a sharp whining noise, trailing a comet's-tail blaze Read More >>

Stolen Lives Welcome to the real world" she said to me, condescendingly. "Take a seat, take your life plot it out in black and white. Read More >>

The Cast of Shadows I find it odd. No. I find it funny. Me, keeping a diary. At this point in my life when I feel I've grown more towards adulthood, Read More >>

Tuna Fish or Nuthin or The Question There comes a time in every relationship in which the female half of the pair must ask The Question. Read More >>

K-Nice

And the Walls Came a'Tumblin' Down Rogue stirred suddenly, twisting her sheets around her body so tightly that she cried out at the feeling of confinement. Read More >>

Get Some It is a moonless night at the Trump/Concord. The Donald's newest venture is a 23-story luxury hotel on the edge of the Borscht Belt, prime to soak up all that metropolitan money Read More >>

So Fast Gambit was in a daze. His pulse hammered and his sense were dulled yet oddly sensitive, like a pin-prick through cotton. Read More >>

Happiness Rebecca grinned as her daughter swung on the lower branches of a large cypress tree that jutted out from the swamps into the luscious lawn of the family mansion. Brianne Read More >>

Pro Veneratio The dank smell of spring falling into decay was nearly overpowered by the cold scent of granite and marble. Stone anchored her to the earth, kept her from floating off into the terrible Read More >>

And Then I Remembered... I got off the plane at LaGuardia, Gucci carry-on bag on my shoulder and no one waiting to greet me. Read More >>

Blood and Bone One hand on the gear shaft, the other on the door handle, Detective Lebeau came to a jarring stop inches from the cruiser in front of his late-model Lexus. He had an ex-girlfriend with Read More >>

Crown of Roses, Crown of Thorns Deep in the heart of New York City, there is a bar seemingly transported from the middle of nowhere. Read More >>

Divine Retribution As her confusion began to wear off, Rogue started to feel an enormous guilt overtake her. Read More >>

Falling in Love: Once More, for Old Heart's Sake Ranged around the table were the combined might of the X-Men, Excalibur, X-Force and X-Factor. At the table's head sat the guest of honor: Professor Charles Francis Xavier. Read More >>

Heated What do you want me to say? I'm sorry? Read More >>

The Human Touch Fear, bright and all encompassing, shrouded her. She looked out from behind it and saw her mother's angry stare. She heard the insults hurled at her in a steady flow of loathing Read More >>

I Get So Lonely I never liked being alone. I don't think anyone does, really. Read More >>

Lost Lies Bastion literally stripped paint and wallpaper right off the walls -- down to the bare, naked wood. Read More >>

Maybe on Some Other Day The pounding of the horses' hooves on the hard dirt track precluded any meaningful conversation, but Irene and Raven managed to communitcate... Read More >>

Possibly in Another Life York was resplendant in white. Emily had been delighted the first time she saw snow, but even after many hard winters in Plymouth, she was still fascinated by its cold purity. Read More >>

Perhaps, in Some Other Time A form, little more than shifting shadow, crept through the tunnels that ran beneath Crescent City Read More >>

Perfect Pastel Pink "Good afternoon from WRKS Radio in Westchester New York - the station that ROCKS for you. It's a beautiful May day ... huh, huh, alright, yeah Read More >>

Reality This isn't a fantasy. If it were, we'd be in a fancy hotel, eating caviar out of each other's belly buttons. Read More >>

She Has Issues I don't know why I bother anymore. I know she doesn't what to talk to me right now, but I call anyway. No big deal, just ole Remy bang his head against yet another brick wall Read More >>

Snipers Rogue hunched down next to her mother. Even through her insulated green and white uniform, she could feel the cold that pulsed around her. Read More >>

Taking Prisoners The early morning gloom left a cold feeling in Remy's spine. He could feel icy fingers strumming his vertebrae... Read More >>