As I say in my rec for the_new_library, don't let the title here throw you off. This is a very intriguing premise, and a promising start. Check out my full rec here.

Check out what arrived at Casa Hobgoblinn tonight! A box of "obscure grooviness" from nwhepcat! Yummy snack-like things, a very pink frisbee, a pen and pencil set, a cool card, A lovely feathered piece of art, very colorful, and best of all a Real Fairy Wand. The penguins were indeed a nice touch-- thanks for pointing that out. Did I forget anything? At any rate, it was a wonderful homecoming present. Glad I got it this week and not next, when I wouldn't be here to get it anyway. I'll let you know how that wand works out.

Oh, and Wee Hob commandeered the box and the styrofoam peanuts to make a "lego guys battlefield." He is quite pleased.

But this is not getting my summer_of_giles stuff edited/ written. nwhepcat, will be in touch about Labor Day. And Thanks!

For greys_exchange:

Title: "Spinning Wheel's Spindle"
Author: bowlerhat_girl
Recipient: irinafan
Pairing(s)/Gen Partipants: Meredith/Derek, Meredith
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: If she never told him, if she never let herself believe he was it for her, then it wasn’t real and it was never going to fall to pieces.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Grey’s Anatomy, nor any of its characters.

( because there is no fairytale without a Very Bad Thing )

Title; The Music that is the River in our Hearts
Pairing; Jack/Kate
Rating; G
Words; 427
Disclaimer; I do not own them, I just like playing with them.
A/N; For Queen slybrunette @ lostsquee, who requested anything to do with music. I realise it's very late, but I hope you like it!

There is never silence in Kate's house.

Title; The Music that is the River in our Hearts
Pairing; Jack/Kate
Rating; G
Words; 427
Disclaimer; I do not own them, I just like playing with them.
A/N; For Queen slybrunette @ lostsquee, who requested anything to do with music. I realise it's very late, but I hope you like it!

There is never silence in Kate's house.

Synopsis: A reunion between Daniel Faraday and his constant, Desmond Hume. Written for Queen lenina20who wanted to see the leavers and the left behinds brought back together.  
Characters: Faraday, Desmond. 
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost.

( Now he was simply a man lost in the jungle. There was no other person who could remind him there was anything more. ) 

Title: Almost 3 Times
Rating: PG-13
Character/Pairings: JulietGoodwin, AlexKarl, BenJuliet
Words: 1260
Summary: Three hearts yearn for what they cannot quite reach.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost or its characters. Those things are property of its producers, writers, ABC, and actors.


(now would be an appropriate time to start kissing him)

Dawn chokes on the gag and her tears as she waits for her mom to wake up. What if she doesn't? What if Faith hit her too hard and she dies? She's killed people by accident before. According to Buffy, Mr. Giles said that happens sometimes with slayers.

What if she doesn't die, but she's just in a coma forever, like Faith?

Dawn wishes Faith had died. She's a horrible person. She's killed people -- she hurt Xander, tried to kill him. There's some big secret around it, but Dawn knows that much.

Mom moans softly and her eyes flutter open.

***

Dawn watches as Mom figures out the situation, sees the flash of fear when she realizes Faith has Dawn too. It's quickly replaced by determination -- the expression that makes Buffy say, "Look out, world. Mama Bear is here."

Faith turns from the dresser drawer she's been ransacking. "Look who's joined the party." She puts Mom's lipstick on her disgusting mouth and asks her opinion.

Mom's chin rises as she spits out an angry answer. Her fierceness gives Dawn a thrill of pride yet terrifies her at the same time.

Faith starts in on Buffy, how she's left them all behind.

***

She says the meanest things. About how Mom squirted out her kids and now that Buffy's in college she doesn't need her or care -- and *gross*, that is an image Dawn will never ever scrub out of her mind.

Mom is tough and smart- mouthed -- it's like she's the hero in some action movie, snarking away when the villain is making threats. Part of her admires Mom's bravery, but the other part knows this isn't a movie. They really could die.

Faith is just pointing this out --again -- when Buffy crashes in through the window.

Just like in the movies.

***


Meetingpalooza the next 3 days. Feh.

I remember my "in other news" that I forgot earlier.

Two of my art pieces (out of 3) got into the group show I submitted it to! Wooooooo!

Title: And I, I Keep Bleeding (love)
Disclaimer: Not mine. Only responsible for their fictional corruption.
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Jack/Sawyer
Warning: Strange
Summary: Sawyer stays broken. Jack gets his fix.
A/N: For Queen slybrunette, who wanted "fics inspired by songs"

( You cut me open. )

Ganked from keladry_lupin:

Movie Reviews

Ouch. I thought I would score higher than that. But I'm not sure how far back they check content. And I did use words like "dude" and "freaking" in the most recent entry. But the weather kind of robbed me of coherent speech for a bit there. I'm sure you understand.

Then too, if we aspire to have people actually read our work, maybe this is the kind of score we should be aiming for. I'm not suggesting we should dumb down content, but just make sure that the ideas presented are clear and easy to follow. I have it on good authority that Jr High kids are not dumb. Mine is certainly too smart for his own good.

Interestingly, some of the people on my flist who are fantastic writers I much admire got the same score. One even got an elementary level instead. I feel better now.

And this is not getting my summer_of_giles segment for Friday rewritten. I asked sahiya for a sanity check on some backstory/ mythology and got way more than I bargained for. (Also, in case you were wondering, no evidence of sanity was discovered.) I really appreciate her taking the time as busy as she is these days, and wish her luck on her own summer_of_giles story.

Title: With or Without You (I can't live)
Disclaimer: Not mine. Only responsible for their fictional corruption.
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Jack/Sawyer
Warning: My own world again, slightly reminiscent of the canon one.
Summary: Boone was just another thing that can't be happening, in this place that always seems to provide the impossible.
A/N: For the ever-lovely Queen halfdutch, who wanted "Boone" action. This is J/S and sort of angsty in the end, but I hope it works.

( Jack is silent, scared, like it is the first time he's seen a ghost, not another time in a long line of same shit different day. )

Boxes are in the mail! So my 5 contest winners, be on the lookout for random boxes o' stuff.

I still have some auction-related mailings coming up. (girlguidejones, there's a postcard en route, but I wrote down the prompts, so if the USPS fails us, let me know.)

In other news ... well, I had some. Really.

Box-related icon!

Title: Only You (And you can hear me)
Disclaimer: Not mine. Only responsible for their fictional corruption.
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Jack/Juliet
Warning: Written from an early Juliet perspective.
Summary: There have been so many come easy and go the hard way.
A/N: For the wondrous Queen elise_509, who wanted "the women of Lost". And God help me I tried to write Juliet/Jack. *holds on for dear life*

( The man she finds in Ben's carefully chosen cage is someone much more complicated, someone much more capable. He can save Ben, but Juliet looks in his eyes and doesn't want him to stop there. )

Um - I fell. I think my wrist is broken (or re-broken since its my bad one). Great. (never the less - I AM posting all of these tonight.)

Title: If You Told Me (you were drowning)
Disclaimer: Not mine. Only responsible for their fictional corruption.
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Jack/Sawyer
Warning: Who knows when this takes place. My own world most likely.
Summary: Seconds feel like hours and a minute like years in the hottest part of hell before that happens. Before the cough, spit, rush of breath, brings salt water and tears.
A/N: For the illustrious Queen astra2104, who wanted "ice".

( Sawyer feels like ice, but Jack focuses instead of the hot feel of sand beneath his knees, the taste of warmth and irrational hope on Sawyer's lips, the steady movement of chest compressions, the mimic of a heart that is far stronger than any merciless ocean. )

Title: Meet Me at the Wrecking Ball
Rating: R *cough*
Pairing: Kate/Sayid
Words: 2600
Summary: Kate has to wonder for a second about how funny is this; his suit, hair and smile are just as fake as her elegant silk dress, nice combing and smile are and as their dinner in a five star restaurant will be.
Spoilers: up to the S4 finale.
Disclaimer: well, not mine and I don't think this would have happened if I wrote it but... ;)
A/N: for Queen aboutbunnies at lostsquee, who had Kate/Sayid in the requests.

( The hotel in Fiji is a five star one and Kate doesn’t doubt that Ben saw it as some particularly sharp kind of irony. )

Title: Reversible Separation
Pairings: Kate/Sayid, Kate/Sawyer & Hurley
Rating: R
Word Count: 2700
Summary: There is a long string of uncomfortable visits. She had already been wearing skirts back then. She remembers this because she didn't take it off.
Note: for Days 16's queen, aboutbunnies, at the lostsquee's Luau; also used for chem15try's #02, dissociation.
Disclaimer: Lost is not mine, and Don't Panic belongs to Coldplay.

Bones, sinking like stones.

Title: Reversible Separation
Pairings: Kate/Sayid, Kate/Sawyer & Hurley
Rating: R
Word Count: 2700
Summary: There is a long string of uncomfortable visits. She had already been wearing skirts back then. She remembers this because she didn't take it off.
Note: for Days 16's queen, aboutbunnies, at the lostsquee's Luau; also used for chem15try's #02, dissociation.
Disclaimer: Lost is not mine, and Don't Panic belongs to Coldplay.

Bones, sinking like stones.

For my queen, aboutbunnies, and for my Kate/Sawyer table.

Title: Reversible Separation
Pairings: Kate/Sayid, Kate/Sawyer & Hurley
Rating: R
Word Count: 2700
Summary: There is a long string of uncomfortable visits. She had already been wearing skirts back then. She remembers this because she didn't take it off.
Note: for Days 16's queen, aboutbunnies, at the lostsquee's Luau; also used for chem15try's #02, dissociation.
Disclaimer: Lost is not mine, and Don't Panic belongs to Coldplay.


( Bones, sinking like stones. )