... The pain is very intense. Ivy jumps at my scream and goes to get help. "Gerty! Julian!", I grimmace through clenched teeth, "Take me to the Unicorn. Now!" ...
shadow1205@...
Aug 14, 2001 7:57 pm
1903
A calm had decended over Arcadia. The good townspeople went about their daily business for a few days without the usual bustle and hustle. It had been quiet up...
MrsHavisham@...
Aug 17, 2001 8:32 pm
1904
Lucas opened an eye. Zack was anxiously watching several finches in the garden outside the Library window, chittering at them, tail lashing. Lucas rolled his...
grassmarin@...
Aug 20, 2001 6:08 pm
1905
... While it was true that the private rooms bore placards suggesting that they had, of late, been inhabited... and would be again in short order. Yet the...
Bynner.Drake@...
Aug 21, 2001 6:09 pm
1906
Rhio set down the book she had been reading with a sigh. She had picked it up after the RavenLord dissappeared in an attempt to give her mind space to sort...
Bantrobel
bantrobel@...
Aug 24, 2001 1:21 am
1907
... "Wouldn't 'Show me the meaning of being lonely?' be more appropriate?" Rennyb asked Rhio while she played with the DJ controls... "If you're going to be...
Bynner.Drake@...
Aug 24, 2001 5:01 pm
1908
... Rhio turned to the man with the sense of humor. "Well,if I wanted appropriate I would be playing Dark Side of the Moon or something. No, what I'm going for...
Bantrobel
bantrobel@...
Aug 28, 2001 4:26 am
1909
Christiane stirred on her fainting couch. She had been reading, a crystal pitcher of lemonade on the small marble and wrought iron table at her elbow. It was...
ctruelove@...
Aug 29, 2001 8:11 pm
1910
An ornamented wooden panel slowly creaked open, and Christiane and the couple at the bar turned in amazement as two (rather dusty) black cats slinked out, soon...
grassmarin@...
Aug 30, 2001 1:39 pm
1911
"Wow! People are starting to really come out of the woodwork now!" Dusting the flour off my hands after setting the bread to rise, I come out of the kitchen. ...
shadow1205@...
Aug 30, 2001 7:08 pm
1912
At the bar, Rhio said to Rennyb: "Have you a tale to add to the archives?" And Rennyb thought a moment... but then a woman dressed in a peasant blouse and...
Bynner.Drake@...
Aug 30, 2001 7:47 pm
1913
... To which Rennyb replies... "Oye! Famished! Have you got hot meat pyes and pease porridge? Or I could do with a strong broth and black bread otherwise..." ...
Bynner.Drake@...
Aug 30, 2001 8:00 pm
1914
Anpu heard the heavy, rhythmic beat of wings long before the creature appeared. It began as a whisper of anticipation, and what forebodes. Anpu scanned the...
ravnlord@...
Aug 30, 2001 9:44 pm
1915
Samantha opened her mouth to answer, when suddenly an impossibly large owl entered the room with a red-cloaked stranger. Even Cecily twitched an eyebrow at...
grassmarin@...
Aug 31, 2001 3:33 pm
1916
As the odd rider and his steed departed, and Rhio unwrapped her gift, Christiane went behind the bar and started to look for some Stoli. She hadn't heard from...
ctruelove@...
Aug 31, 2001 3:48 pm
1917
... storm raging within its form. Holding it up to her ear, > Rhio heard a cacophony of myriad sounds crashing together > … whipped against a gale of manic...
Bantrobel
bantrobel@...
Sep 8, 2001 5:24 am
1918
Samantha turned to Cecily to find an empty settee. Somewhere, a city shuddered. (cecily is doing what i can't- leading search parties to pull survivors out of...
grassmarin@...
Sep 12, 2001 1:19 pm
1919
The good townspeople were getting the last of the harvest in and began to make their winter preparations. The Goth House stood empty. The Gargoyles kept a...
... STORY: For some time, the half fallen angel had speculated on retiring from running the Goth House. In its time, there had been a collection of noble ...
... Zophiel's challenge reverberated through the deserted halls of the Goth House and on to realms beyond, where creatures might yet listen, and stir... and...
... off ... pool ... something ... ... as the ashen remains of the once-grand bar drifted down from the rafters, a figure there shook itself, scattering the...
As the Raven soared, a single figure arose from the ashes of the bar. It was female and swearing, and until a few minutes ago had been rooting around the...
Christiane wrote: Then the stench of ichor reached her nose, and the snuffling of something wicked. She froze, staring at the Raven. ... hearing her shout, the...
Christiane's righteous fuming and the mysterious power emanating couldn't help but draw the attention of the leading horror. It turned away from the cloakroom...
... ... Rounding a corner, Rennyb beheld the stone arch that marked the entrance to the House's main library ... the large, oaken doors were shut ... ......
... their eyes locked ... neither moved ... but, Rennyb had the distinct feeling that somewhere ... someone ... something else was watching ... Zophiel, too,...
... The stygian creature lumbered forward across its own noisome pool, drooling still more of the viscous sludge from its slack jaws. It was only moments from...
... out. He would probably figure into the explosions, though. Because of the thick, roiling fog that settled over Arcadia's port that morning, no one saw the...
... Rennyb stepped back and smiled upwards at the posturing raven. "It seems you, or something which works through you, disapproves of my searching the...
... From: <ctruelove@...> ... drooling still more of the viscous sludge from its slack jaws. It ... the ash and debris of the bar, and headed straight...