A life of of dependable boredom; or a death by gold that isn't death at all. Elizabeth, and Jack, make the obvious choice. UPDATED 1206

Maybe if you loved somebody enough; even if nothing else in your life had gone quite right; the world just let you be." (RS, not happy.)

Not only did his monthly changes seem aggravated by the mysterious hormones flowing erratically through his skinny body; he was beginning to feel conscious of said skinny body, and more importantly Would Someone Ever Want To Touch It." (Remus Lupin, 15)

“Could you speed this up ?” Sirius paused to spit out a tooth. “I’ve got to be dead before the first of the month, or rent’s due.” (R is for language, and very AU)

post-Ootp, RS. "...a girl's voice, tentative, all eggshells and pity. Hermione then, so respectful of his feelings. Bugger. “Er, Mr. Lupin ?” He feels boneless and drunk and something like a nostalgic whistle is chortling in his ear...."

part I..... "It was tea at four o’clock sharp that kept him from remembering the color of anyone’s eyes; dinner and the telly that sealed up everything that had been Remus Lupin, and shoved it into a box for later examination."

...Who could love a passing breeze ? No matter how warm, so matter how sweet, no matter how far it blows." (Drabbles on the ever-infamous Capt. Jack Sparrow....) UPDATED 928

A series of brief studies in character. UPDATED. "A bride will come to him on a ship; as mine did; he will watch her coming over the waves and love the sea for bringing her."

AchillesBriseis. In the afterlife, wine is sweet and stories last for eternity. On the banks of the Styx, he is waiting.

An afternoon on the beach, a hanging, a future built for two. UPDATE ALERT : FINAL CHAPTER ADDED !

Say it's true. Say you're gone. Who's gonna hold me back ? Who's gonna stop me ? Please... please stop me. (Endgame for the speculative season big bad.)

"the poofter doth protest too much.." Angel doesn't like the idea that Buffy+Spike could = love ? Spike, however, is pretty keen on it..S6-ish...S/B, mildly A/C.(rating is for Spike's potty mouth)

following 'smashed'. a rather hushed little fic. daylight sometimes makes us see things more clearly. B/S, of course.

Response to Inamorati Challenge #1. Wackiness ensues, Dahl style. What do giant gumdrops and Spike have to do with one another ? Where did that six-foot candy cane come from ? These and other questions answered within... S/B, naturally.

season 6- Buffy's back, but not everyone wants to send her cards and flowers. It isn't easy being 20 and alive again. She finds help in unlikely places, but can she come to terms with it all in time to stop the spread of a new evil ?

thank goodness joss didn't decide this bit of melodrama would work well in the series !!! I had to write it, though. It's an extremely short post-'gift' fic-let. Someone's dreaming in the sun.

a missing scene from 'spiral'. Buffy and Spike have a talk, not allowing attitude to get in the way. (short)

Angels' work has paid off in L.A. But for some people, shansu just spells goodbye.