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SHORTS
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Letters and
Papers from Prison
A young woman’s visit, figurative and literal, with a man in
a plastic prison. Heavy subject matter. X1 -- Rogue
+ ensemble, c. 5800 words
Some
have asked me, Why rehash memories of such an awful event?
It's morbid! It was over half a century ago! That was then,
this is now. Or -- and most insidious of all -- By
remembering like this,
you're not allowing people to forgive and get over it. But to
forget
is more morbid. When we forget, it can happen again. When
we
forget, we make all those deaths meaningless. To remember
is
not the same as to blame. Sticking our heads in the sand
won't
make ugly things go away, it just gets sand up our nose. [getting off
soapbox]
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101 (and not
Dalmatians)
Scott
on sex, and men, and relationships. And Romance novels. adult,
c. 4950 words
Sleepy
Dragon
A
celebration of sex between long-time lovers. adult,
Jean POV, c. 3300 words
Bitch
Jean overhears some private
thoughts. Bitch!Jean seen (tongue-in-cheek) from the other side, c.
1300 words
Like Water
Sometimes
the thing you fear the most is knowing for sure. Scott POV, c. 2100 words
Broken
"Friendships,
like marriages, are dependant on avoiding the unforgivable." (John D.
MacDonald),
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Five Pounds
Scott
brings Jean an unexpected present for Valentine’s Day. Scott
POV. Valentine’s sap, but not Valentine’s ‘ship. 'Cuteness'
alert, X1 c. 4000 words
Idle
Musings of a Woman at Eighty
An
old woman on age, men, and good endings. Jean POV. adult c. 2100 words
Mutant
Darwin Awards
“Slice
of life” fiction. What do they do when they’re not teaching class,
chasing bad guys (or chasing each other)? Humor; Jean
POV. c. 1100
words
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Agonia
Not
everything that is meant well causes comfort, Scott, c.1100
words
Anahinga
The gulf
stretching on my left is as vast as the horizon and as endless as my
grief, Scott, c. 2100 words
 I'd
Sure
Hate to Break Down Here
Three conversations in
Ororo's Garden, Ororo
& Pietro, c. 2600 words
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PowerSwap
Challenge
A
challenge issued in my LJ, answered by
other writers. Includes over 50 stories involving alternate
powers for Scott and/or Jean and/or other X-Men, and how that might
have affected how they turned out.
Playing
House
Written with Winter's Doubt
Kitty and Scott finally take things to a
logical conclusion, adult
sections, c. 11,500 words
The PowerSwap challenge generated
not just over
50 stories, it also generated three different RPGs, +1 by
extension. People clearly had some fun! In any case, in one
of
those, I took on Cypher Scott, who's history diverged from that of
Cypher in my series
after the Senate Speech. This narrative is based on events in
that RPG, although it can be read without following the game (all
important information is contained in the opening notes). Don't
faint over the S/K nature of the story; Kitty isn't his student.
* Why am I using
"pathos" instead
of the more familiar fanfic jargon "angst"? Because "angst" means
"anxiety,
or a feeling of guilt and remorse," with the connotation that it exceeds
what the situation deserves. "Pathos" means simply "suffering,
loss,
grief, or passion." In professional writing, being told your
story
is "angsty" isn't necessarily a compliment. :-)
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