I have been writing stories and poems for most of my life. I'm happy to say I've gotten somewhat better at it since my seven-year-old odes to autumn leaves. You'll find here free verse and structured, fan fiction for works old and new, low fantasy, gay romance, angst, melodrama, opinionated bitching, and sundry other things. None, if filmed, would probably rate above the high end of PG-13.
I've removed some pieces that were here before and that I didn't like very much. The old, crappy fanfic is on the LMFFI if you really want it.
N.B. the First: It ought to go without saying, but don't steal this stuff. (I'm not just saying this to be pompous; some wingnut, to my befuddled annoyance, decided to pass some of my older stuff off as hers recently.) Please read, enjoy, print out for a rainy day, show it to your friends, but give me credit for what's mine. Thanks.
N.B. the Second: Regarding fanfic -- Good Omens and the characters therein belong to Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Westmark and the characters therein belong to Lloyd Alexander. Most everything else belongs to dead guys, or is dead guys. No money, no harm, no foul, no lawsuit.
Original Fiction
Cathy-girl
Fantasy vignette. A young mother is woken in the night.
Nocturne For a First Birthday
Vignette. Kerrigan of Port St. Alison never expected to fall in love, far less to be a father... or to be glad of it.
The Night of a Day's March
Fantasy. A troubled man leaves a country torn by war, and returns to the land where he once found love.
The Coming of Spring
Fantasy. Marguerite Blanchard is happy, somewhat to her surprise.
Ce N'est Rien
Fantasy. The passing of Marguerite, with song lyrics in. Sorry about that.
Wisteria
Fantasy vignette. Lina reflects on life and motherhood.
Visiting Hour
Nathan goes to see his mother.
Betrayals
Vignette. Grant struggles with temptation.
Sanctuary
Paul makes the best of a bad situation.
Only Happy When It Rains
Vignette. Philosophical when wet.
Foolish Heart
Fantasy. Lina confronts her lover.
Angels
Christmas of 2001. Paul discovers that he's too young to be a proper curmudgeon.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
The hazards of being a responsible sibling.
Darkness Stirs
Second-person vignette. Matthew has issues. Lots of issues.
Retail Therapy
Vignette. Jody takes a dim view of recreational shopping.
Milestones
Vignette. For someone who only ran off to get married last year, Nathan is very, very married.
Unthoughts
Jesse is not doing well.
Princess Christabel
Fantasy/humor. Rumplestiltskin, eat your heart out.
Fan Fiction
June First, 1832
Les Mis. Grantaire plays conscience to a tense Enjolras, who doesn't appreciate it.
Cross Purposes
Les Mis. Jean Prouvaire at the barricade.
Touch
Les Mis. Enjolras argues with his subconscious. That is not subtext, shut up. :D
Caprices of a Muse
Les Mis. Jean Prouvaire is having one of those days.
Song of the Cynic
Les Mis. Poetry. Bitter, anguished Grantaire.
Combeferre's Song
Les Mis. Poetry. Plea of a reasonable man.
Orestes Grousing
Les Mis. Poetry. Enjolras is not above a little bitching.
Orphans
Les Mis. Poetry. Reflections of Jean Valjean.
I Am Your Shadow
Les Mis. Poetry. Pensive Grantaire.
Winter
Westmark. Thirty years after the revolution, Florian muses on life, death, and politics.
Reflections
Westmark. Even charismatic revolutionary leaders have moments of pointless angst.
Knowledge Is Power
Martin Guerre. Bertrande passes judgment on her neighbors.
This Gift Of Joy
Martin Guerre. Poetry. Bertrande or Arnaud or both.
How Far We Are From Morning
Les Mis. Joly thinks wistful thoughts about his best buddy. Slash or gen, as you prefer to read it.
Shifting Perspectives
Les Mis. Courfeyrac amazed.
In Vino Veritas
Les Mis. Humor. Grantaire watches as doom overtakes Les Amis.
Fairy Tales
Phantom of the Opera. Christine and Raoul differ on parenting.
Antiques
Crossover, Les Mis/Good Omens. A chance encounter of bibliophiles.
Beaux Jours
Les Mis. A fluffy, plotless, geeky romance in four short parts.
Drabbles
Multifandom. Stories of one hundred words exactly.
Poetry
Addicted
Everyone else was doing either sex, self-injury or caffeine. I did melodrama.
Don't Go Away
Ficpoem.
Tea With Murphy
Because I like irony, damnit. Published in Rearview Quarterly.
The Moth
The creepy part about this is that two nights after I wrote it, an enormous black moth found its way into my room.
Under Construction
Twee. But there it is.
Dirt Poem
No, it doesn't have a better title. And no, I don't especially like getting my hands dirty.
Last Dance
The first line was mandatory. I thought it was revoltingly cutesy. So I turned it into something morbid. Go me.
Outline In Three Dimensions
Tree, in brief.
Canobie Lake
Quite a lot of fun to write. Inspired by the juniper planted all over Ithaca College.
Dissatisfied
It must be nice to have absolute convictions.
Essays and Rants
In Defense Of Cosette
A not very brilliant but badly-needed perspective.
Four Steps To Cooler @Descriptions
How to describe yourself properly on a MUSH. Published in Imaginary Realities.
Stupid Newbie Tricks
...and how to avoid them.
It Works Both Ways
A plea for understanding among MUSHers.
Slash I Don't Need To Read
Free plotbunnies inside!
First Time Funny, Second Time Silly
...Third time a SPANKING.
Shoot Me Now
Death fics and why they largely suck.
Je suis aimé par tous?
Do not 'ship the twelve-year-old. Thank you.
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
You must use the power of Crossover wisely.
What I Know
On mental illness.
How To Name A Mary Sue
The proven method recommended by 9 out of 10 drooling fangirls.