“Burt, dearst!” Wednesday cooed the next morning. “Mr. Lewis Hunt from the Daily Raven is here!” Burt peeked his head into the theatre. “And some of his… colleagues.” She added.
“Mr. Richards!” Lewis called, holding up a pen. “You and Ms. Thomas seem to have a professional rivalry on stage. Is it the same off-stage?”
“Are you kidding me?” Wednesday scoffed. “Professional rivalry? Burt tries to kill me very nearly every night! And he’s getting closer!” The crowd laughed. “But Burt, isn’t there something you’ve been planning on telling everyone?” Burtininkas’ face went from smug to disgusted. “Don’t you want to talk about your rendez-vous with Lady Rathbourg?” Everyone gasped. “How you’ve been meeting at the operahouse?”
“Curse you Wednesday Thomas,” he muttered underneath his breath.
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Burtininkas narrowed his eyes at Wednesday. “Yes, Wednesday,” he practically snarled, “I’m going to be out for tonight. Behav…
A sequel to Wednesday's Find
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Laine the Grey
At a charming little cattle farm, near a pretty deadly lake
I am now officially in the League of Awesomeness as The Sarcastic Scribe
There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like life, particularly a good one, which is well worth staying up all night to finish. —Lemony Snicket
Books I am Currently Reading
Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
City of Ember by Jeane DuPrau
As it were, summer is drawing to a close…This year, I am undertaking AP English and a potentially useless year of gym…
So, if I’m not on Ficlets as much as I used to be, deal with it.
Most of my Ficlets are inspired by books, Billy Joel, or Jack Johnson songs.
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“Good night, my angel, now it’s time to sleep and save these questions for another day. I think I know what you were going to ask”—“Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)”, Billy Joel (Part of the Billy Joel Posse with T. F. Torrey, pens&feathers, and BARomero.)
Published on September 10, 2007.
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