[story] girl in the war

author: skadi (xskadi)
email: satri.jo [at] gmail.com

artist: llyse (llyse)
email: xanedrian [at] gmail.com

( 'Excuse me,' Jane said, tapping the girl's shoulder. )

[story] making friends

author: hacy morris

( When small, black spiders skittered out of the plastic lunchbox, the witchboy did not shout, but crouched and gave the lunchbox a sharp, quick tap against the floor. )

[story] warm where you are

author: gyoku
email: jadedapple [at] gmail.com

( Shouhei sits at the kitchen table, textbooks laid out in a small pile. )

[story] fake glass skies

author: REI (rei_kurasaki)

( The cicadas are unusually loud this year, thinks the kappa as he lies on the bank. )

[story] january nightingales

author: pei yi
email: dreamsmoke [at] gmail.com

( Now look here, I don't know what the Grandlady's been telling you but really, you don't have to carry on so. )

[story] cat school

author: meg

( Every Sunday, Madame would take a few of the kittens to church. )

[story] mon cher ens amusant

author: seis kink (seiskink69)
email: maple-chiongster [at] hotmail.com

( During lessons, one was obliged to listen to the teacher talk, yet in this case her words - or rather, Shakespeare's, since it was one of his plays she was reading - receded into the background, whereas the subtle sound of pencil scratching on paper was amplified. )