Category Archives: fiction
Assorted Drabbles (from lj)
The cutest thing about humans is how hard they try to ignore their fragility: they struggle to the bitter end, battering their tiny bodies of ash and dust like it could mean something. Sebastian personally finds it charming. His tiny … Continue reading
(it’s) a kind of magic
“I never regretted it,” was all he’d say, years later. He would tuck his hands into his pockets, and if there was a window close by, he would turn to it and smile. “Not once.” +++ Summer was a hot … Continue reading
at last laid bare
“Hey, Boma,” says Daisuke. He turns his face so that his cheek is pressed against the wall instead of his nose. He can vaguely see the reflection of them in the metal: Boma’s dark head bent so close to his … Continue reading
those things unasked
She wears mostly black in this country, like she does in every other — black jeans and a low-cut black tanktop and a light black jacket over that — all provided by President Daidouji, of course: after she practically adopts … Continue reading
various genderswitch
Firefly (Mal) It ain’t that he’s got a problem with women in charge — his momma’d whup him good if she ever heard him saying gorram idjit things like that — it’s just that the woman who’s tryin’ to bargain … Continue reading
The Boy Without Fear
Listen to my song: for I have grown old, but I still remember as keenly as the young. Lend me your time, and I will repay you in kind with a story. It will start like this: *** In the … Continue reading
lemon party
Ingway/Mercedes (Odin Sphere) Ingway remembered Queen Elfaria, dimly: a tall statuesque woman, heavy at the breasts and hips, with lovely grave eyes and an elegant hand. She’d handled her crossbow with careless ease, but there had been no calluses upon … Continue reading
Follow If You May
You learned his scent long ago: part of you is still human and tries to recognize by sight, but it has almost become instinct now, to identify by smells. It takes effort, at times, to filter out a single person … Continue reading
The Story of the Cat and the Crane
Once upon a time (so the story goes), a cat lived east of the sun and west of the moon. He was not the largest of cats, nor the most powerful or even the bravest, but he was very clever, … Continue reading
songs of the passing day
In his own way, this is worship. Ushiwaka goes to her, because it is not seemly for the goddess to bow another. If he finds her in the shadow of the grandfather tree that sprouted from Sakuya’s sapling, then he … Continue reading
Birthday Mathoms — 2007
Ahiru finds Fakir in his studio, tottering in on the new legs he has written for her. She keeps a hand pressed to the wall for balance, watching as he goes through the long arching stretches of warmup. Without looking … Continue reading
The Familiar Anew
I. The first time Guren slept with Masahiro had been more an accident than anything else: he’d been dozing under a tree, his back to the trunk, and woken some hours later with a tiny infant curled determinedly in his … Continue reading
A Beautiful Thing
Kantarou kissed Haruka first. He hadn’t meant to, but Haruka was cute when he actually got flustered, scowling and wild-eyed and exasperated, you stupid human, what the hell is wrong with you? and there was just something very cute about … Continue reading
As You Wish
The truth is that Kantarou is as lazy in sex as he is in everything else; he likes to roll indulgently onto his back and just moan where appropriate, lashes fluttering coyly on his cheek. He likes to act, writhing … Continue reading
The Crane Takes Flight
Everything started with a man who came to ask for Kantarou’s help in finding his wife. It was all a terrible mistake, he’d said, dabbing his eyes with his sleeve; he hadn’t meant to break the one promise she’d extracted … Continue reading
