Fanny Fae

The bouquet of pale pink roses gave off a particularly strong perfume, even in fall chill of the October morning. Frost hung on the blades of grass and clumps of dirt that had been knocked loose by careless grave diggers two weeks before. I knelt, lay my bouquet to sit atop the mounds of others that had been laid over the grave. I crossed myself and then kissed my still gloved fingertips.

Gloves are something that the occupant of the grave would have insisted upon a woman’s hands, and especially mine in such harsh conditions. But more than this, she would have chided me for giving her a Catholic’s show of piety. She hated hypocrisy and knew well enough that I was no believer just as she was not. But we both knew that sometimes outward show was what was all important. When she was very young, and immediately following her mother’s death, she had lasted all of a week or so in a convent. It was there that she decided that such deprivation in life was completely opposite of there epicurean beliefs her father had instilled in her. France was all the richer for that decision in defiance of her mothers wishes, I think. Continue reading →

If I were a book, I would look like this.

1. The 2012 Prophecy

2. That there is only one God that favours one religion or people over all others.

3. Public displays of affection.

4. Talking about one’s finances in public.

5. Monogamous marriages.

6. Seelie superiority.

7. That anyone & everyone can hold Power or wield magic with skill.

8. That many understand what real Power truly is – or what it is not.

9. Right of succession by birth only.

10. Damnation.

For those who are not aware of where I have been the last couple/few days, I have been working on getting submissions ready for a published anthology for Pan Historia. Which, btw, two stories by all_forme have been submitted and both most likely have made the cut. 😉 We go to press in a very short amount of time so meh…yeah that’s where I’ve been with that.

In other news, I am still doing that freelance thing as best I can. I am really very happy to be able to finally get my foot back into doing what I love FROM HOME! Which was my criteria, thank you very much. I am also beginning work on the book on the Goddess Sekhmet that I have been working on for far too long. I have an outline in place. Also, magickalalchemy.com is domain registered, and just when I have enough $$ in my bank account we will get her a web hosting site that has a shopping cart and start getting the merchandise etc. out there for that.

So, I know my Muses and I owe reps. I know folks have posted some great story installments and I PROMISE I will get to each and every one. I have just been insanely busy and fretting about finances (don’t we all, sometimes?) and I just have now come up for air.

Please gently jog my memory. I know that Caroline owes Stelios 2, Sands owes Roma 1, Frances / Faelyn owes someone somewhere. Thomas owes Sexby 1 (sounds kinky!) and Jocelyn – I am trying to remember. Anyway… I apologise for not being around. Just give me a yell!

I must say, Mark, this result is hardly a surprise, but I find the last statement rather quaint. *smirk*

Deep Down You Are Intuitive

You’re the type of person who understands other people and the world very well. You don’t let on to how much you know. You can tell so much from someone’s facial expressions or tone of voice. And you always know when you’re being lied to. You show the world exactly what you want to show. Besides being good at reading people, you also know how you’re being read. You know when you’re being manipulated, and you know how to manipulate someone if you have to. You usually don’t resort to it though!

Confession Meme // I’m listening