Crimson Peak

The Liberation of Thomas Sharpe

When Edith laid her hand on his pale, bloodied cheek, Thomas remained silent. Perhaps death had stolen his voice, perhaps he had already spent the last of his courage. Thomas' parting words that never were, a poem.

To Be Alive

Three months have passed since Edith stumbled from a cursed house, fighting her way through the snow. Three kinds of ghosts have come and gone, three new paragraphs forming an updated introduction to her novel. As she stares out the window to the snowy Buffalo street, back where it all began, she looks for a familiar pale figure. But despite the distance afforded by three months and an ocean, Edith is unsure if she's looking with fear or with hope.

Ghost Story

Ghosts are possibilities. And like all things yet to happen, they exist in several places at once. Edith writes the final chapter of her book. She contemplates its genre, and finds an appreciative — and familiar — audience.

The Dresden Files

A Substitute Wizard

The Alphas need an extra player in their Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Harry recruits Goodman Grey, who is all too eager for the task. It doesn’t take long for the wizard to realize he’s made a terrible mistake.

“Can Naagloshii Blush?” and Other Questions of a Substitute Wizard

Harry is not looking forward to his first public outing with his new fiance. But defying Mab’s explicit orders is no easy task for the Winter Knight. Luckily(?), Goodman Grey has a solution.

Spoilers for Battle Ground

Marvel Cinematic Universe

A Crown That Seldom Kings Enjoy (Post Thor Ragnarok) 

Thor's coronation doesn't much resemble the splendid affair planned for the next king of Asgard. Loki, of course, has a few words to say on the subject.

Valhalla, I Am Coming (Thor Ragnarok) 

Gods may die, but fathers live on in their sons. Thor wasn't the only Odinson to be paid a visit in his darkest hour.

Matchmaker, Unwanted (Post Thor Ragnarok)

Even after the End of All Things, little brothers remain little brothers.

They Call Me Pandemonium (Thor Ragnarok)

Loki falls in a shatter of rainbow and lands in a pile of garbage. He spends a few weeks on Sakaar. In that time, Loki loses his older brother and his true name. He makes a grand effort to lose his mind as well, but even the God of Mischief can't win every time.

The Third God (Thor Ragnarok)

A thought on godhood and Loki’s place in the universe, since he spends so much time worrying about where he belongs and who he belongs to.

[message unsent] (Post Avengers Endgame)

In which Thor writes a long-overdue letter to the brother who would have been enough. 

Chasing Eurydice (Loki Show Season 1) 

Once upon a time there was a man with godly gifts and a woman who ran from every place she’d ever been.

Sylvie watched in horror as Loki dissolved in a burst of sparks, courtesy of Renslayer’s pruning baton. He was gone. Exiled to the end of time, to the end of all things, to a kind of underworld. Sylvie had to get him back. And if that meant following him, well, wait for her, Loki. She’s coming.

Mediations On A Kiss (Loki Show Post Season 1)

Loki and Sylvie contemplate a kiss.

Sylvie of Apocalypse (Loki Show Post Season 1)

Perhaps Loki of Asgard dreamed of the future but that wasn’t her. She was Sylvie of Apocalypse. Keeping to the now, never looking past the sharp edge of her blade, that was the only way to survive. Blades cut but dashed hopes cut deeper. Just surviving had to be enough. After a millennia of life on the run, Sylvie was an expert at survival. It was living that threw her for a loop.

To move forward, you must first understand how you got there. As Sylvie struggles to find a new glorious purpose after finally slaying the man behind the TVA, she encounters an old enemy and finally learns what choices triggered her nexus event.

A Song of Ice and Fire/ Game of Thrones

A Dead Man’s Kiss

Here, at the end of all things, Theon offers what little he has left. The last time they stood together on a ledge, he could offer nothing but a hand to hold. He hasn't much more this time around, but what he has, is hers.

Valar Morghulis 

All men must die. Some fall for love, others for greed, and others still for nothing at all. What does Theon Greyjoy die for? A girl sees. A girl knows.

It takes time to die from a spear to the gut. Time enough for Theon to see what his sacrifice bought from the God of Death.

The Sea Wolf Rises

Let Theon your servant be born again from the sea, as you were.

Sansa mourns. The Drowned God welcomes. And Theon rises.

My Bonny Sailor

A merling lass is fair of face, fierce of heart, and ever keen to drag a man down to his doom...or so the stories say. Theon takes a dip in Winterfell’s hot springs. Sansa decides to join him.

Soup and Other Things to Share at the End of All Things

On the eve of the Battle of Winterfell, Arya and Gendry share a bed, Sam and Gilly share a future...and Sansa and Theon share a bowl of soup.

Five times Theon couldn’t say “I love you” and one time he could.

Theon Greyjoy spent a lifetime with the phrase trapped on the back of his tongue. No longer.

Piracy Is In the Eye of the Beholder

It is not uncommon for children in Westeros to play pirates, along with other games of make-believe. However, it is rare indeed to cast a bona-fide buccaneer in the villain’s role. Of course, as Sansa points out to her husband, Theon had never been a very good pirate.

A Crown of Wolves

After the Battle of Winterfell, Sam warns a wounded Theon to “take it easy,” and prescribes an annoying amount of bedrest. But Theon will not miss Sansa’s coronation for anything.

Dance To The Nine-String Fiddle

Yara Greyjoy, Queen of the Iron Islands, had come North on a diplomatic visit. Along with her rakish crew, she brings her people’s unique brand of music. But so long amongst the wolves, can Theon remember how to join in the dance?

It’s Just One More

What do Theon Greyjoy, Jon Snow, and a litter of direwolves, have in common Ned Stark needs to explain them to his wife. Years later, Theon has his own explaining to do. Fortunately for him, a stray kitten is an easier sell than a pair of children or a pack of legendary beasts. And anyway, Sansa has always been partial to pets.

A Doublet for Florian

In which Sansa gives a gift, and Theon learns a lesson in fashion. Theon Greyjoy wants two things: to be a Stark and to be a hero. A knight from a fairytale. Perhaps if he wears the right clothes, he could convince the world —and himself—that he is both.

The Sword-bearer’s Daughter

Theon is a hostage of Winterfell for most of his life, in one way or another. He runs away only twice. Once, in fear of a sword named Ice. And once, in defiance of a fate worse than losing one’s head. Each time, he is rescued by the sword-bearer’s daughter...in her own way.

The Life of the Party

The gods, Theon reckoned, saw him as a constant source of amusement. Why else would they see to it that his son would share a nameday with Robb Stark? Of course, that is not the only thing the two share.

Who Sings For Theon Greyjoy?

The Seastone Chair may be the heart of the Ironborn, and the sea, their lifeblood, but their soul belongs to the skalds’ songs. A boy named Theon once dreamed of the songs they would sing for him, and the feats he would accomplish to earn them. But life is not a song, he would learn. Or perhaps, it is.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Eden

Bashir muses on Garak, apples, and Eden.

The Gardener

Before the Obsidian Order shoved sewing needles into his hands, Elim Garak had been, among other things, a gardener. Now, amid the red-dust ruins of his world, he raises his trowel once more. On orchids, governments, and all the horticulture in between.

Star Wars

You Have To Remember Your Name