I swear I didn't put those animal parts in the kitchen. I know I left them outside until I could get around to dressing them. Kat hates it when I bring home a catch and just leave it in the kitchen for her to take care of. She has more to do these days then I do ( Read more... )

Grady's lived all over the world, but he makes his home in Crete now. As such, Greek food for everyone. Greek food with flair.

Spaghetti with lobster (Astakomakaronada)

INGREDIENTS * 1 big lobster ( Read more... )

He peered around the trunk of a tree, watching the rabbits forage in the light blanket of snow. He watched them, wondering how it was that they did not recognize him as predator. He had to smell like every other creature that stalked them in this bit of forest ( Read more... )

Since Cern took my soul, life has taken on a rather different course. The urgency of Kat and I's wedding is gone. My death is not inevitable and sometime in the near future. It has come and gone. Your soul cannot be taken without your death. I never bothered to ask that question before I signed. I just assumed it would be different for what I was ( Read more... )

My parents, God bless them, always told me that living in Jericho was wonderful. I believed them for the first thirteen years of my life. They never did anything to change my mind about that, simply because they always believed it to be true ( Read more... )

"There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it." - E.M.Forster, A Room With A View.I can feel her watching me. I know she thinks I am asleep, but how can I sleep with the soft touch of her hand so close and calming. I don't feel it enough, so I'm certainly not going to sleep through it. Her hand moved over my side, ( Read more... )

(ooc: Follows Act I and Act II.)The deal sounded like a simple one. He would have his vengeance and be able to find his own truth. After the fight with Kat, after the drinking and the drugs, Grady was ready to find his truth. But he was not about to just give in and agree. He had a reputation to maintain, even if Cern did not really care who he was ( Read more... )

(ooc: Takes place the evening of 01/04/08)

“Oh, but my dear, you really should be careful about whom you're seen associating with, or your own reputation will suffer.”At the sounds in his kitchen, he was suddenly very awake. He let his gun precede him out of the bedroom, instinct taking over as he blinked sleep and intoxication from his eyes. The ( Read more... )

Miss the beat, you lose the rhythm,
And nothing falls into place, no
Only missed by a fraction,
Slipped a little off your pace, oh… - Right Now - Van HalenI wonder who I would have to talk to in this village to find something harder than alcohol. Maybe something in the prescription pain killer family. I suppose I could call my own doctor. Maybe he ( Read more... )

"I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that." - It's a Wonderful LifeThe first bottle of bourbon went down easy. It always did. Grady had long ago fallen into a pattern. When things seemed to be at their worst, he drank. Everything seemed different, manageable, when he was too drunk to stand up. ( Read more... )