Yarrrr, by heaven, no day in the calendar could be better!

Happy Birthday, 
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Happy Birthday!

Hey, Jazzy, many happy returns! 
May you never run out of embarrassingly lavish birthday presents, fabulous Italian footballers, and, naturally, CAKE!

- Love, Nyx

Hmmm. I've been seeing this meme around and have really enjoyed reading what some of my favorite authors have to say about their writing and their processes - the details have been fascinating and the frankness has been admirable. But I haven't felt comfortable about commenting to others unless I also have the nerve to do the meme myself. So, I'll ( Read more... )

That night, Sirius did indeed begin drawing up his will, just as he’d promised himself he would. Less than two weeks later, that will became a current document.

Only a few weeks after that, Kreacher discovered, to his rage and to his shame, that Sirius’ last promise to him had been faithfully fulfilled, and he had neither been abandoned nor ( Read more... )

Sirius left this memory behind again as he looked up and into Kreacher’s eyes. Kreacher too, Sirius recalled, did not consider himself particularly lucky.

But it didn’t do to cower in the face of fate. Sirius had believed this when he was only seventeen or eighteen and had his fortune told, and he was relieved to discover that he still believed it ( Read more... )

Sirius shook this memory off as well as he could and returned his attention to Kreacher and the Tarot-reading he was currently undertaking.

“Are we ready to begin, then?” he said to Kreacher. “Courage screwed to the sticking point? Lips stiff? Peckers up and all that? Let’s see…”

He turned the first card up, the one that signified the ( Read more... )

Sirius looked now at Kreacher before him, the faces and voices in his memory fading temporarily to make room for the present. He was a bit amused by the way Kreacher’s reluctant interest in the cards and in his own future had made him forget to maintain his usual impenetrable Mad House-Elf manner. He was almost normal.

“Well, perhaps I can’t see ( Read more... )

The Celtic Cross 
Nyx Fixx 
June, 2006 
Pairing: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Rating/Warnings: Rated PG

Word Count: 10,248, four parts and an epilogue Summary: Sirius reads the Tarot cards, and considers the concept of luck

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of these characters, events, or plotlines. No profit is being made.

Dedication: To my fabulous betas,
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Good evening, flist! Ever been caught in an impenetrable snarl of red tape? Ever had nightmares about the DMV? Ever been discriminated against? Ever had cause to question every perception you've ever had? Ever thought you'd do anything to get the answers?

Take that, magnify it to a power of ten, add some haunting imagery, beautiful language, ( Read more... )

Hi, flist, and hello newcomers!

Nice to see so many new folks here! I'm delighted! Thought I'd post a little meme sort of thing to say hello, both to veteran friends who rarely hear from me, and to new friends as a sort of welcome wagon. I saw  this idea on an old thread at God Awful Fan Fiction, and it rather tickled my sense of whimsy.

So, most ( Read more... )