Okay, seriously, I have had this cold for THREE weeks now, including a horrible hacking cough for the last week. Please tell me I have not woken up with a sore throat now, PLEASE. Damn you, awesome immune system. When you fail it's like you have to fail extra hard too ( Read more... )

I freaking LOVE this man.

LAUNCH ( Read more... )

She shook her head, started to say something, then caught herself, and was silent.
"Don't kid me," Mason told her, "because you don't need to."
"How about your friend?" she asked, with a jerk of her head towards Drake.
"Like a dime bank," Mason told her. "Things go in easy, but you have to break him to get them out."

[The Case of the Shoplifter's

As some of you may have gathered (and thanks to the wonderous scums) I have been watching quite a lot of Perry Mason recently, on top of my gleeful PM novel readings. Yesterday I came to the first adaptation of a novel I’d read recently enough for it to still be completely fresh in my memory, and it was really interesting to see what they had cut ( Read more... )

( My heart belongs to English Breakfast )

Title: Doubt
Fandom: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)
Pairing: Della/Perry/Paul threesome
Word count: About 800
Synopsis: A whole bucket of angst and a dreadful pun.
Notes: Have I mentioned before how I love Paul Drake? I also apologise for my horrible sense of humour. This is pure self-indulgence.

( When she woke, someone had drawn the covers over her to keep her warm, but there was no one else in the bed with her. )

In a bid to prove to myself that I can in fact write more than 250 words in a day, honest, I have decided to try something new. The idea is that I choose (or am challenged to use) a song, and I write some kind of short story inspired by it, more than 500 words long. The key word here is inspired by. I'm not going for any marathon songfics, never ( Read more... )

Dear Secret Santa ( Read more... )

Title: Humble Beginnings
Fandom: Perry Mason (books)
Pairing: None. Maybe Perry/Paul if you have your slash goggles on.
Word count: About 1500
Synopsis: My take on how it all began, inspired by an excerpt from one of the books.
Notes:

Humble Beginnings

Mason swung the car around the corner into a side street.
“Remember this little isolated place, Della ( Read more... )

Since it's Golden Week and we all (theoretically) have so much time on our hands, I thought I would post this as a mini-challenge for anyone whose friends lists I can haunt ( Read more... )