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Trifles Light as Air

Part 19: His Honest Heart (May. 07, 2022) | Comments

James Morland gathered his courage and demanded an explanation from his old friend.
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A Well-made Dress

May. 04, 2022 | Comments

February 9 Prompt: Any, any, how to make a woman happy - give her clothes with pockets, lots of real pockets, written for An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.
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The Prisoner’s Cell

May. 02, 2022 | Comments

February 8 Prompt: Measure for Measure, any, mea culpa, written for the play by William Shakespeare.
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Trifles Light as Air

Part 18: The Necessity of its Concealment (Apr. 30, 2022) | Comments

When the first letter appeared, Mr. Morland directed it to his eldest daughter with a mixture of gladness and slight regret at losing her so quickly.
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The Family Near the Woods

Apr. 27, 2022 | Comments

February 7 Prompt: any, any, I never knew him as this man / just a boy, cap in hand / take me out in borrowed shoes, written for the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
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Siren's Dirge

Apr. 25, 2022 | Comments

February 6 Prompt: Any, any, treasury of mermaids, written as a sestet for "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning.
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Trifles Light as Air

Part 17: Mortifying and Grievous (Apr. 23, 2022) | Comments

It was not unusual for their family to change plans or lodgings suddenly, but to do so with Miss Morland in tow appeared odd.
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Letter from the Quincy Institute for Rarefied Protection

Apr. 20, 2022 | Comments

February 5 Prompt: Dracula, any, they start a vampire slaying business/it becomes their trade.
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A Kind of Merry Peace

Apr. 18, 2022 | Comments

February 4 Prompt: any, any, thwarting of a romantic trope, written for Northanger Abbey.
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Trifles Light as Air

Part 16: Happy Agitation (Apr. 16, 2022) | Comments

General Tilney dismissed his son with one last command to pay their guest every courtesy.

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