#john r. buckley

[gracie-bird]

On the eye of her departure for Monaco to wed her Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly was presented with a silver medal and citation by the US Treasury Department for her work on behalf of the US Savings Bonds program in New York on March 30, 1956. She is shown with the medal, which was formally presented by John R. Buckley, director of the Treasury's Savings Bonds division.

*Photo by Frank Jurkoski via eBay and restored by @gracie-bird

[shinyasahalo]

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[cillianmesoftlyyy]

At the Cabaret Pt. 4 | Tommy Shelby x fem!character

Summary: Tommy fights his inner dialogue while Lenore recovers from the very serious trauma that has occurred. Will she actually ever be able to recover and will she ever actually forgive Tommy for his role in what happened? A rift has set in between the two key-players and yet at the same time, Tommy begins to fall in love.

Warnings: Mentions of the previous sexual and physical assault. Lasting injuries and recovery, stitches and pain. Polly discusses domestic abuse. Mentions of semen and some minor graphic details from the previous chapter. I used the word "r*pe" once or twice when referring to the assault (because that's what it was). This chapter focuses on the deescalation of the previous events. Read with caution and take care! The next few chapters will be much less intense. Thank you for baring with me!

word count: 4720k

I Know It's Over- Jeff Buckley 🎵

Radio- Lana Del Rey 🎶

Don't Hate Me- Lola Young 🎵

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Lenore had James’ eyes. They could have been twins if they weren’t two years apart in age. It was hard for him to see Lenore after coming back because every time he spoke to her, he saw James in her face. Seeing her like this… it felt like James was dying all over again and there was nothing that he could do. He shouldn’t have left her, she was right. She was so right and he cursed himself for being so blind, so selfish, and stupid. He sat there as she slept and cringed at the feeling in his heavy chest. Even though James was now dead, he always felt like James would kill him if he touched her, for even thinking about her in that way. He hadn’t thought about her in that way until he saw her at the Cabaret after all those years they had been apart. 

She knew all about his sex-life and the whores he took to bed. Why did she care? Didn’t she see that he couldn’t feel the same way about people that maybe she could? Love was hard, it was a shell of a feeling that he couldn’t quite crack open. It’s not that he didn’t want to love but that part of his soul seemed closed off to him. Seeing her dance at the Cabaret made him want her… sexually. He stopped seeing her as a sister and as a woman he wanted. He shied away from the way she made him feel. He felt it was wrong in the way he wanted her. Up until now, he’d only seen her as a baby-sister, the sister of his best friend. But he cared whether she lived or died. He wanted to see her perform without a deep dreg of guilt. He wanted to take her home and make love to her. He wanted her to be his in every way. 

She slept for another hour and he stayed with her until she awoke, shifting against the sheets restlessly. When she opened her eyes, stale tears lingered beneath her eyelashes. 

“Tommy?” She furrowed her eyebrows, trying to collect the pieces of her fragmented mind. He hummed a response. 

“Tommy?” She said again.

“Yes?” 

“Will you take me home now?” She asked softly and he nodded. 

“Yeh, come on.” He helped her sit up and she winced. “Careful now.” He warned as she swung her legs over the bed. He helped her rebuckle her shoes that the nurses had taken off and supported her hip as she took a few tentative steps forward. 

“Alright?” He asked as she hobbled forward. 

“Think so.” She mumbled, her eyes set straight in careful concentration. They got through into the waiting room and Tommy spotted his brothers and aunt Polly waiting on a set of metal chairs. John and Arthur were arguing and Polly was smoking a cigarette quietly, rolling her eyes as the boys talked. When she saw Tommy and Lenore, she stood and stubbed out her cigarette. 

“My God, Tommy.” She muttered under her breath and Tommy shot her a threatening look. 

“How are you, girl?” Arthur asked with a small brotherly smile. 

“I’m alright…” She answered,

“As much as one could expect, eh?” Polly cut-in and shook her head. “Come with us, Lenore. We’ll get you home.” She got her handbag and Arthur harassed John for the keys to the car. 

“Let John drive. He’s less drunk.” Polly snapped and followed them out. Tommy slipped off his heavy black coat and put it around Lenore’s shoulders. 

“Come on then?” He rubbed her shoulder as she walked down the steps to the waiting car. Polly was sitting in the backseat and helped her climb inside. She patted her thigh affectionately and glanced over at Tommy. 

They said nothing as they drove, except Arthur who caught Tommy up on the recent developments. They’d bought the racetrack at a cheap price and were officially switching owners. 

“Mm good.” Tommy nodded, distracted and lit a cigarette. He offered it to Lenore who took a long drag and exhaled with her head falling gently on the backseat. 

“We’re taking you home with us,” Tommy told her, “to our place in Small Heath.” 

“Why?” 

“It’ll be safer for you there,” was all he said. It was dark outside by the time they parked the car outside their building. Tommy helped her out of the car and through the door, directing her to the kitchen where she could sit by the fire. Finn, only ten or so, stood just outside the door into the pantry and watched as Tommy set her down in a chair. Lenore still felt as though she were crying though no tears actually fell. She felt like she was sobbing but she made no sound. 

“Finn, go to the Garrison and get some whiskey.” Tommy ordered and Finn scampered off with his hat pulled down over his head. 

“We’ll uh, leave you alone.” Arthur cleared his throat and pulled John away from the kitchen. Polly rolled her eyes again and clicked her tongue at Tommy. 

“Go with them, Tom. I’ll sit with her until the whiskey gets back.” 

Tommy looked at Lenore and sucked on the inside of his cheek before following John and Arthur into the other room. With Tommy gone, Lenore felt colder. She pulled his jacket closer around herself and slipped slightly in the seat, hissing in pain. 

“Poor girl.” Polly tutted and pulled up a chair opposite her by the fire. “Now I know this is all still fresh and painful but I’d like to know what happened, Lenore.” 

“You’re Polly?” Lenore asked carefully, recognizing her face from years before. Polly chuckled. 

“Right. I knew you and your brother well. I knew your mother too… god rest her soul,” she paused and lit a cigarette. She handed one to Lenore and lit it for her. “I’m sorry about your brother James. I’m sure you already know how much Tommy loved him. It’s a shame what happened to him, and I’m sorry.” She stared into the hearth and flicked her cigarette onto the hot smoke. Lenore exhaled a string of smoke up into the air and nodded. 

“I know.” Was all she could say. 

“And I’m sorry about what happened today too.” Polly looked back at her with knowing eyes. Lenore said nothing but bit her lip and tried to hide her black eye in the shadow of the fireplace. 

“He gave you quite the shiner, eh?” She tried to smile, “I used to get them nearly everyday from my late-husband.” She crossed her legs. 

“You did?” Lenore asked. 

“Oh yes. He beat me almost every chance he got. And then he died in some accident and I’ve never had one since.” She looked up at the ceiling and blew out a cloud of smoke. 

“You’re a Cabaret dancer, yeah?” Polly asked. 

“Yes.” She nodded. 

“So you’ve seen it before, haven’t you? The things those men will do to working girls?” 

She nodded again and looked away, remembering the bruises and cuts girl’s received when they returned from the back alley or back rooms, hoping to make a little more money and getting robbed of it instead. 

The front door opened and Finn ran in with a bottle of whiskey. He set it down on the kitchen table and ran into the other room to find his brothers. Polly poured them both a tall glass and handed one to Lenore. 

“Now, Lenore, tell me what that son-of-a-bitch did to you.” She said calmly and swallowed half of the glass. Lenore watched her, tears coming to her eyes as she remembered the pain. She downed the glass of whiskey and nodded, preparing herself to speak. Tommy and John sat silently in the next room listening. Arthur took Finn outside to fool around and distract him from what was happening in the kitchen. 

“Tommy took me to the races so that I could distract Billy Kimber while he tried to make a deal with his men and everyone else could deal with the croons stealing money from gamblers. I did as he asked, and I danced with Kimber but Kimber was… so mad.” Her voice broke and she took a deep breath before continuing, “he was so mad that I had arrived with Tommy and pulled me off the dance floor. He said that since he’d been so kind to me or something before, I had to pay him back. He forced me through the room and off into a bathroom. I tried to fight him but he pushed me and punched me. He held me down…” she paused again. “He held me down and slammed my head against the floor whenever I tried to fight him. I tried to scream for Tommy but he covered my mouth. He couldn’t get it up so he rubbed himself for a while before he could….” She swallowed. “It was so disgusting to hear him and I felt like I was going to get sick over and over again but I didn’t. I wanted to faint but I couldn’t. When we heard Tommy’s gunshot, he tried to finish faster.” 

“Did he cum?” Polly asked matter-of-factly. 

“Yes, but he was so small I don’t think it got very far…” She almost started laughing because it was all too much to handle. 

“Of course he was. That just makes sense.” She chuckled and nodded her on. 

“When he finished Tommy got up to the door and tried to get in but he couldn't. I tried screaming and when I did, Kimber kicked me with the toe of his shoe. I was worried that it might have broken something but I think the doctor only had to do some stitches.”

“Where did he kick you?” Polly raised an eyebrow. Lenore pointed to her crotch slowly.

“Here.”

“Jesus, he kicked you right in the cunt?” Polly grimaced and shook her head.

Arthur cringed in the other room and instinctively covered his groin. Tommy ignored him and spun his cigarette slowly in his fingers. 

“Then Tommy got in and shot him. I had his blood on me…” She shivered. Polly patted her hand gently and inhaled deeply. 

“I want you to know that I understand. I know.” She said evenly and Lenore understood what she meant. 

“Has it happened before?” Polly asked.

“No, usually I can say no without it becoming an issue.” She shook her head, reminiscing about all the time she had denied someone. “It's the powerful men, they think they can do whatever they want with me.” She sneered angrily and almost mentioned Tommy but even though Tommy did exactly as she thought he would and left her in a vulnerable situation, he wouldn’t do what Kimber did to her.

“I know what you’re thinking, Lenore, but you know he wouldn’t do that.” Polly said in a low voice. “He’s better than that. He’s not a great man but he’s a good man.” 

Lenore nodded and drank the rest of her whiskey. 

“I’ll draw you a bath. You can sleep in Ada’s room. She married that communist… what’s his name… Feddie Thorne,” she snapped her fingers. “Come on, follow me.” She showed her up the stairs and to a bedroom on the second floor. The walls were painted a dirty blue with dark wallpaper. Ada’s old room was the same color as the hall and it had a small bed with a pink quilt. There was a makeup stand with a few books stacked on the edge, an old oriental rug, and a gaslamp. 

“The bathroom’s down the hall. I’ll bring in the tub for your bath. You should wash tonight, it’ll make you feel better.” 

“Thank you, Polly.” She whispered, so comforted by the small acts of kindness. Polly nodded and left the room momentarily. She removed Tommy’s coat and laid it out on the bed. She removed her jewelry and gloves, pushing them to the side of the bed. She took off her shoes and her stockings. Polly came back with the heavy tub and put it down. 

“The water’s on,” she smiled and stepped out again. Lenore went to the makeup stand and picked up Ada’s old brush, the silver handle with beautiful designs. She brushed her hair and rubbed her face with her hands. The door opened again and Polly carried two large buckets of hot, steaming water. She poured them into the tub. 

“There’s two more.” She hurried out again and was back quickly with two more pails. When she dumped them into the bath she wiped her brow and directed Lenore to get in. “It’ll be hot so wait a few minutes but it's all yours.”  

“Thank you.” Lenore smiled and looked down at the clean, steaming water. Polly left and closed the door behind her. Lenore stripped off her dress and held the ruddy fabric between her hands, crying softly into the material. She’d made the dress herself and now she hated the sight of it. The red was grotesque and frightening now. She draped the dress over a wooden dowel drying rack and climbed slowly into the bath. The water was hot but incredibly soothing. She lowered herself down and spread out in the metal basin. With careful fingers, she scrubbed every inch of her body with a bar of soap Polly had left for her. She washed her face and cleaned below her fingernails. 

There was a soft knock at the door and she saw Tommy’s head emerge from behind the door. 

“I brought you more water.” He held up two buckets. 

“I’m naked, Tommy.” She laughed softly, weakly. Tommy shrugged, shaking the water in the buckets as he did so. 

“I know.” 

“Are you ok with that?” She asked again and he nodded. 

He approached the bath slowly and knelt by the basin. He avoided looking into the water where her naked body floated like a lily pad and slowly added more water into the tub. He started to stand when she reached out for his arm. She said nothing as she held the loose fabric of his shirt and he looked down at her trying to decipher the message she sent him with her eyes. He pulled up a chair from the side wall and sat beside her, keeping some distance so he wasn’t looking directly into the water. He lit a cigarette and handed it to her, she smoked it in the bath, sliding her head down almost into the water. They sat in silence as she finished washing herself. Tommy stood and retrieved a towel from the trunk at the foot of Ada’s bed and opened it up. Lenore stood in the bath, water dripped from her and the cold December air snuck through the thin windows and chilled her. Tommy wrapped her in the towel and helped her out of the bath. 

She sat on Ada’s bed while he went into her drawers and found an old set of pajamas, one with pants. Without saying a word, he removed her towel and pulled the camisole over her head. He noticed the light bruising on her chest and stomach where Kimber had grabbed her. He pulled the pants over her feet and up her thighs, pressed against the bed, over her cunt and the small mess of blondish brown hair that started something in his stomach. She pulled her legs up to her chest and shivered. He took Ada’s brush from the table and ran it through her wet hair, with a gentle precision that stunned her. He pulled back the covers and helped her climb inside. He draped his jacket over her for extra warmth and moved the gaslight to sit by the bed. 

“I’m just in the next room, the one on the right. Polly is downstairs by the living room. You’re safe here,” he reminded her and bent down slowly, kissing her on her forehead and lingering his lips on her damp skin. 

He rose and left quietly and she watched as his back receded into the darkness of the hallway. She fell asleep almost immediately and when she awoke, it was an hour after 2am. She sat up in bed and looked around. The room was dark and still. She felt like she was living in a corpse and got up from the cold bed. Quietly, she snuck out into the hallway. She could hear Arthur talking downstairs with John. She assumed Polly had gone to sleep like Finn. There was still light coming from beneath Tommy’s door. She stood there for a while, wondering what she should do. She felt cold and empty, plagued by Kimber’s touch and blood. She wanted to be held and she wanted Tommy to do it. She turned the knob and opened the door slowly. He was standing in front of the small fireplace in his room, wearing a white undershirt and his suit pants. He heard her come in and turned, slightly surprised to see that she was awake. 

“Is everything ok?” He asked. 

“Can I sleep with you tonight?” She asked quietly and he looked back at the fireplace briefly before turning to her and nodding. His bed was pushed against the wall, an opium pipe hidden beneath his pillow. He pulled out the pipe and set it on his desk. 

“What do you use that for?” She asked, recognizing its purpose. 

“Nightmares.” He said and then looked down at her, “but you won’t need it because you won’t have any, alright? You won’t have any nightmares while you’re here.” 

She nodded, her lip quivered and he directed her into his bed and held her close to his chest, resting his chin on her head. She breathed in his scent and felt her body relax slowly into the barrier he provided against the world. She sighed sleepily and looked up at him. 

“Tommy?” 

“Mm?” 

“Do you remember when I said that you were beautiful?” She whispered. She felt him smile and nod. 

“Yeah.” 

“I take it back.” 

“Why?” He furrowed his brow but kept his voice straight. 

“Because you’re more than just beautiful, Tommy.” She pushed herself up on her elbows so she could look down at him. He inhaled deeply. 

“I’m sorry, Lenore.” He whispered in his deep voice. 

“I know.” She nodded and put her head against his neck so that she could kiss him gently beneath his jaw. When she pulled away, he supported her head in his hands and brought her gently to his lips. He kissed her softly, neither of them moved their lips as they pulled away, just savoring the way their lips felt against each other. She nestled back against her chest and fell asleep to the rhythm of his breathing. 

…

When she woke up, he was still holding her against his chest, asleep. She savored the way he smelled and how the sheet felt wrapped around their legs like spiderwebs. Her lower body ached and she burrowed closer to Tommy’s chest, seeking out his warmth. His eyes opened slowly and the light of day brightened his aquamarine irises. He inhaled deeply and stretched his arms out above his head and Lenore clung to his chest, holding his shirt in her hands. 

“How do you feel?” He asked her, his voice raspy from sleep. 

“It still hurts a little.” She answered honestly and hissed quietly when Tommy trailed his fingers gently over her blackeye. 

“It looks like it hurts.” He frowned and looked down at her, his eyes swelling with a shared sense of pain and desire to protect her from it. 

“Do you want some water?” He asked and when she nodded, he reached over to his bedside table and poured her a cup of water from a glass bottle. She sat up in the bed, leaning against the wall at the head of the bed and drank the water with both hands. He watched from below, his pinky finger resting against her side discreetly. The bedroom door banged open and Arthur walked in loudly. When he saw them in bed, he froze and laughed awkwardly. Tommy looked at him and then at the back wall, his gaze returning to its steely position as he clenched his jaw, slightly embarrassed. 

“Sorry, Tommy. I didn’t think she was in here.” He ran a hand through his hair and started to back out. 

“What is it, Arthur?” Tommy rubbed his face in his hands and sat up. 

“Polly wants to see you.” He grunted and winked at Lenore before closing the bedroom door. Tommy sighed and shoved himself out of the bed they had crammed themselves into the night before. 

“What do you think she wants?” She asked.

“She probably wants to know if we’re keeping the shop open today.” He went to his closet and took out a dress shirt. He put it on quickly and tucked it into his pants. 

“Tommy.” She called from the bed.

“Hm?” He looked over his shoulder.

“Your trousers are creased from sleeping.” She pointed and he looked down at the lazy seams. 

“Fuck, you’re right.” He sighed and removed a second pair of dress trousers from his closet. He stripped off his trousers, standing in his basic cotton briefs and pulled on the new ones. Then he tucked in his shirt, buttoned up his vest, and found the matching suit jacket. She watched him put on socks and shoes, simple domestic acts that felt so sensual and loving in the ways he did it. Finally he slipped his pocket watch into his vest pocket and walked back over to the bed. 

“I’ll be back, eh?” He smoothed his thumbs over her face and his heart melted when she nodded. 

“Ok, Tommy.” She murmured and he went to the door. 

“Good, girl.” He nodded goodbye and slipped out into the hall and she could hear him clamor down the stairs to the kitchen where Polly must have been waiting for him. 

Lenore pulled the covers back up to her chin and fell asleep once more in his bed. 

Tommy thundered down the stairs. Polly was waiting for him in the kitchen, chain smoking. Arthur and John sat at the kitchen table, each with a short glass of whiskey. 

“What is it?” Tommy asked as he sat down at the table. Arthur and John looked away, embarrassed.  

“Really, Tommy?” Polly burst out, gesturing to the stairs. “Why’s that girl in your bed?”

“She asked to sleep with me and I let her.” Tommy sighed and glanced angrily at Arthur. 

“Sorry, Tommy-” Arthur started but Polly waved her cigarette at him.

“Oh shut up will yah? You slept with her?” She leaned on the table and pointed the butt of her cigarette at him. 

“I was comforting her.” He furrowed his eyebrows. 

“That’s what you call comforting? After all you fucking put her through!” She shook her head. Tommy jumped up, knocking his chair back and slammed his fist on the table.

“I didn’t fuck her, Pol, if that’s what you’re accusing me of. God knows why after all I did and fucked up, she came to me and asked me to be with her and I couldn’t deny her that. I may not be a good man but I’m not fucking Kimber, eh? She just wanted to sleep with me and so I let her!” He yelled at them and grabbed a third glass to fill it with whiskey. 

“Now, now that we’ve covered that fucking issue, what was the real reason you wanted to see me?” He growled darkly and took a swig of the liquor. 

…

When she woke up the second time, Lucy was there beside Tommy’s bed. 

“Oh Lenore, good you’re awake!” She exclaimed and took her hand. “I’ve been so worried.” 

“Lucy?” She rubbed her eyes sleepily. “How’d you know where I was?” She asked.

“Tommy sent me a message at the Cabaret. I was worried sick when you didn’t come home last night. He explained what happened… I’m so sorry, Nore.” She squeezed Lucy’s hand back and smiled sadly. Not wanting to cry, she changed the subject.

“Where’s Tommy now?” 

“Polly said that he’s at the Garrison with Arthur and John. He’s been in and out all day apparently.” 

“Mhmm.” She hummed softly and sat up. 

“He’s posting a guard outside our flat just for the time being, until everything blows over, he said. They dumped Kimber’s body in the canal and paid off his men but it's better to be safe than sorry.” She chuckled awkwardly.  

“You know I feel like this is all my fault in the first place for encouraging you to meet with Tommy. Maybe if I hadn’t, we’d never be in this situation.” 

“Don’t say that, Luce.” She cut her off. 

“Has Tommy been good to you since?”

“Yes, Luce. He’s been wonderful. It doesn’t change what happened but I feel safer.” Lenore answered honestly. 

“You’re in his bed…” Lucy pointed out suggestively and Lenore rolled her eyes.

“It’s not what you think, Lucy. I just needed to be with someone… I didn’t want to be alone. We didn’t have sex, I don’t think I even could.” 

“But would you have wanted to?” 

“I was just raped, Lucy. Of course I didn’t want to have sex with him. I just wanted to be close to him. I wanted to feel protected and that’s what he did.” 

“Maybe he is a good man after all.” 

“If that’s the standard… it's a pretty low bar, Luce.” 

“Well, just think about the people we work with, Nore. What kind of men would they be?” She raised an eyebrow and Lenore sighed. 

“I don’t want to think about bad men for a while, ok?” She asked weakly and Lucy lowered her eyes. 

“Of course, I’m sorry. When do you want to come back to the flat?” 

“Tonight, if I can. I want to go home to my own bed and my own clothes.” 

“Ok, I’ll ask Polly if she can drive us.” Lucy nodded and stood. “Lenore?” 

“Yes?” 

“Do you think you love him?” Lucy asked with a lowered voice.

“I don’t know, Lucy.” She shook her head and closed her eyes. 

She borrowed one of Ada’s old coats and returned Tommy’s to his room. On a piece of paper that she took from his small desk, she wrote: Tommy,

I’m going back to my flat with Lucy. Thank you for taking care of me. Come to the Cabaret sometime and I’ll show you a good time. - Nore

Smiling, she left the note on the casing of his pillow, it relaxed on the old indent of her head. She brushed her fingers over the sheets, fingering the thick ridges of fabric. Part of her wanted to stay, to be close to him in every way but she also wanted to go home, she needed to go home. She wanted to be in her own bed, a place she recognized. As much as she tried to trust Tommy, she wanted to be around women for a little while. 

Polly drove them back to their flat and got out of the car with them to hug Lenore goodbye. Polly’s fur lined coat was soothing against her skin and she hugged the woman back. Lucy climbed the stairs as Lenore pulled away. 

“Be strong.” Polly smiled. “It’ll get better.” 

“Thanks Polly.” She nodded and stepped away. 

“And Lenore!” Polly called as Lenore started up the steps to the second floor landing. “He wants to do the right thing, Tommy does, but you can always say no. He won’t hold you to anything, Lenore.” 

“Ok.” She answered slowly, confused but Polly climbed back into the car before she could ask anything else. The milky white headlights floated away with the car and she sighed, climbing back up the stairs to her flat. She drank tea with her flatmates and was caught up on all of the Cabaret news. 

“The audience is going mad without you.” Clara tutted. “I’ve tried to keep them entertained for the 24 hours that you’ve been gone but nothing will help!” She giggled. 

“I’m going back tomorrow.” Lenore announced suddenly and the girls fell quiet.

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End of part 4 :)

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w h o i w r i t e f o r

✦ CRIMINIAL MINDS ;

spencer reid, aaron hotchner, derek morgan, jennifer jareau, elle greenaway, & emily prentiss.

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES ;

damon salvatore, stefan salvatore, caroline forbes, klaus mikaelson, elijah mikaelson, & bonnie bennett.

EUPHORIA ;

elliot, fezco, rue bennett, & lexi howard.

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS ;

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STRANGER THINGS ;

max mayfield, robin buckley, lucas sinclair, mike wheeler, eleven, steve harrington, nancy wheeler, & jonathan byers.

IT ;

bill denbrough, richie tozier, beverly marsh, & stanley uris.

GILMORE GIRLS ;

jess mariano & tristan dugray.

OUTER BANKS ;

jj maybank, john b, pope heyward, sarah cameron, rafe cameron, & kiara carrera.

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Freedom: A John Shelby Mini Fic

Chapter Nine: 4311 words

Hours passed until 'Go time' finally arrived and the adrenaline was just starting to kick in for Alice. She and Tommy were sat in silence as he drove her towards the agreed location - a seedy hotel just outside of town, ran by the Turks with a grand suite that Ergin often stayed in.

The window to his suite was visible from the street below; red velvet curtains pulled shut behind the thin glass panes. Alice was relieved that to see it was only on the second floor - knowing it to be her most likely route of escape incase things went wrong.

There were blinders surrounding the property, hidden in bushes and under cars, and the plan was clear in Alice's head. She could do this.

"We'll be an hour at most." Tommy spoke quietly, his eyes staring at a figure promptly coming towards the car.

After receiving strict instructions from him for the last hour, Alice found his voice to be extremely annoying and also looked to the figure, having nothing pleasant to say to Tommy.

A tanned man in a suit eventually came to the door on Alice's side, opening it with a smile and holding out his arm for her to take. She looked back at the Shelby one more time and he sent her a nod before sending her out into the cool night air, her hand placed gingerly on the arm of the small man.

Upon reaching the lobby, he stepped away from Alice with a polite nod and she suddenly found herself surrounded by an entourage of colourful characters; even the other women emitting an intimidating energy. They were all sat around a large table, decorated with intricate cloth, drinking from ornate glasses and laughing merrily. Alice looked around and tried to work out which one was Ergin, but had no luck - all of the men wearing similar, cream suits with no real distinction from each other.

A cough from the polite assistant quickly drew their eyes upwards and although they initially looked so unimpressed, the men's faces instantly softened upon seeing Alice - stood there like an innocent doe.

"The Shelby woman aye?" One of the men stood up with a grin and held out his hand for Alice to take, to which she quickly did. His accent was thick and he exuded suaveness. "Even more beautiful than I was told." He placed a kiss on her hand before pulling away and gesturing for her to follow him. "The boss's room is just up here, I show you."

"Thank you." She replied, being careful to smile and be polite but not too much - Tommy said it was important that she came across as unintelligent and innocent but still sexual and willing; a difficult mix to nail.

As she followed his path, she could feel all eyes on her; devouring the white, corseted dress and how it draped her frame perfectly. Polly had gotten her measurements and rushed into town to get it not long after the initial family gathering, worrying about Alice not looking the part. The older woman hated the plan and it had been even harder getting her approval than Tommy had originally anticipated, but she eventually caved in and agreed to help - citing the trickery and murder of Jones Buckley to be her main motivation. She owed it to Clara after all.

John on the other hand had disappeared from the house for hours, unable to handle the rage or betrayal his family had made him feel. Hidden, he watched Alice from a distance after she first tried on the dress; practicing her gun draw with Polly in the back street whilst the other Peaky boys rushed around preparing for potential bloodshed that night. The dress was absolutely beautiful on her and he struggled to watch, stepping away after a moment whilst painful thoughts started to ravage his brain again. There was no way he would ever forgive Tommy for asking this of her, and if she got truly hurt there was no way he'd ever forgive his family for allowing it.

Now he sat in tense silence, waiting for his signal to burst into the cellar and begin the raid, desperately praying that Alice would be okay.

Meanwhile, the woman was surprised by how pleasant the Turks had been to her, although she now suspected that things would change as the varnished door to the huge suite opened.

"Ah, Ms Buckley. You look incredible." Alice cringed at the name but nodded graciously to the man in front of her; his facial hair meticulously groomed and his suit black. "Do you mind if I call you that? Or are you a Shelby now?"

His tone was mocking and as Alice studied him, she realised he was one who'd been at the campsite that day - her face almost going red from anger and embarrassment.

"I'm my own woman now, you can just call me Alice." She answered with a sultry tone, eyeing his body in a way to suggest she didn't care if he eyed hers - even though she really just wanted to punch the man.

"And your name is?"

He chuckled slightly, staring her down as he closed the door behind her with a loud bang.

"My name is Maximus, Alice." He winked and patted her waist before leaning in to her ear. She expected an uncomfortable kiss to her neck, not the menacing tone that then quietly fell from his lips. "And I don't trust you one little bit.. I don't know how you escaped your husband, but I can have you sent back to him with the click my fingers, long before any of those Peaky brothers could find you. Don't forget that - whore." He almost spat that last word before suddenly standing straight again with a smile. "Now let's go see the boss, shall we?"

Alice didn't have time to even fully process his shocking words as another door was opened and they stepped deeper into the suite. She immediately spotted the red curtained window before she even looked at Ergin or his associate; both larger men, clad in expensive suits and golden jewellery. They had glasses of wine on the table in front of them, along with a pile of cards and an ashtray full of fat cigar butts. There was an empty chair opposite them and Maximus gestured for Alice to sit on it before leaving the room, leaving the three in silence for a moment.

Now she could ponder on the sinister man's words. She tried not to believe him, to keep her faith in the brothers, but a seed of doubt had now been planted and she was starting to accept that she would in fact have to sleep with these men if she wanted to stay alive - or atleast not get sent back to Jones. She'd rather die than have that happen.

Her panicked thoughts almost started to spiral until Ergin suddenly announced something to his friend in Turkish, instantly making her alert again. He cheered as he placed down a card - obviously winning whatever game they were playing - and then finally acknowledged the nervous woman in front of him.

"Sorry, I had to think about that move." He chuckled before meeting her eyes, his demeanour instantly softening. "Wow, look at this kadin, Aylin! Even more beautiful up close."

His friend, who Alice assumed to be named Aylin, laughed and nodded as he too studied the woman - staring as if she were an object and not a person.

"What you doing with a dog like John Shelby huh? You really just a whore like his brother says? I don't believe it." Ergin scoffed, once again sparking an anxious flame in Alice's belly that she had to quickly stamp out. "And what is this Maximus says about you being some kind of gypsy whore also? You are far too beautiful. I don't believe."

Alice was shocked by the seeming interest that Ergin had in her, taking a moment to collect herself before cooly replying "I thought I was here to dance with you, not be interrogated."

That seemed to surprise the men as they laughed again and exchanged few words in Turkish before Ergin leant forward and locked eyes with Alice again.

"I think you are an interesting woman.. The scars are something I like." Alice immediately went to pull down her sleeves as she realised they'd ridden up but he stopped her, his big hands enveloping hers with ease. "No no, don't cover, I said I like."

She didn't know how to respond to that. No one had ever liked her scars. A discussion about them wasn't what she had mentally prepared herself for. Instead, she was now thinking about how she would open the red curtain to send the signal without it seeming suspicious.

"It shows-" Ergin lit a cigar and placed it to his lips, drawing her attention again "-that you are not scared of pain. At least not pain inflicted by yourself. Am I right in this?"

Alice nodded slowly, unsure of where things could go from here. Her heart was racing and her handbag felt like a tonne weight placed gently on her thigh as she thought about the gun hidden inside.

"I want you to take off the dress and cut yourself right now then." His voice had a sudden firmness to it that paralleled to the friendly tone he'd shown a second prior.

With the four eager eyes on her, Alice knew she had no choice but to undress and started to slowly pull down her dress - the undergarments also being purchased in town by Polly that day. It was all white, a corset and frilly bra with matching garters and panties. Alice felt exposed but less exposed than she should've - so used to this objectifying treatment that it almost felt normal.

She took the small knife from Ergin's large, leathery hand and moved it to her thigh, taking a deep breath before making a quick red line. Even in such forced circumstances the pain felt a relief to her, visibly so as the two men let out another laugh and Ergin quickly snatched the knife back from her.

"Wow. You really like that huh? I didn't actually expect you to do it. Maybe you are a whore. Or maybe you are just crazy." He chuckled, earning an awkward forced chuckle back from Alice before his tone went serious again and he stood up. "Now dance with the knife. I want you to cut yourself with it as you dance. I expect all clothes to be gone by time the song is finished."

Alice's stomach dropped once she heard the record playing and felt the knife being placed in her hand again. Ergin was stood against the wall next to the phonograph - right by the window - whilst his friend remained leant into his cushioned seat, taking casual sips from his wine. Her eyes scanned the room desperately, looking for some kind of help, until she saw the mini bar in the corner.

"Do you not want me to make you a drink first? I thought I was meant to do that. I'm a barmaid you know." She fluttered her eyelashes and giggled, trying to act as if she was perfectly comfortable - a real whore like Tommy had obviously tried to sell her as.

"You can make any drink you want but know that you'll be testing it before either of us drink it. We're not stupid, Alice. Know this before you try anything told to you by Thomas Shelby."

"Fuck!" She started to mentally scream at herself as she realised nothing would go as smoothly as she'd hoped. She looked at the clock on the wall and saw it had only been seven minutes, she would have to think of a plan, fast.

As she sauntered over to the corner, Ergin called for Maximus to enter the room and she knew she'd have to pour the powder into the cups before the vulture like man was watching over her shoulder. So quickly, she pulled the vial from her bra and poured the white substance into each of the three glasses before covering it with whiskey - just as his thin frame reached her side.

She played it cool, pouring mixer into each of the drinks and stirring it with an ornate, metal spoon before she felt a hand gripping her thigh, instantly making her stop.

"You see? She is not a whore. Even one touch and she freezes up." Maximus scoffed. "I bet these drinks are poison too, go on, try one little lamb. Let's see."

Luckily, the drinks weren't too poison, just a tranquilliser, and Alice knew that if she just drank considerably less than them she would stand a better chance at staying awake than the men did. At least the older ones. They already seemed pretty drunk, after all.

"Fine, I'll show you. Maximus." She hissed his name and took a quick gulp from one of the glasses, earning an amused holler from the other two men.

"And the other one too-"

"Ah that is quite enough, my boy. A frightened whore does not perform as well as a comfortable whore. You will see this in a moment." Ergin cut him off with obvious authority, although there was enough care in his tone to imply a close bond between the two - perhaps uncle and nephew or father and son.

Either way, the younger man shut up immediately and stepped back, watching intently as Alice handed the drinks to the men. She now knew it was time to perform and stepped over to the phonograph before Ergin would stand up again to do so, earning a thankful laugh from his fat face as he and his friend lazily gawked at her.

As she gently placed the needle onto the record, she was careful to lean against the window and shift the curtain open - even it was only slightly - knowing that would be enough to let the boys below know the bosses were distracted.

That short feeling of relief was quickly replaced by the anxiety she'd been pushing down as the music started to play and she knew she couldn't postpone the dance any longer. Almost all forms of self harm had always been extremely appealing to Alice until this moment, awkwardly trying to cut her skin whilst remaining sexy and moving on beat. The men didn't care though, excited as she cut off her garters, corset and bra leaving only panties by time the song finished. Her mind had been miles away, not really seeing anything in the room as she danced, so when the trance ended with the music, she was relieved to notice their two cups empty although Maximus' remained full.

"Very nice, but remember what I said? All clothes off-" just as Ergin's instruction struck another deep pang of fear into Alice's chest, a loud bang followed by some shouts came from downstairs and all attention was averted.

"What the fuck was that? Max you go look!" Ergin demanded and the younger man immediately complied, shooting Alice a sharp glare before racing out of the room. From that point on everything moved fast. Too fast for her to properly comprehend.

All of a sudden, Alice felt a heavy force against her face and went flying to the floor, taking a second to realise that Ergin had hit her and was now bent down beside her. The woman could already feel the small amount of tranquilliser making her drowsy and so she knew that he would pass out any minute now - he had to - she just had to hold him off until one of the blinders arrived.

"What have you done, whore? What did you put in Aylin's drink? And what was that bang? You and the blinders have come up with some plan! What is it?" He grabbed her by her hair and pulled her face so that it was inches from his. Out the corner of her eye she could see that his friend had passed out so she just prayed that he would too - but he didn't.

"I said what have you done?" He repeated himself louder, spit flying from his mouth onto her face before he struck her again, once again sending her body to the floor.

She groaned in pain this time and struggled to move away as Ergin towered over her. There was blood all over her body already from the cuts she'd made, now some leaked from her mouth as her lip started to swell and she knew her face would be bruised the next day.

"You really think I drink a drink made by a Shelby whore?" He scoffed before kicking her hard in the ribs, earning another painful groan. "I may be fat and old. But I am not stupid."

From her position on the floor, Alice tried to take the knife off the table but Ergin quickly grabbed her hair again and dragged her around the room, to the chair she'd originally sat on. Memories of Jones flashed agonisingly through her brain every millisecond and she started to really hate Tommy for putting her up to this - yet hate herself more for agreeing to do it. John was right; she did love putting herself in danger. That was until the consequences of the danger hit her like they were right now.

"If he dies, I promise you will regret it very much." As Ergin spoke he placed bullets into a silver pistol, shaking and dropping some as he did.

Although his thick accent was still intimidating and booming, Alice realised he wasn't as powerful as he seemed and was in fact scared or at least nervous.

She looked around desperately for something to defend herself with, slowly regaining her hope; until she saw her handbag and felt a powerful surge of adrenaline. Just as he finished loading the weapon, Alice reached for the bag and pulled it to the ground with her, bloody hands desperately fumbling for the gun inside as she heard the violence downstairs.

"Hopefully that's the Blinders I can hear and not the Turks." Her thought was cut off by Ergin grabbing her again, this time by her neck, and pinning her against a wall. He squeezed tight and stared into her eyes as he did, watching the hope drain from them as the air did from her lungs.

She was almost convinced that these would be her final moments, staring into an ugly face - just as she had been with Jones so many times. Gradually, her body was going limp in his hand, her limbs feeling heavy as she thrashed against him, scratching and spitting like a wild animal.

"You planned ahead for this huh! What is the antidote for this poison? Tell me now!" He shouted, loosening his grip with wide eyes and letting her catch her breath for a second.

Her head was pounding and dizzy but it still worked fast.

"It's, it's in my dress. Sewn in. A small vile." She choked out, the noises downstairs getting louder and her body getting heavier.

As soon as the words left her mouth he dropped her and rushed to the crumpled white velvet by the phonograph, looking worriedly to Aylin before starting to desperately rip at the material.

"You stay there whore or I will kill every single member of the Shelby family, you understand?" He barked with his back facing her, but soon froze as he heard a gun cock and felt the metal pressed to the back of his head.

In that half minute, Alice had managed to get herself up, grab her gun and quietly slink over, leaving a trail of blood behind her on the already red carpet. There were few thoughts as she placed the gun to his head, only one real loud one that screamed "Fuck you!" He didn't deserve a chance to explain himself, he was a pig and now he was going to die.

"There's no antidote. It's not poison, it's a tranquilliser. Your friend would've been fine, you stupid fucking-"

"Please!" He cut her off with a loud beg but before he could let out another word she pulled the trigger - a loud bang echoing through the room.

It didn't move in slow motion like Alice thought it would, instead it was quick and sudden; skull fragments flying and a heavy thud. She'd never taken a life before and it was easier than expected.

Meanwhile downstairs, John heard the gunshot and even amongst the fighting in the lobby, he knew that it came from the suite. His blood immediately ran cold. The Blinders were winning and the Turks were massively outnumbered, but he felt no sense of victory until he knew it was Alice who fired that shot. He looked around the reception desperately, bloodshed all around him, until he spotted a waiter cowering in the corner - obviously not paid enough to be dealing with this.

Eyes wide, he grabbed the man's collar and shouted "Ergin's suite! Now!" to which the man immediately complied, taking him to the hidden staircase that lead directly to the exclusive room.

However, John hadn't been the only one to hear the gunshot. Maximus was already halfway up those stairs when he heard it, running as he reloaded his own weapon and prayed to God that his uncle was alive.

Upon opening the door, he was enraged to see Ergin dead and Alice stood with her gun to Aylin's head, about to shoot the passed out man until he suddenly tackled her, throwing her to the ground and pinning her down with bared teeth - foaming like a rabid dog.

"You fucking bitch!" He shouted, a guttural, grief filled scream as he started to violently shake her shoulders, banging her head against the floor. She was struggling to stay awake at this point and could feel herself slipping into darkness between each painful bump to the head. Still, she tried to fight back against him, punching, screaming and spitting. It was no use though.

He was in a trance like state, mad with grief, rage and shock, turning him into a complete animal with enough strength to break the girl's neck if he wanted despite his skinny frame.

"You evil fucking slut." He hissed, holding both her hands above her head with just one of his whilst the other groped her chest with such force that she screamed in pain. "You think you had it bad with the gypsy scum? Just you wait little girl." He dug in his nails so hard it drew blood, running them down her chest and digging into the fresh cuts made during her dance. There was definitely at least one broken rib he pressed into too, the pain becoming so intense that Alice could barely breathe as she cried out for help.

His hand finally reached her underwear, ripping them off in one swift motion despite her attempts at kicking him away. The feeling of his sharp nails drawing so close to her privates filled Alice with pure terror. A horrific scream left her lungs, followed by a loud sob.

But then suddenly he withdrew and his body was no longer on top of hers - giving her an immense sense of relief. That was until she heard John's voice calling her name and realised the psycho was going after him now.

"He's got a gun, John!" She desperately cried from the floor, her vision fading and not even certain her voice was loud enough for him to hear. She couldn't lift her head or keep her eyes open anymore, all she could do was listen as bullets started flying, empty shells flicking onto her naked body but from who she couldn't tell.

The room fell silent and there was a thud, sounding similar to the one Ergen made when he'd dropped dead earlier - instantly putting Alice's heart in her throat as she prayed it wasn't John's body she heard.

Apart from her own breathing and her heart thudding, she could hear nothing.

"Alice?" His thick Birmingham accent broke the silence and the woman instantly let out a relieved sob, alerting him to her position in the room and he immediately bolted over.

"Fuck." He muttered upon seeing her, more blood than skin visible, and quickly bent down to her side, ripping off his jacket to wrap around her. "Where'd they get you?"

His hands desperately searched her body for a bullet wound, shaking as he struggled to distinguish each injury from the next.

"Alice, where'd they get you?" He repeated, his voice cracking as his worst worries had seemingly come true.

"I-I'm not shot, John." She spluttered, almost laughing with relief. "They made me try the drink. I'll be fine."

Those were the final words she had the strength to say before passing out, much to John's incredible panic as he tried to shake her awake. It was after a few seconds of panic that he decided to believe those words - or at least try to - and he grabbed a blanket to wrap the woman in before rushing down the stairs with her in his arms, holding her tightly against his chest.

It only took a minute for him to get outside and into the closest getaway car, throwing himself into the passenger seat and shouting "Fucking drive!" to Isaiah.

"But Tommy told me to-"

John swiftly pressed his gun to the younger man's head, his pupils maniacally thin and sweat dropping profusely from his forehead.

"I don't give a fucking shit about Tommy! Fucking drive!"

This time the boy immediately complied, stepping on the gas and speeding away as the remaining blinders started the fire that would eventually burn the entire Turkish hotel to the ground - only leaving ashes behind.

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ABC's

I tried thinking of characters with names that matched the ABC originally, but I'm just going by fic names now. Some r probably going to be short.

The plain x reader stories don't describe body type, size or gender.

Coming soon....

Almonds - Abby Anderson x reader

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Baby - Joel Miller x reader who can get pregnant

Summary: It's getting harder and harder to spend time with your husband and you have some really important news. (Pre-Outbreak)

Camp Counselor Pt. 2 - Steve Harrington x plus sized reader

Summary: It's your third year being a camp counselor at Camp Hawkins and your 7th year knowing Steve. Every year your crush seems to grow stronger and stronger.

Don't Let Me Go - Ellie Williams x reader

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Every Night - Max Mayfield x reader

Summary: Every night since 7th grade, Max has made it a mission to say goodnight -Face to face. At tonight's visit, you discover that your friendship might have been more than you thought it was.

Fall Out - Isaac Lahey x reader

Summary: Your relationship with Isaac grows more and more strained as the days go by. Will he finally tell you what's going on?

Gumball Machine - Steve Rogers x reader

Summary: All you want is a gumball. Unfortunately, you're out of change.

Heart Breaker - Jonathan Byers x reader

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Incognito - Eddie Munson AU x reader

Summary: All you wanted was a cup of coffee from the new cafe on Main Street. You definitely didn't expect to spill coffee on the Metal Icon Eddie Munson.

Jacket - Eddie Munson x reader

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Knock Knock Pt.2 - Ellie Williams College AU

Summary: A simple request to turn the music down turns into a frustrating back and forth battle. Why does your neighbor have to be so damn attractive?

Lonely Pt. 2 - Stranger Things Zombie Apocalypse AU

Summary: A few days after the zombie apocolypse took over Hawkins you lost everyone. Once you finally run out of supplies, you're forced to venture out into the town, hoping not to run into anyone and make it to safety alive. Unfortunately, life doesn't always go how you want it.

Marry Me? - Spencer Reid

Summary: Spencer asks you to marry him at the most random time. Garcia does not approve.

Newborn - Joel Miller

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Only Her - Steve Harrington x Reader (Possible Pt. 2)

Summary: Steve doesn't look at you the same way he looks at Nancy. Does he really love you?

Promise - Eddie Munson

Summary: Eddie promised to come back. After Eddie cut the sheet, preventing you from following him back into the upside down, he promised he'd come back.

Quiet - Johnathan Byers

Summary: When El offers to watch your newborn baby, you're finally able to get some desperately needed sleep.

Reciprocate - John Murphy

Summary: For as long as you've known John, he's always held you at an arms length distance. He's never shared more than he has to. That's why when his behaviors start changing, you're very confused.

Secret Admirer - Steve Harrington

Summary: Never would you have imagined that someone could have a crush on you.

Tell Me Pretty Lies - Theo Raekan

Summary: You've had a feeling that Theo might be cheating on you for a while. Is everything he's said a lie?

Under the Trees - Robin Buckley

Summary: You're in love with Robin. You have been since Freshman year. It breaks your heart whenever she talks about another girl. Unfortunately for you, lately that seems to be all she has to talk about.

Valentine - Max Mayfield

Summary : You ask Max to be your Valentine, unsure of how it's going to play out.

Weak - John Murphy

Summary: You're sick. After days of taking care of the fellow 100, you start to feel the affects of sickness taking over. Who's going to take care of you?

Xenial - Joel Miller

Summary: You're a newcomer in Jackson. Due to lots of new people, you're left with no choice but to share a house with Ellie and Joel. It's only temporary, right?

Yearbook - Nancy Wheeler

Summary: It's finally the end of senior year. While flipping through the pages of your signature filled yearbook, you discover something you never thought you would.

Zander's Pizzaria - Peter Parker

Summary: Closing sucks. Especially when your coworker calls out sick and you're left to do everything by yourself. Things take a turn for the worst when gun welding thiefs threatens your life.

[justagalwhowrites]

🎶 username song game 🎶

Thank you for the tag, @burntheedges!! This was a challenge but a fun one!

J - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, The Killers

U - Unknown/Nth, Hozier

S - Sailor Song, Gigi Perez

T - The Girl, City and Color

A - A Real Hero, Smallpools

G - Growing Sideways, Noah Kahan

A - Alive with the Glory of Love, Say Anything

L - Little Wanderer, Death Cab for Cutie

W - When You Break, Bear's Den

H - Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley

O - Ode to a Conversation Stuck in your Throat, Del Water Gap

W - What Kind of Man, Florence and the Machine

R - Riptide, Vance Joy

I - I Know The End, Phoebe Bridgers

T - The John Wayne, Little Green Cars

E - Eucalyptus, The National

S - S.O.B., Nathanial Rateliff & The Night Sweats

NP tags: @whocaresstillthelouvre @sawymredfox @dundienominee @mysticnightmarewrites @dancingtotuyo and anyone else who wants to play!

[sweetdreamsjeff]

Jeff Buckley: Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk) (Columbia)

Jim Irvin, MOJO, June 1998

FANS OF Grace might find this album tough going. For one thing, it's hard to divorce the circumstances of its existence from the music – some of which is very beautiful, yet you know it wouldn't sound this way if Jeff Buckley had lived. In other words, you're listening to this record because he died.

Secondly, there are several moments that seem too private, things we probably shouldn't be hearing. At these times you might experience the same uneasy fascination you'd get from illicitly reading someone's diary. You might also find yourself distracted by questions like, "Who chose this running order?", "Why are there two versions of two songs with nothing much to choose between them?" or "Was this song finished?"

We'll never know if Jeff Buckley wanted anybody to hear the ugly clutter of ‘Haven't You Heard’, we can be certain he had more in mind for the complex ‘Murder Suicide Meteor Slave’ than the detuned, trebly mush it is here and we can only wonder at how its lovely Beatle-ish interlude would have turned out. Did he lay down the home-made cover of ‘Back In New York City’ (a Genesis song from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway) with a view to putting it on record or simply for his own amusement, something to get the creative juices flowing? Is there any real value in hearing tracks as nascent as ‘Demon John’ or ‘Your Flesh Is So Nice’ – barely written songs, with arrangements just hinted at by slapdash guitars and extemporised melodies you know he'd have nailed later or abandoned completely? Is it right to include performances where his singing is unfocused, lazy or tired? Or those where the band are just feeling their way?

As I understand it, from talking to his management shortly after his death, Jeff Buckley's unreleased legacy runs thus: the remainder of the Live At Sin-E recordings; radio sessions and solo spots such as those on the French ‘Live At The Bataclan’ EP (which he hated); one outtake from Grace, ‘Forget Her’ (removed to make room for ‘So Real’); the "live in the studio" solo sets recorded during the making of Grace; a series of 24-track live recordings with the full band (some of these, like the extended version of Alex Chilton's ‘Kanga-Roo’, have appeared on B-sides and promo discs); the sessions recorded with Tom Verlaine in Memphis a few months before his death; a few tracks recorded in New York soon afterwards; and a large number of 4-track demos Buckley cut in the last weeks of his life.

After he drowned, the inevitable question of what to do with this material had to be faced. Manager Dave Lory spent days going through the tapes found in Jeff's house. He had to listen to everything, no matter what it said on the box, as Jeff had a habit of cutting demos on whatever came to hand. Sure enough, he found one new song halfway through side two of an old Michael Bolton promo cassette.

He then met up with Steve Berkowitz (Jeff's A&R man) and Andy Wallace (the producer of Grace), to make a definitive inventory of all the extant recordings and dub the demos onto digital masters. These were three of the men who knew Jeff's working methods best and they argued every day about what might be done with this stuff, which songs Jeff would have been happy with, how best to release the material or, indeed, if any of it should come out at all.

Just as they were finishing this process, they were 'fired' by Jeff's mother, Mary Guibert, who'd inherited her son's estate and assumed the responsibility of compiling an album with another Columbia A&R executive, Don DeVito, (who'd not worked extensively with Buckley while he was alive). They asked Buckley's friend, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, to "sit in Jeff's seat". Andy Wallace was rehired to complete his mixes of the Verlaine sessions which make up Disc 1 of this collection.

When Buckley completed those tracks he told Lory that he "couldn't find his soul" in them. He was aware there was a lot of work still to do before he could cut a worthy follow-up to Grace, so he temporarily dismissed his band and retreated to his rented house in Memphis to revise the songs and write new ones. (Some of these, ‘Mood Swing Whiskey’, ‘Sky Blue Skin’, ‘Don't Listen To Anyone But Me’, ‘Woke Up In A Strange Place’ and ‘Let's Bomb The Moonlight’ remain in the can.) Disc 2 features seven of those demos, retakes of two of the songs on Disc 1, some CD-ROM material (which was not available for review) and a stray radio recording from 1992 of the country standard ‘Satisfied Mind’ ("I went with a satisfied mind"), clearly chosen as a pointed closer.

Diametrically opposed to it, Disc 1's opener, ‘The Sky Is A Landfill’, is a bleak, relentless torrent of anger. As "evil blacks the sky" Buckley advises that we "Don't suck the milk of flaccid Bill K Public's empty promise to the people". "This way of life is so devised to snuff out the mind that moves," he continues, moved to send a mail bomb to "Mr Strong Arm", who is "useless like the cops at the scene of a crime" Although impressive, it's a curious track to open with, throwing a grim shadow over what follows. It takes a few listens, then, but gradually Sketches' pearls begin to shine through.

‘Vancouver’ kicks off with a Byrdsian riff and a beautiful double-tracked falsetto, spinning into a dizzy song driven by piano, fuzz bass and crashing guitars. ‘Nightmares By The Sea’ is great, too. After an intro reminiscent of Nirvana's ‘Come As You Are’, it turns into a churning pop song – and check the lyrics: "Stay with me under these waves tonight/Be free for once in your life tonight! Bluebeard's young and handsome/So new to your bedroom floor/You know damn well where you're gone." Likewise, the a cappella ‘You And I’ (again, a song whose melody was not fully developed) starts with the line "Oh, the calm below that poisoned river wild". It can't be too long before someone ekes out a morbid dissertation concerning the water imagery in these songs.

However, it's the second track that will be this collection's calling card. ‘Everybody Here Wants You’ draws from the same divine well as ‘Lover, You Should've Come Over’ on Grace. It's a lump-in-the-throat soul ballad which sways like Smokey Robinson's ‘Cruisin'’ or Chic's ‘At Last I Am Free’. Jeff sings it in a tender falsetto with a hint of jealous ire shading the delicious, pleading chorus – "Everybody here wants you! Everybody here thinks he needs you/I'll be waiting right here just to show you our love will blow it all away" – as the bass tumbles along lyrically. Awkward middle-four aside, it's an instant classic. And it serves to make the lesser tracks here an even greater source of sadness, simultaneously reminding us that this wonderful voice has sung its last.

There's a lot of fine material still unheard and we must hope its trustees are careful with it. One thing's sure: a definitive selection will never exist, except in our heads and, one day perhaps, on our personal 'Ultimate Jeff' compilations.

At best, Sketches has much the same function and effect as The Beatles Anthology collections. It's a document of a great musical mind cranking into gear, a series of clues to what might have been. If you were hoping for a record to equal Grace, well, you'll be disappointed. But be assured that Jeff Buckley's sketches overshadow most artists' completed works.

[fandombabe]

Writing rules & who i write for

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(all subject to change so please feel free to message me with any fandoms or people to add)

People i write for

Outerbanks: jj maybank, John b, Rafe cameron, Topper thornton, Sarah cameron, Kiara carrera

Cobra kai: Robby keene, Tory nichols, eli moskowitz (hawk)

Stranger things: Steve harrington, Robin buckley

Marvel: Pierre maximoff, Wanda maximoff, Peter parker, Bucky barnes

Hunger games: Finnick odair, Peeta mellark, Cato hadley

Harry potter & fancasts: Harry potter, Draco malfoy, Fred weasley, George weasley, Mattheo riddle, Theodore Nott

Percy jackson: Percy jackson, Luke castellan, Clarisse La rue

Twilight: Edward cullen, Rosalie hale, Jasper hale

Deadly class: Marcus lopez

Scream: BIlly loomis, Stu macher, Tatum

Youtubers / Streamers: Matt sturniolo, Chris sturniolo, Nathan doe, Jake webber, Vinnie hacker

Influencers / singers: Jaden hossler, Nessa barrett, Johnny orlando

Hockey: Jack hughes, Ethan edwards

Celebrities: None yet

Influencers: None yet

Emily in paris: coming soon (?)

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Bellow I talk about topics that might be uncomfortable for some people since i’m saying what i will and won’t write for so proceed knowing that

Rules

• i’m not required to write your request and i don’t owe you anything so please honor that

• No heavy smut. I’m not comfortable with writing that yet. I’m okay with things like Kissing, teasing, foreplay etc.

• I won’t write for a male pov/reader since i’m female and not good at writing that.

• I wont write ‘Sibling x sibling’ (people that are related by BLOOD) I find that super weird.

• I will share traumas that the characters or reader has been through but I won’t go into crazy detail when describing them (r@pe, abuse etc)

• I won’t write for a r@pe kink (yes i’ve seen it) once again that’s weird and you should get help.

• No illegal age gaps. 16+18 is the biggest I will go when one is a minor and the other is not.

• Other huge age gaps won’t be written for like 20+30

• No shaming other kinks someone has unless illegal (r@pe kink, incest etc.)

There’s probably more I forgot about but I can’t remember so i’ll add them as I go!

If you have a request and you don’t know if it follows these rules, please request anyway!

Once again i’m a new writer so it may not be up to your expectations but just give me a chance and you won’t be let down

Love you all so much <3

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Spell your url with song titles and then tag as many people as there are letters

Thanks for the tag @imlivingformyselfdontmindme. and @lurkingshan I love my url but at times like these I wish it was shorter. Most of these were the firsts I could think of, some I looked through my most listened playlist.

M My Way - Frank Sinatra

Y Youth - Daughter

R Rose Colored Glasses - The Collection

O Old Friends - Jasmine Thompson

S Sunshower - Ayumu Imazu

E Estrela Do Mar - Jorge Palma

T Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe and FINNEAS

I I'm Still Standing - Elton John

N Numbers- Han and Primary

T There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

E Everybody Dies - Kim Petras

D DNA - BTS

G Grace - Jeff Buckley

L Letter - Jinyoung

A Alive - The Scarlet Opera

S She used to be mine - Sara Bareilles

S Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald

E Exile - Taylor Swift ft Bon Iver

S Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

Tagging but no pressure @twig-tea @troubled-mind @blmpff @mikuni14 @iguessitsjustme @colourme-feral @itsallaboutbl

[emmie-tt]

REQUEST LIST

Feel free to send requests love!!

HARRY POTTER

Harry potter

Draco Malfoy

Blaise Zabini

Ronald Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Hermione Granger

Luna Lovegood

Neville Longbottom

Mattheo Riddle

Theodore Nott

Tom Riddle

Severus Snape (PLATONIC ONLY)

Lucius Malfoy (PLATONIC ONLY)

Narcissa Malfoy (PLATONIC ONLY)

Bellatrix Lestrange (PLATONIC ONLY)

Remus Lupin (PLATONIC ONLY)

Sirius Black (PLATONIC ONLY)

Regulus Black (PLATONIC ONLY)

Molly Weasley (PLATONIC ONLY)

Arthur Weasley (PLATONIC ONLY)

STRANGER THINGS

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Billy Hargrove

Eleven (PLATONIC ONLY)

Max Mayfeild (PLATONIC ONLY)

Will Byers (PLATONIC ONLY)

Mike Wheeler (PLATONIC ONLY)

Dustin Henderson (PLATONIC ONLY)

Nancy Wheeler

Jim Hopper (PLATONIC ONLY)

Robin Buckley

Chrissy Cuningham

Lucas Sinclair (PLATONIC ONLY)

Johnathan Byers

Erica Sinclair (PLATONIC ONLY)

Joyce Byers (PLATONIC ONLY)

Karen Wheeler (PLATONIC ONLY)

TWILIGHT

Edward Cullen

Jasper Hale

Alice Cullen

Carlisle Cullen (PLATONIC ONLY)

Bella Swan

Emmet Cullen

Jacob Black

Rosalie Hale

Esme Cullen (PLATONIC ONLY)

Charlie Swan (PLATONIC ONLY)

Renesmee Cullen (PLATONIC ONLY)

Leah Clearwater

Sam Uley

Seth Clearwater

AVENGERS

Tony Stark / Iron Man

Steve Rogers / Captain America 

Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

Sam Wilson / Falcon

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow 

Wanda Maximoff 

Clint Barton 

OUTER BANKS

JJ Maybank

John B. Routledge 

Rafe Cameron 

Sarah Cameron 

Kiara Carrera

Ward Cameron

GREYS ANATOMY

Merideth Grey

Lexi Grey

Derek Shepherd 

Amelia Shepherd 

Mark Sloan

Addison Montgomery 

Callie Torrez

Arizona Robbins 

Alex Karev 

George O'malley

Isabella Stevans 

Jackson Avery

April Kepner

Owen Hunt 

Christina Yang  

SHAMELESS

Fiona Gallagher

Veronica Fisher

Kevin Ball

Carl Gallagher

Lip Gallagher

Ian Gallagher (PLATONIC ONLY)

Debbie Gallagher

Jimmy Lishman

Mickey Milkovich (PLATONIC ONLY)

Svetlana Yevgenivna

Mandy Milkovich

Karen Jackson

MISC. CHARACTERS

Austin!Elvis Presley (Elvis - the movie) 

Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders)

Anthony Bridgerton (Bridgerton)

Olivia Pope (Scandal)

Fitzgerald Grant (Scandal) 

 MISC. CELEBS/PEOPLE

Elvis Presley 

Kylie Jenner

Kim Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian

Kourtney Kardashian

Kendall Jenner

Megan Fox

Chris Evans 

Sebastian Stan 

Sam Worthington 

RULES

No Smut, this may change but for the moment/until i get comfortable i'm only writing fluffy, angsty and platonic relationships

I wont write about R@pe, Abu$e or ince$st

All my writing will be fem/GN!reader, I wont go into detail about skin color, body type or really any personal details unless asked to

I want to keep my stories fun so try and keep the requests non boring lol :))

If you have any questions please ask

[burlveneer-music]

Angelo Outlaw - Axis Of Time - from Philadelphia, a spectacular soul-jazz album with tuned percussion in the foreground

Axis of Time is the stunning debut album from Philadelphia mallet percussionist and poet Angelo Outlaw. Featuring Eraserhood Sound’s signature synth & soul production, Axis of Time is a dazzling blend of jazz, rare groove, funk, soul and r&b. According to Outlaw, the album is meant to transport the listener to a dream-like state, where space and time slowly fade away and reality is merely a distant memory. Each song sets a unique scene, as the pace of the music swells and sways…from the euphoric highs of lead single “Free My Mind”and uninhibited groove of “Speed of Light” to the trance-like meditation of “Dreams” and mournful melodies of “Invisible Clock,” Angelo and the Eraserhood Sound house band truly go to the cosmos and back. The record is an extraordinary debut from Outlaw, a young gay Black man who hopes to serve as an inspiration to others who might be perceived as different or other. His work transcends race, creed, religion, and politics, and has the power to speak to the universality of time, space, and human connection. Written by Angelo Outlaw, Vincent John, Maxwell Perla Written by Angelo Outlaw, Vincent John, Maxwell Perla, Dan Scott (Tracks 7,8) Angelo Outlaw - Vibraphone, Marimba, Chimes, Spoken Word Vincent John - Bass, Guitar, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals Maxwell Perla - Drums, Percussion, Conga, Vocals Turquoise Cobb - Vocals (Tracks 1,8) Ron Aikens - Vocals (Track 1) Ky - Vocals (Track 5) Widow Winslow - Vocals (Track 5) Dan Scott Forreal - Guitar (Track 7) Christine Elise - Harp (Tracks 1,4,6,11) Ron Kerber - Flute (Tracks 2,3,6) Michael Buckley - Flute (Track 8)

[multi-fandom-simp]

Request Masterlist

Hello! I would love to start accepting requests to get my creativity rolling again. Below will be list of characters that I am willing to write for and how you may submit a request. Also, if you are looking for a certain character that isn't on my list, then feel free to ask if I would write for them. I ask that you be patient with me as well as I am one person who is currently in college. I will do my best to get the requests out in a timely manner! Below are my personal pros and cons:

Pros(What I will write):

-Angst and fluff

-Some mature content ( with mature content please ask if I would be comfortable with writing it before assuming I'd write it.)

-Alternate Realities of canon universes

-character deaths

Cons(What I will NOT write)

-Non-con elements(Such as R*pe, Necrophilia, etc.)

-Incest(There will be an exception for House of The Dragon and Game of Thrones and that is it.)

-Pedophilia

How to Request:

-Submit a message through an ask or through my inbox, whichever you are comfortable with.

-Include what character you would like it to be for, and a brief description of the fic. I will do my best to write exactly what you're asking for, but please remember not everyone has the exact same brain waves.

-Also include if you would like it to include angst, fluff, mature, etc.

-If you would like the reader to be from a specific family or house, please include that.

Characters I will write for

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON:

- Rhaenyra Targaryen

- Daemon Targaryen

- Aemond Targaryen

- Helaena Targaryen

- Rhaenys II Targaryen

- Jacaerys Velaryon

- Laenor Velaryon (x Male!Reader)

- Laena Velaryon

GAME OF THRONES:

- Daenerys Targaryen

- Robb Stark

- Sansa Stark

- Bran Stark

- Jojeen Reed

- Theon Greyjoy

- Yara Greyjoy

- Oberyn Martell

The Sandman:

- Morpheus

- Desire

- Death

- The Corinthian

- Calliope

Marauders:

- James Potter

- Sirius Black

- Remus Lupin

- Lily Evans

- Marlene Mckinnon

- Regulus Black

Harry Potter:

- Fred Weasley

- George Weasley

- Bill Weasley

- Cedric Diggory

- Draco Malfoy

- Adrian Pucey

-Blaise Zabini

- Pansy Parkinson

The Hobbit/The Lord Of The Rings:

- Legolas

- Aragorn

- Thranduil

- Kili

- Fili

- Tauriel

ACOTAR:

- Azriel

- Cassian

- Rhysand

- Nesta

- Lucien

- Amren

Spider-man:

- Andrew Garfield's Spider-man

- Tobey Maguire's Spider-man

- Tom Holland's Spider-man

- Tasm! Gwen Stacy

- Harry Osborne

- Cindy Moon

MARVEL:

- Loki Laufeyson

- Bucky Barnes

- Sam Wilson

- Yelena

- Shuri

- Doctor Strange

-Druig

-Makkari

- ( quite a few more, feel free to ask)

Twilight

-Carlisle Cullen

-Jasper Hale

-Rosalie Hale

-Alice Cullen

-Paul Lahote

-Jared Cameron

-Garrett(Lee Pace)

Teen Wolf:

-Isaac Lahey

-Derek Hale

-Young Peter Hale

-Stiles Stilinski

The Last Kingdom:

-Sihtric

-Finan

-Osferth

DCU:

-Jason Todd

-Dick Grayson

-Damian Wayne( Platonic only)

-Smallville! Clark Kent

-Smallville! Lex Luthor

Stranger Things:

-Steve Harrington

-Robin Buckley

- I would be willing to write platonic/found family fics including the gang, such as Max, Lucas, etc. Nothing other than that as they are children.

Bill Skarsgård Characters:

-Roman Godfrey(Hemlock Grove)

- Marquis Vincent de Gramont(John Wick)

[shinyasahalo]

Top 100 AO3 TV/Streaming Ships (Sept. 11, 2024)

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(F/M) Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester (Supernatural) 6,559 fics

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(M/M) Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG-1) 6,532 fics

(M/M) Liam Dunbar/Theo Racken (Teen Wolf) 6,465 fics

(M/M) Ayanya/Zheng Yunling (Super-Vocal) 6,455 fics

(F/M) Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones (Riverdale) 6,434 fics

(M/M) Julian Bashir/Elim Garak (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) 6,433 fics

(M/M) Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden (Emmerdale) 6,419 fics

(F/M) Chakotay/Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek Voyager) 6,415 fics

(F/M) Mary Morstan/John Watson (Sherlock) 6,278 fics

(F/M) Gendry/Arya Stark (Game of Thrones) 6,185 fics

(F/F) Waverley Earp/Nicole Haught (Wynonna Earp) 6,167 fics

(F/M) Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things) 6,160 fics

(M/M) Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor) 6,108 fics

(F/M) The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone) 6,082 fics

(M/M) Benton Fraser/Roy Kowalski (due South) 5,911 fics

(F/M) Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon) 5,882 fics

(F/M) Wanda Maximoff/Vision (WandaVision) 5,861 fics

(M/M) Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma (Gotham) 5,862 fics

(M&M) Will Graham & Hannibal Lector (Hannibal) 5,841 fics

(F/M) Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington (Bridgerton) 5,814 fics

(F/M) Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones) 5,804 fics

(M/M) Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (Guardian) 5,709 fics

(M/R) Sam Winchester/You (Supernatural) 5,631 fics

(M/M) Castiel/Sam Winchester (Supernatural) 5,586 fics

(M/M) Evan Bech Naesheim/Isak Valterson (SKAM-Norway) 5,422 fics

(F/M) Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (Shadow and Bone) 5,394 fics

(M/M) Loki/Mobius M. Mobius (Loki) 5,321 fics

(M/M) Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling (The Sandman) 5,309 fics

(F/M) Dean Winchester/Original Female Character (Supernatural) 5,289 fics

(F/M) Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne (Gotham) 5,230 fics

(F/M) Barry Allen/Iris West (The Flash) 5,175 fics

(F/M) Vernon Boyd/Erica Reyes (Teen Wolf) 5,127 fics

(M/M) Michael Guerin/Alex Manes (Roswell New Mexico) 5,070 fics

(M/R) Eddie Munson/You (Stranger Things) 5,050 fics

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🗞️📖 Bookish News - February Edition

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry this month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed! Check below the cut for details.

Adaptations: 🗞️ Chloé Zhao will direct a film adaptation of Hamnet (Maggie O'Farrell) starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal 📖 HBO is adapting Dark Places (Gillian Flynn) as a limited series. Flynn will serve as co-creator, writer, and co-showrunner 🗞️ FX has ordered a limited series adaptation of Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe), directed by Michael Lennox 📖 Taika Waititi will direct an adaptation of Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro), potentially starring Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega 🗞️ The Terror will base season 3 on The Devil in Silver (Victor LaValle) 📖 The Man in My Basement (Walter Mosley), directed by Nadia Latif, will star Anna Diop, Corey Hawkins, and Willem Dafoe 🗞️ Dark Matter (Blake Crouch) has a trailer 📖 America Ferrera's feature directorial debut for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika Sánchez) is in development 🗞️ The adaptation of Turtles All the Way Down (John Green) will stream on MAX this year 📖 Hook’s Daughter: The Pirate Princess Chronicles (R. V. Bowman) is getting a live-action adaptation 🗞️ Interview with the Vampire (based on Anne Rice's novel) is getting a second season 📖 Percy Jackson and the Olympians is getting a second season 🗞️ Seven Days in June (Tia Williams) is being adapted for Prime Video 📖 The adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow, (Amor Towles) will star Ewan McGregor 🗞️ The Color Purple movie musical will stream on MAX (Feb. 16) 📖 Hulu’s adaptation of A Court of Thorns and Roses was axed 🗞️ The Alex Van Helsing YA books are being adapted for a television series 📖 Ryan Reynolds and Paramount are working on an adaptation of Starter Villain (John Scalzi) 🗞️ A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson) will be adapted as an animated TV series 📖 The trailer for the film adaptation of Wicked is up 🗞️ Netflix renewed Survival of the Thickest for season 2 📖 The cast for Marvel’s Fantastic Four has been announced (July 25, 2025) 🗞️ The trailer for the new X-Men animated series is up (Mar. 20) 📖 The Oscar-nominated animated film Nimona is now available to watch for free on YouTube! 🗞️ Reese Witherspoon is producing a film adaptation of Romantic Comedy (Curtis Sittenfeld) 📖 Photos are up for the adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson)

Cover Reveals: 🗞️ When Haru Was Here - Dustin Thao (Sept. 3) 📖 Trick or Treat on Scary Street - Lance Bass (July 23) 🗞️ The Bletchley Riddle - Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (Oct. 8) 📖 The Rules of Royalty - Cale Dietrich (Dec. 10) 🗞️ Colored Television - Danzy Senna (July 30) 📖 Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me - Whoopie Goldberg (May 7) 🗞️ House of Bone and Rain - Gabino Iglesias (Aug. 6) 📖 Rani Choudhury Must Die - Adiba Jaigirdar (Nov. 12) 🗞️ Night Owls - A.R. Vishny (Sept. 17) 📖 The Dixon Rule - Elle Kennedy (May 14) 🗞️ A Bánh Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen (Aug. 27) 📖 The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel (Sept. 24) 🗞️ In Want of a Suspect - Tirzah Price (Nov. 12) 📖 Memorials - Richard Chizmar (Oct. 22) 🗞️ The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk (Sept. 24) 📖 Unsinkable Cayenne - Jessica Vitalis (Oct. 29) 🗞️ Cue the Sun! - Emily Nussbaum (June 25) 📖 We're Alone - Edwidge Danticat (Sept. 3) 🗞️ The Sherlock Society - James Ponti (Sept. 3) 📖 The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes (May 21) 🗞️ The Baby-sitters Club: Kristy and the Walking Disaster - Ellen T. Crenshaw (Sept.) 📖 The Baby-sitters Litter Sister: Karen’s Grandmothers - DK Yingst (Oct.) 🗞️ The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science - Kate McKinnon (Oct. 1) 📖 The Life Impossible - Matt Haig (Sept. 3) 🗞️ Ruin Road - Lamar Giles (Sept.) 📖 Yours Truly by Katie Shepard (Sept. 3) 🗞️ Wishbone - Justine Pucella Winan (Sep. 17) 📖 Haunt Your Heart Out - Amber Roberts (Oct. 8) 🗞️ The Dividing Sky - Jill Tew (Oct. 8) 📖 Heir - Sabaa Tahir (Oct. 1) 🗞️ Beautiful Dreamers - Minrose Gwin (Aug. 27) 📖 We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (Fall) 🗞️ Till the Last Beat of My Heart - Louangie Bou-Montes (Sept. 10) 📖 Aisle Nine by Ian X (Sept. 24) 🗞️ Warrior of Legend - Kendare Blake (Sept. 17) 📖 The Ancient’s Game - Loni Crittenden (Oct. 29) 🗞️ The Witch of Wol Sin Lake - Lega Jeong (Oct. 29)

Upcoming Releases: 🗞️ Tiny Reparations Books has secured North American rights to two new books by National Book Award–longlisted author LaToya Watkins. The first book, The Book of Chuck, will be published in spring 2026. 📖 Tia Williams has sold North American rights to two new novels to Grand Central. 🗞️ LeVar Burton is releasing two new books

Other News: 🗞️ The Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 longlist is up 📖 The finalists for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced 🗞️ The finalists for the 2024 Audie Awards were announced 📖 Pulitzer-winning author N. Scott Momaday passed away (first Native American author to win a Pulitzer) 🗞️ OCLC has filed a lawsuit against the shadow library search engine Anna’s Archive for allegedly stealing 2.2 TB of data from WorldCat 📖 The St. Paul Public Library launched a laser-eyed loon library card 🗞️ Writers Against the War on Gaza have written an open letter to PEN/America to release an official statement about the “225 poets, playwrights, journalists, scholars, and novelists killed in Gaza” by Israeli forces 📖 Andy Weir released a series of “lost” journal entries from Mark Watney to celebrate The Martian’s 10th anniversary 🗞️ Amazon removed multiple titles about King Charles’ recent cancer diagnoses amid concerns that they were written by AI 📖 This year’s winners and finalists of the Cybils Awards were announced 🗞️ Delacorte is launching a new YA romance imprint

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The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne’s basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called “Wayne’s World” on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of “Wayne’s World”—and he also wants Wayne’s girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Wayne Campbell: Mike Myers Garth Algar: Dana Carvey Benjamin Kane: Rob Lowe Cassandra: Tia Carrere Stacy: Lara Flynn Boyle Dreamwoman: Donna Dixon Security Guard: Chris Farley Noah Vanderhoff: Brian Doyle-Murray Alan: Michael DeLuise Tiny: Meat Loaf Bad Cop / T-1000: Robert Patrick Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Glen: Ed O’Neill Mrs. Vanderhoff: Colleen Camp Terry: Lee Tergesen Russell Finley: Kurt Fuller Davy: Mike Hagerty Ron Paxton: Charles Noland Elyse: Ione Skye Frankie Sharp: Frank DiLeo Waitress: Robin Ruzan Officer Koharski: Frederick Coffin Old Man Withers: Carmen Filpi Film Crew: Original Music Composer: J. Peter Robinson Screenplay: Mike Myers Executive Producer: Hawk Koch Director of Photography: Theo van de Sande Director: Penelope Spheeris Producer: Lorne Michaels Editor: Malcolm Campbell Stunts: Hannah Kozak Stunts: Alisa Christensen Associate Producer: Dinah Minot Associate Producer: Barnaby Thompson Screenplay: Bonnie Turner Screenplay: Terry Turner Casting: Glenn Daniels Production Design: Gregg Fonseca Second Unit Director: Allan Graf First Assistant Director: John Hockridge Second Assistant Director: Joseph J. Kontra Set Decoration: Jay Hart Camera Operator: Martin Schaer “B” Camera Operator: David Hennings First Assistant Camera: Henry Tirl First Assistant “B” Camera: Peter Mercurio Steadicam Operator: Elizabeth Ziegler Script Supervisor: Adell Aldrich Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Boom Operator: Jerome R. Vitucci Additional Editor: Earl Ghaffari Assistant Editor: Ralph O. Sepulveda Jr. Assistant Editor: Ann Trulove Assistant Editor: Brion McIntosh Supervising Sound Editor: John Benson Sound Effects Editor: Beth Sterner Sound Effects Editor: Joseph A. Ippolito Sound Effects Editor: Frank Howard Dialogue Editor: Michael Magill Dialogue Editor: Simon Coke Dialogue Editor: Bob Newlan Supervising ADR Editor: Allen Hartz Foley Supervisor: Pamela Bentkowski Assistant Sound Editor: Carolina Beroza Assistant Sound Editor: Thomas W. Small Foley Artist: Ken Dufva Foley Artist: David Lee Fein Foley Mixer: Greg Curda ADR Mixer: Bob Baron ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Pederson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Perry Music Supervisor: Maureen Crowe Supervising Music Editor: Steve Mccroskey Set Designer: Lisette Thomas Set Designer: Gae S. Buckley Special Effects Makeup Artist: Thomas R. Burman Special Effects Makeup Artist: Bari Dreiband-Burman Makeup Artist: Courtney Carell Makeup Artist: Mel Berns Jr. Hairstylist: Kathrine Gordon Hairstylist: Barbara Lorenz Hairstylist: Carol Meikle Costume Supervisor: Pat Tonnema Costumer: Janet Sobel Costumer: Kimberly Guenther Durkin Location Manager: Ned R. Shapiro Assistant Location Manager: Serena Baker Second Second Assistant Director: John G. Scotti Property Master: Kirk Corwin Assistant Property Master: Peter A. Tullo Assistant Property Master: Jim Stubblefield Leadman: Robert Lucas Special Effects Coordinator: Tony Vandenecker Chief Lighting Technician: Jono Kouzouyan Production Office Coordinator: Lynne White Unit Publicist: Tony Angelotti Still Photographer: Suzanne Tenner Craft Service: Vartan Chakarian Transportation Coordinator: James Thornsberry Color Timer: David Bryden Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed Title Designer: Dan Curry Second Unit Director of Photography: Robert M. Stevens Stunts: Tony Brubaker Stunt Double: Steve Kelso Movie Reviews: tmdb15435519: I wish I could dress the exact same every day and still be cool.