Sandra's seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins' gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself.

- Magic, by Shel Silverstein

"This is going to take a lot of goblins." - Jareth, from Pika-la-Cynique's Girls Next Door

THIS JUST IN: ELISABETH HILL IS A DIRTY ROTTEN PROCRASTINATING FANDOM WHORE. And she's sorry. Maybe.

A QUICK OVERVIEW OF MY FICS:

Forgotten: No longer on hiatus, but still slow to update. The stories all relate to each other, but aren't in any sort of order. I'd like to turn it into an actual story at some point, but I think it's still developing. We'll all have to wait and see. (Oh - and just in case you can't tell, I'm trying to tie Labyrinth to MirrorMask, which is another epically awesome Jim Henson Company movie and was written by Neil Gaiman, who is amazing. Originally, MirrorMask was titled "Curse of the Goblin King", which made me think...)

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Complete (at last!). I'd like to think it's incredibly original, when, in fact, it's basically the same as so many fics on here. Toby gets taken back to Labyrinth, Sarah follows, angsting about being in love with the Goblin King the whole way. But I have added an extra source of angst - mothers and stepmothers, fairy-tale preconceptions, and the complicated nature of family. At least, I hope so. Sorry to discourage all, but a sequel (at least, by me) is unlikely, as I have no idea for the plot except a lot of mushy JS action, and I don't want to write just that. If anyone else wants to sign on to write the sequel, however, feel free.

Descent: Complete. Gabriel Van Helsing may have been the arch-angel Gabriel. But what, exactly, is an angel? How would an angel become a human man? And why? FINALLY finished the second chapter! Please read, and hopefully understand, it!

I Wish: Complete. We've been through this so many times before - teenage girl reads/watches Labyrinth, teenage girl gets fed up with baby brother, teenage girl wishes baby brother away, teenage girl defeats Labyrinth to save baby brother, and, occasionally on ff.net, teenage girl shacks up with Goblin King. But what would happen if the roles were reversed and the baby brother wished away the teenaged sister? (No shacking up with the Goblin King included.)

Once Upon a Masquerade: Abandoned. A collab I was working on with my friend C. Because a little blatant stereotyping is fun when one is spending so much time trying to warp stereotypes, we give you: the evil stepmother! the star-crossed lovers! the ragged princess coming into her own! the glass slipper (or whatever it turns out to be, we're not sure yet)! the masquerade ball! and, of course, the prerequisite happily-ever-after. Or...maybe not...

The Saviour: In progress. I saw this guy: http://www.fictionpress.com/u/522038/Solemn_Coyote do this on ficpress once, and was instantly charmed and inspired. It's a Mary-Sue for the FernGully fandom, complete with false Author's Notes to enhance the realism. I think I may be the first Suethor for FernGully. If so, the fandom is either a) tiny or b) lucky, since this is a parody.

Lost Thoughts: Complete. Dipping my toes into the Lost Boys fandom before launching the epic Twilight-parody/origin-story I've got hiding in my notebook. I think I managed to get under the characters' skins pretty well, but others may have other opinions. I'm quite proud of this one, anyway.

Revelations: Complete. See what happens when I let Michael type? Gah, that boy is an angst ball.

Guilty: Complete. What is it with my fanfics and mothers?

Northern Lights: Complete. I know this is the European title of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass. It occurred to me approximately two days after I started writing. But I decided to keep it because it describes a) a phenomenon in the night sky and b) green light, and so is perfectly suited to this particular crossover. I'll admit I'm a little embarrassed to be writing it, but heck, I think it's rather good and I want to share it.

Normal: Complete. This was originally titled Talk To The Hat, and was going to be a lot more comedic and based on my own experiences in fast food. And then Valerie got mad that I was using her mouth to complain about my job, and took over and started complaining about her job. Sometimes fiction's funny like that.

Won't Let You Go: Gone. I'm using it for a creative writing course, and don't want to get into hot water if the prof googles part of my story and something pops up. Might return, new and improved (and hopefully with a better title), someday. But this is not that day.

Now that I've set you up, please read on!