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Author has written 77 stories for Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Woman in White, Misc. Plays/Musicals, Alice in Wonderland, Misc. Books, Sleepy Hollow, Shakespeare, Lloyd Alexander, Fairy Tales, Wuthering Heights, and Dangerous Liaisons. About Me: My name is Rachel, and I live in New York City, where I spend my time acting, dancing and writing. I love ancient cultures, Shakespeare, musical theater, Victorian literature, Lord of the Rings, mythology and tarot reading, and detest homophobia, sexism, religious intolerance, the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and when people don't use the -ves ending. Fandoms: Dracula, mythology (Greek and Norse), Phantom of the Opera, Lord of the Rings, Woman in White, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland/Alice Through the Looking Glass, Shakespeare, Jekyll and Hyde, Arthurian Legend, Lloyd Alexander, Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dangerous Liaisions. Completed Stories: Least of All By Your Own, Siren, Beauty, An Unlikely Meeting, Pleasure and Despair, Choices, Purification, Ready for Our Bridal Bed?, Nightmares, Her Dreadful Plight, A Meager Sacrifice, Sensations, Silk Scarves, Conflicted Loyalties, We're All Mad Here, Alone With Him, To Take is Not To Give, Never Loved, Repetition, Fate, No Longer Free, False Love, Without the Lobsters, Repentance, Blood of the Innocent, Dark Side of the Sun, Conversations with the Enemy, Light and Dark Magic, Of Logic and Doubts, The Perfect Wife, Resisting Temptation, Spring Flowers, Kindred Spirits, Le Fay, The Waking Undead, Succubus, Cruelty for the Ususpecting, Love for Hate, The Temptation of Acceptance, Tempting Touch, A Place for Cleverness, Wedding Night, Till the End, Cold Light of Day, Nobility, To Burn the Castle Down, Curtain'd Sleep, Catching Light, Drink To That, Home, Finishing Tea, Correspondence, No Touch of Pity, The Arithmetic of Memory, Sacred Madness, Unwind, Seaweed, Patronage, Continue With the Game, Prism. Works in Progress: Forgotten Goddesses, Unclean, Gorthaur and Atariel, The Law Hath Slept; Now 'tis Awake, Self and Silence, Viewpoints, Mercy, How Few Days Make Up A Century, Conflicting Realities. Abandoned Stories (begun so long ago that they are no longer representative of my current writing style or preferences)Forgotten Goddesses, Unclean, Gorthaur and Atariel. "Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail, there's a porpoise close behind us and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance? They are waiting on the shingle, will come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?" - Lewis Carroll | |||||||||||
1. For Every Grief That's Offered reviewsAU. Alone and together, Mina and the Count grieve, sole survivors of a private war.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,417 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-3-09 - Complete2. Still Breeding Thoughts reviewsAlone in his prison, Richard muses and dreams.Shakespeare - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,053 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-25-09 - Complete3. Cronus' Children reviewsZeus' winning of the universe, through Hades' eyes.Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,256 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-15-09 - Hades - Complete4. Rat Catcher reviewsNosferatu and the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The rat confronts the rat catcher.Crossover - Fairy Tales & Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 860 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-15-09 - Complete5. Compromise reviewsAU. Mina, Dracula, and Jonathan take a train into Romania.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,103 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-5-09 - Complete6. CrystalAt a party, Madame de Tourvel meets the Marquise de Merteuil.Dangerous Liaisons - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,620 - Published: 6-20-09 - Complete7. Portrait of a Lady reviewsFive men look at Lucy Westenra. My apologies to Henry James.Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,783 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-25-09 - Complete8. Minor Initiations reviewsAU. Mina watches Jonathan as he tries to adjust to life in the Count's castle. A sequel to "Home" but also can be read as a stand-alone.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,573 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-2-09 - Complete9. Fearful Adversaries reviewsIn 1860, a young university student named Abraham Van Helsing contacts a man rumored to be a vampire.Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,156 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-26-09 - Complete10. Prism reviewsVarying perspectives on Count Dracula, from lovers of his over the centuries.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,581 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 3-22-09 - Complete11. Continue With the Game reviewsAU. During the French Revolution, the Marquise plays cards.Dangerous Liaisons - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,523 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-16-09 - Complete12. Patronage reviewsFiclet. Athena visits Odysseus near the beginning of the Trojan War.Greek Mythology - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 641 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-6-09 - Athena - Complete13. Seaweed reviewsFiclet. A moment between Odysseus and Calypso.Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 554 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-6-09 - Complete14. Unwind reviewsA retelling of the novel as a myth or fairy tale.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,486 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-6-09 - Complete15. Sacred Madness reviewsDionysus and Pentheus watch one another.Greek Mythology - Rated: M - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,421 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-6-09 - Dionysus - Complete16. The Arithmetic of Memory reviewsAfter Hamlet returns to Elsinore in Act V, Horatio muses on their relationship.Shakespeare - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,368 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-6-09 - Complete17. No Touch of Pity reviewsAU. Mina makes a bargain with Count Dracula.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,661 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-13-08 - Complete18. Correspondence reviewsAfter the events of the novel, the Count writes Mina a letter. Epistolary format.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,982 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-17-08 - Complete19. Conflicting Realities » reviewsVingettes from the point of view of each of the main characters in seven different movie versions of the story, exploring the similarities and differences between those movies' outlooks. Nine parts, eventually.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,526 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 8-27-08 - Published: 1-27-0820. Finishing Tea reviewsThe Mad Hatter and the March Hare in Looking-Glass Land.Alice in Wonderland - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,502 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-27-08 - Complete21. Home reviewsAU. At home again, the Count plans.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,241 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-27-08 - Complete22. Drink To That reviewsCompany. Joanne, between husbands.Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,903 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-21-08 - Complete23. Catching Light reviewsSunday in the Park With George. Dot reflects on her early relationship with George.Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,629 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-21-08 - Complete24. Curtain'd Sleep reviewsTwo nights Lucy spends with Count Dracula.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,187 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-14-08 - Complete25. To Burn the Castle Down reviewsAfter the events of the novel, Jonathan keeps his promise to Mina, despite all the costs.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,690 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-3-08 - Complete26. Nobility reviewsAU. At a party, Arthur Holmwood meets a nobleman unlike anyone he's met before.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,405 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-7-08 - Complete27. Cold Light of Day reviewsAU. If, instead of killing Count Dracula, our heroes decided to stay in Transylvania for a time and keep him prisoner.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,405 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 1-16-08 - Complete28. Till the End reviewsMoments in the friendships between Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, and Jack Seward.Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,558 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-1-08 - Complete29. Wedding Night reviewsBased on the 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy. On Menelaus' wedding night, his older brother makes an unendurable demand.Greek Mythology - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 924 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-1-08 - Complete30. A Place for Cleverness reviewsNorse Mythology. The story of how Loki came first to Asgard.Misc. Books - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,028 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-1-08 - Complete31. How Few Days Make Up A Century » reviewsTracing the life story of the novel's titular character, from his mortal life as the infamous Vlad Tepes of Wallachia to his immortal one as the equally infamous Count Dracula.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,145 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 12-24-07 - Published: 12-9-0732. Tempting Touch reviewsMusical based. Hyde comes to visit Lucy at work.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 602 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-22-07 - Complete33. The Law Hath Slept: Now 'tis Awake » reviewsAfter the ending of the story, Mina, Jonathan, Jack and Arthur find that the government has finally decided to take an interest in their recent actions. And, veiwed under the cold scrutiny of the court, those actions may not seem so reasonable.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 24,079 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 12-12-07 - Published: 2-4-0734. Mercy reviewsAU. The Count wins, totally and completely. And, with Mina finally in his power, he is not inclined to be merciful. Three chapters, eventually.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,849 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 11-25-0735. The Temptation of Acceptance reviewsAU. Mina steps across Van Helsing's circle of protection...but not for Count Dracula's sake.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,765 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-14-07 - Complete36. Love for Hate reviewsVingettes from the points of view of the three main female characters.Wuthering Heights - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,438 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-13-07 - Complete37. Cruelty for the Unsuspecting reviews[Werner Herzog's Nosferatu] AU. When Lucy sacrifices herself, she expects death, but not damnation.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,570 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-2-07 - Complete38. Viewpoints » reviews[This Is Where We Came In] Snippets of the world the way the various characters see it, whether it be the world in their past, present, or future. Contains references to original characters in this universe.Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 4,063 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-28-0739. Succubus reviewsLucy visits the men she loves.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,083 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-1-07 - Complete40. The Waking Undead reviewsDuring a hypnotism session between Mina and Van Helsing, things take a tragic turn towards the unexpected.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,768 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-5-07 - Complete41. Le Fay reviews[Arthurian Legend] Morgan visits her siblings.Misc. Books - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,459 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-4-07 - Complete42. Self and Silence reviewsSilence, especially of women, is a common theme in fairy tales. Four reinterpertations of fairy tales having to do with female silence, both as a choice and as an enforced condition.Fairy Tales - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,133 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-8-0743. Kindred Spirits reviewsAU. Mina and Renfield, both having hindered the Count's plans, are imprisoned together.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,544 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-19-07 - Complete44. Spring Flowers reviewsIn the Underworld, a different fate awaits Cassandra from the one she expects.Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,777 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 3-18-07 - Complete45. Resisting Temptation reviews[Prydain Chronicles] As he stands before Achren with Taran, Gwydion looks back on his relationship with Achren.Lloyd Alexander - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 845 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-1-07 - Complete46. The Perfect Wife reviewsOctavian muses on his sister. Warning for incest.Shakespeare - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,145 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-1-07 - Complete47. Of Logic and Doubts reviews[Movieverse] When returning to New York, Katrina and Ichabod find that not all their problems were solved in Sleepy Hollow, and the remaining ones may be quite a bit more difficult to handleSleepy Hollow - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,579 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1-1-07 - Complete48. Dark and Light Magic reviews[Arthurian Legend] Morgan invites Nimue to dinner.Misc. Books - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,006 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-9-06 - Complete49. Conversations with the Enemy reviewsAU. Dracula takes Mina hostage in order to regain Jonathan. She has no idea what to expect from her captor.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,412 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-30-06 - Complete50. Dark Side of the Sun reviewsAU. What would have happened if no one had believed Van Helsing? What would have been different? What would have been the same? Novella length.Dracula - Rated: M - English - Tragedy/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18,358 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-29-06 - Complete51. Blood of the Innocent reviewsLucy's first night as a vampire.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,441 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-19-06 - Complete52. Repentance reviewsAfter the Count has been destroyed, Mina still searches for redemption.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,165 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-13-06 - Complete53. Without the Lobsters reviewsThe Gryphon muses on his relationship with the Mock Turtle. Contains slash.Alice in Wonderland - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,206 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-9-06 - Complete54. False Love reviewsTrapped alone beneath the Opera House, waiting for Erik to return, Christine muses on life and death.Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,891 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-25-06 - Christine & Erik - Complete55. No Longer Free reviews[Hedda Gabler] AU. What if Hedda's glorious suicide had failed?Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,036 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-20-06 - Complete56. Fate reviewsDracula and Greek mythology What if quite a different lunatic asylum patient warned Mina about her fate?Crossover - Dracula & Greek Mythology - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,035 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-18-06 - Complete57. Repetition reviewsAfter the events in Dracula, Mina and Jonathan find that things don't turn out the way they hoped they would.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,851 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-18-06 - Complete58. Never Loved reviewsAlternating between a need for solitude and a need for companionship, the Count creates Fledglings. But none of them are destined to be anything but his slaves.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,593 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-6-06 - Complete59. To Take Is Not To Give reviewsAU. Mina and Dracula have an interesting experience with a Shakespeare play.Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,130 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 7-4-06 - Complete60. Alone With Him reviewsAn expanded version of the scene in the novel where Glyde finds out the name of the man Laura loves. Deals with mature subject matter including spousal abuse.Woman in White - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,840 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-4-06 - Complete61. We're All Mad Here reviewsAU. If Jonathan never went to the Carpathians, and Dracula's plans ended up only targeting Mina. Without any previous experience in such matters, no one would be very inclined to believe her...Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,698 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-4-06 - Complete62. Conflicted Loyalties reviewsThere are many things people don't now about Minerva McGonagall.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,144 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 7-4-06 - Minerva M. & Tom R. Jr. - Complete63. Silk Scarves reviewsMerope Gaunt muses on her time with Tom Riddle as she struggles to survive alone.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,103 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-30-06 - Merope G. & Tom R. Sr. - Complete64. Sensations reviewsMina muses on the blood exchange of October Second during the long month when, still in the Count's thrall, she prepares to kill him.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 930 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-17-06 - Complete65. A Meager Sacrifice reviewsAU. If Dracula, instead of merely chastising the Vampire Brides, finished the job they began and changed both Jonathan Harker and his fiancee into vampires.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,350 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-29-06 - Complete66. Her Dreadful Plight reviews[Sweeney Todd] She wants to erase the memories of everything that has happened. She only partly suceeds. Centered around Lucy.Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,147 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-13-06 - Complete67. Nightmares reviewsAnne reflects on her most painful memories through nightmares while at the Asylum. Musicalverse drabble.Woman in White - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 478 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-1-06 - Complete68. Ready for Our Bridal Bed? reviewsAU musicalverse, because there are more characters. What if Hyde had not been moved by Lisa's pleas and had not asked Utterson to kill him? How would things have been different? Darkfic, containing elements of slash.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,376 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-17-06 - Complete69. Unclean » reviewsAU. Mina's recollection of the terrifying night of the blood exchange, a night which, perhaps, doesn't turn out the way it does in the novel.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,836 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 1-16-06 - Published: 7-20-0570. PurificationMedea goes to Aeaea in search of purification, but what she finds is a bit different from what she expected...Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,690 - Published: 1-8-0671. Choices reviewsAU. Mina goes to the Count when his brides call her to join them.Dracula - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,484 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-8-06 - Complete72. Pleasure and Despair reviewsIn Azkaban, Bellatrix is Rodolphus', with the Dark Lord there no longer to tempt her loyalty.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,775 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-8-06 - Bellatrix L. & Rodolphus L. - Complete73. An Unlikely Meeting reviewsDrabble. In modern day, one of the Count's Brides has an unexpected encounter with someone she thought she'd never meet again.Dracula - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 462 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-22-05 - Complete74. Beauty reviewsWhy did Athena truly change Medusa into the monster that she became? Was it about her beauty? Perhaps yes...but not in the most obvious way.Greek Mythology - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,011 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 6-1-05 - Complete75. Siren » reviewsAU. Erik is angered by Christine's betrayal, and longs to get revenge against her. But he still needs her voice, and he will do the unspeakable to keep that voice with him.Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,197 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 5-17-05 - Published: 5-5-05 - Erik & Christine - Complete76. Forgotten Goddesses » reviewsA rewritten version of the Greek myths as records of a conquest. The stories from the point of veiw of the Goddesses who suffered from it. Rating for violence.Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,777 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 5-10-05 - Published: 5-7-0577. Least of All By Your Own reviewsAU drabble, novel based. You must not die by any hand, least of all by your own. says Van Helsing to Mina. For suicides are at risk of being changed into vampires...Dracula - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 263 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-5-05 - Complete
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