UPDATE: As I am experiencing corruptions of my writing on this site and can no longer upload anything to this catalog, I strongly encourage anyone who wishes to read my 'stuff' to do so on ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN. On that site my account is simply "Roturier". All new stories will be posted there. YES, I AM STILL WRITING.(Feb 2023)

I am serious about art; I only play at writing.

My stories tend to be Sebastian-centric, so if you like the reapers best, or are bored of the demon, there won't be a lot here for you. "Cheap at the Price" "Playing the Get Out of Hell card" and "St. Peter and the Death God" might amuse you they are 2 Undertaker tales and a Will Spears tale respectively.

Though nearly everyone appears here at least once the eye of my imagination is pretty firmly fixated on the demon butler and his immediate companions and it is likely to remain so until the final checkmate is called.

Of course he and his fellow Black Butler characters do not belong to me, nor do I make any profit from them. Though I do thoroughly enjoy toying with, and in some cases torturing them, I am not over-fond of being the recipient, but I do quite like being the one who inflicts it, so: any volunteers?

"Be very wary when you follow the masses, as sometimes the 'M' is silent."

"When a country is in ruins, the mountain and the river still prevail." (Du Fu [712-770])

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”(Somerset Maugham)

"Golden lads and girls all must,/As chimney sweepers come to dust." (Wm. Shakespeare[1564-1616)

"It helps to not give a shit what other people think. That will get you very far in life." (Bernadette Banner on fearlessly pursuing your goals.)

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.(looking at YOU William!)" (George Bernard Shaw)

"Never underestimate the power of a blow torch." (Bard, amongst others.)

"...and if this doesn't go well, on with the rest of my life." Timothée Hal Chalamet

"Ciel was passed out in the tub, Will was on the floor in front of the couch, Ronnie was draped over the stairs, Grell was in the front yard, Alois on a float in the pool and I was on the roof covered in glitter." (Sebastian Michaelis, around 2001)

...and MEMENTO MORI: Remember that you too, shall die."