So too are his abiding themes: the madness of war, the vanity of human striving, and the social costs of technological innovation.Vonnegut’s first novel, Player Piano (1952), is the story of Dr. Paul Proteus, chief engineer at the Ilium Works, an electronics company in upstate New York. Ill at ease with himself and his changing times, Proteus must choose sides in a looming civil war that threatens the brave new world he has helped to create. A kind of postwar Metropolis, Player Piano is at once a witty satire on the culture of General Electric headquarters, where Vonnegut once worked as a publicist, and a profound meditation on the dignity and necessity of work.Set on Earth, Mars, Mercury, and the moons of Saturn, The Sirens of Titan (1959) is a vertiginous ride down a funnel in space-time with a trio of stuffed shirts spoiling for their pratfalls: Winston Niles Rumfoord, a patrician New Englander and paragon of style; his beautiful touch-me-not wife, Beatrice; and Malachi Constant, the world’s luckiest, wealthiest man. Are they really what they imagine themselves to be, the perfected products of a benevolent universe? Or does somebody up there despise them? Only Salo, the gentleman-robot from the planet Tralfamadore, knows for sure.In 1961 a German American named Howard W. Campbell, Jr.—the Tokyo Rose of the Third Reich—is discovered in Manhattan by a team of Nazi hunters and brought to Jerusalem to stand trial. Mother Night (1962) presents Campbell’s prison-cell confessions, revealing him to be a double agent who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Nazi propaganda ministry in order to broadcast intelligence to the Allies. But as he awaits his date with justice, Campbell faces an even more rigorous trial in the court of his own conscience.Rounding out the volume are six of Vonnegut’s best science fiction stories, including “Report on the Barnhouse Effect,” “EPICAC,” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” and “Harrison Bergeron,” the fantasy that skewered “political correctness” before there was a name for it.

    Sentinel John Sheppard thought he’d spend his life unbonded and then he met Dr. Rodney McKay. The mission to Atlantis is their mutual path and they will gather the strongest, brightest, and best for the mission that will take them to another galaxy.Approx 256,500 words in 20 Episodes

    and you survived?When it happens to Gwen Farris, she knows what to do without a doubt. Find the would be killers and stop them, before they can do it again. Stabbing a girl in the heart can be taken a little personally after all.The only problem is that she finds herself in a different world, one of industrial magic and steampunk style, a place both more polite, and unimaginably harsh, than the one she left behind.Thanks to her new friend, Constabulary Detective Bethany Westmorland, Gwen just might be able to make it in this strange place she'd never even dreamed could exist.But it will take everything she can bring to play, and more, before it's done.

    When the right dom is all wrong!Even in a BDSM universe, where everyone is bisexual and identifies as dom or sub, finding the right partner isn’t always easy.Matt is a big star on the hit TV show, Collar Crime, and he’s looking for a dom who ticks all the right boxes, including being as tidy and organized as himself.That definitely isn’t his chaotic co-star, Rick, with his spanking fetish and habit of tying a different sub to his bed every night.When Matt meets the perfect dom he’s swept off his feet, but he soon discovers that being pursued by a handsome, controlling billionaire isn’t the erotic fantasy he’d imagined.Maybe the right dom for him is the one he thought was all wrong...Content advisory: m/m BDSM, one or two glimpses of f/m

    Faced with a nightmare filled future, a looming war, and the forced to deal with people long dead to them–they must navigate the past, protect the future, and learn to forgive before it’s too late.

    The love of his life thinks he's a geek ... that is if she notices him at all. Pretty normal, and pretty boring, really.But this normal life is about to change forever. On a school science trip to watch the test firing of a new particle accelerator, Arn is caught up in an accident that propels him into an extraordinary new world.In this new land, Arn is the last human alive. It is populated with mysterious and bloodthirsty creatures, some of whom want him dead, while others see him as their only hope for survival.Can Arn survive in a hostile world and save his new friends? Or has he arrived in time to witness the fall of a mighty empire?An epic tale of love, betrayal and war in a world both familiar and terrifying.

    It is the impetus for confession and change; before long, he is settling into a loving relationship with Dean, the Winchesters are tired, and hunting for a place to land has taken precedence to hunting anything else. Dean and Castiel fall in love with the strange little house on the end of Swallowtail Drive, and for a little while life is as it should be—sweet, affectionate, and beginning afresh.But more and more Castiel sees and hears things in the house that beg the question of whether or not a place itself can be alive. The walls and rooms seem to shift and grow and breathe, and one night, Dean comes home from a hunt changed in a way that Castiel cannot explain. In the months that follow, their domestic bliss takes turns for the dark and sour, and the confusion of their circumstances will ultimately test everything Castiel knows about the man he loves, and everything he believes to be true.Words:31820 complete

    The lessons turn into more than either expected. A story of redemption and forgiveness. SLASH DRARRY Pairings: HP/DM Timeframe: 1994-2002 Goblet to 4 yrs post-DH EWE Rating M for language, angst, content.

    Little does he know the person he just texted will impact his life more than he could have imagined.PDF here.Adapted into a WebseriesStory originally inspired by Little Numbers

    One is a broken almost was at the end of his career, the other an arrogant rising star tipped for greatness. It should have been a straightforward tournament. It really should have been. How were they to know that a chance encounter would change everything?

    Sometimes people must be free in order to thrive. After a summer of torture with the Dursleys, Harry falls into a self induced magical coma. Draco-who holds a hidden torch for him-jumps in to help. There they meet and decide many things that could very well change the Wizarding World forever.Words:288592 complete

    Caled, the mercenary and lover whom Hadrian betrayed, is the only man who can save him, but Hadrian's seducers are determined to break the sorcerer first.Non-Canon / AU / Sidestory to (Realm of) Juxtan series. This title otherwise known as 'Hadrian Ascending' at juxtaposefantasy.net

    Determined to avenge Elena, his unrequited love, Lieutenant Andrew Sullivan asks the advice of poet and Shakespearian John Keats, and his artist friend Severn. Soon Percy and Mary Shelley join them, then Lord Byron and his servant Fletcher. But how can the seven of them work against this man, when they can't even agree what he is? The atheist Shelley insists that Hart is an ordinary man, while Byron becomes convinced he's the Devil incarnate, and Keats flirts with the idea that he's Dionysius... As death and despair follow in Hart's wake, Sullivan knows he must do something to stop Hart before even Sullivan himself succumbs - but what...?

    It’s impossible to escape the battlefield, hiding can only be temporary, and alliances inside those dark, bloodstained woods last about as long as it takes for the other Hunter to figure out how to use your weapons. And then kill you with them.Cover by dreamery101Words:92605 complete

    But it's out there. So are vampires. They're known, legal citizens—and they aren't the only relic from the past still alive and well. Their victims certainly don't have the opportunity to forget that slavery is still a very real problem.On a train to Florida's tourist traps, Zack Henderson, an EMT in training, meets college students Sarah Gallagher and Jamie Adams. They're just hoping for a break from the tedium of college tests and professors. They can never imagine what is in store for them when vampires show up to take over their lives. When the smoke clears, they are left wondering: Did they really survive?

    If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses.

    After the events of PARALLEL and PARADOX, in a timeline shift prior to the reality of PARADIGM, comes HITCHED, a Travelers Series short story.

    When Brian Carstairs is convicted for a murder he didn't commit, he is left free to walk the streets -- if he dares. But first, he must undergo the process that will turn him into a man without a face. For the rest of his life, for however long he manages to live, he will be hiding in the shadows. He will have no rights. He will become prey, hunted for sport. To the rest of the world, he'll no longer be human; he will be the thing used to frighten naughty children. A Null.

    He takes a job, takes a life, comes home, repeats. Then one day a stray genin shows up on his doorstep. And then another. Lonely assassin? Not so much. Try resident shinobi den mother.[In which Genma is a (very manly) mother hen, his apartment attracts strays, and all of his (bastard) friends are quite amused.]-Naruto, Genma/Raidou~Fallen here to grace: 15,594 words~The Many Perks of Parenting (Or Not): 4,571 words[cover] [[image]img 1] [img 2]

    But when fate steps in and chooses a far different path for Sam, the brothers and all the Weyrs of Pern will have to come to terms with much greater changes in their traditions.Author's Pern Primer here: http://bewaretheides15.livejournal.co...Original book link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...Artpost here: http://sammycolt24.livejournal.com/ta...Words:16543 complete

    You never know what'll come in from the cold on a night like this.Words:54414 CompleteArtwork by digitalwave

    Also featuring: Loki talking his way out of incarceration, Tony Stark making reckless business decisions on a whim, and much much more.

    Discovering the world of the supernatural and learning about werewolves, wendigoes, vampires and things that go bump in the night also leads to learning more about Dean and the strange life he and his brother lead. The more he learns, the more Castiel finds himself drawn into Dean’s world and toward Dean himself.Until Uriel wants to complete the ritual he started.Words:57593 completeArt: http://paxdracona.livejournal.com/936...Cover by PeggyStarkk

    He's second-guessed his recent decisions plenty. Now he’s alone in a strange world, covered in blood, fighting to the death to survive. While exploring in the remote mountains of Arizona, Ty rescues a badly injured woman being hunted by something he doesn’t quite recognize. He takes Jessica Drake home to mend her injuries, and his family’s long- hidden secrets begin to unravel. When Jessica reveals she isn’t from Earth, and neither is the animal that was hunting her, Ty’s reality is sucked inside out.Jessica protects secrets of her own and she’s trained to die to keep them. Protecting is something she’s prepared for since childhood, but the grueling training skipped right over some crucial issues. Her abundance of self-confidence and warrior abilities are no match for the unfamiliar emotions Ty ignites inside her. Jessica’s edgy attitude and striking beauty draw Ty like a magnet, but he can’t stop wondering if she’s worth the obvious trouble. Struggling to understand a new reality, and more than a little overwhelmed, Ty attempts to eliminate the danger roaming free in the mountains. The attempt lands him squarely in The Realm, launching him into what he quickly realizes may be his last grasp at survival. Driven by motivations he’s certain will never produce a reward, Ty careens through a small corner of a wondrous world centuries past on Earth. His effort to safeguard a woman who is as likely to punch him in the mouth as to talk to him awakens an unquenchable thirst for adventure, an emerging inner strength, and a love for a world he’ll never be allowed to be part of.

    So when Dean Winchester shows up to investigate, Derek is confronted with something new.And something old.Teen Wolf/SupernaturalDerek/Stiles, Castiel/Dean28858 words, complete