Thanks to everyone who's been watching and posting this month, it's been a pleasure to see what you've all come up with. The comm will remain open for posting, in case you feel inspired to do so at a later date! Happy halloween, and a final prompt:

He had found what he was looking for in his inside pocket. It seemed to be a silver cigarette lighter. He flicked it open, held it up in the air and clicked it. The nearest streetlamp went out with a little pop. He clicked it again - the next lamp flickered into darkness. Twelve times he clicked the Put-Outer, until the only lights in the whole street were two tiny pinpricks in the distance.

J K Rowling, The Philosopher's Stone.

Prompt: white apples and the taste of stone
Characters: Druella Rosier/Black (with other Black family members).
Rating: PG (for dark themes?).
Word Count: 471

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Prompt: A Lament
Characters: Pansy, Cho
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 470

( sugar and spice )

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.


William Blake

white apples and the taste of stone

From White Apples, Donald Hall

Apologies for the few missing prompts, I'm having a nightmare of a time with RL at the moment. :) Anyway, a little one for today:

Kismet (noun)
Destiny; fate.

History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.

Bill Waterson

O triple roads - it all comes back, the secret,
dark ravine, and the oaks closing in
where the three roads join...

From Oedipus Rex, Sophocles

Prompt: If the lights prevented you from seeing the heavens, then perform a little magic and change reality to fit the need. The street lights were now planets and stars and moon.
Characters: Harry, Draco
Rating: PG
Word Count: 953