Literature

Then you must have had a reason,” Poppy saidflatly. When he looked at her, she shrugged. “I know you.” She knew him in a way she’d never known anyone.James looked…

James moved fast. He picked up the plastic tumbler on the bedside table and handed it to Poppy. She understood. Feeling giddy and uncoordinated, she took a healthy swig of…

James dodged as Poppy lobbed a paper back book athim. “Poppy””You jerk! You snake! How can you dothis to me? You spoiled, selfish, immature-” “Shhh! They’re going to hear you…

Introduction In reference to the Newham London Local Economic Assessment, 2010 to 20279 (2010), “the population in Newham is rising and is projected to continue to rise significantly. It has…

Poppy was staring without appetite at a dinner tray of chicken nuggets and french fries when Dr. Franklin came in the room.The tests were over. The CAT scan had been…

All Poppy could think of was the pretty bald girl inthe gift shop.Cancer. “But-but they can do something about it, can’tthey?” she said, and even to her own ears her…

“Poppy!” Poppy could hear her mother’s voice, but she couldn’t see anything. The kitchen floor was obscured by dancing black dots.”Poppy, are you all right?” Now Poppy felt hermother’s hands…

It was on the first day of summer vacation that Poppy found out she was going to die.It happened on Monday, the first real day of vacation (the weekend didn’t…

Abstract An examination of the role the physical workplace plays in creating opportunities and barriers that influence knowledge management has become a matter of substantial debate. Design of good workplaces…

My time in New York clarified the perils of my existence; despite my good intentions, I am dangerous to humans, and my brother is dangerous to everyone.And now? What does…

Her name was the Mina M. She was a speedy ship and a thing of beauty, with sleek lines and white sails. Her wooden mast was oiled to a sheen,…

The three of us tore out of the chapel. As soon as we left the Richards’ estate grounds we were plunging through woods. Saplings stung our legs as we pitched…

There was nothing to indicate the passage of hours inside the windowless vault – not the barest suggestion of sunlight ever made its way under its doors. Days melted into…

“What are you doing here?” I demanded.Lexi raised a brow at me. “Same thing you are. Looking forward to a long, painful eternity together.” “No, I mean why didn’t you…

Anger was all I had left, and I let rage fuel me the way human blood had in my first weeks as a vampire. I couldn’t believe Damon’s indifference, couldn’t…

November 13, 1864I am cursed. It is obvious now. Maybe that’s what being a vampire means. Maybe tragedy and evil come with the hunger and the fangs; it isn’t just…

We hailed a carriage heading uptown – Lexi told me I needed to save my strength for whatever came next – and got out without bothering to pay. This was…

Once we had put several blocks between us and the police precinct, we stopped in the shadows of a bare maple tree. “Well, thanks for the rescue – not that…

Damon and I remained in the cell for several minutes after the man left, too stunned to even contemplate escaping. The guards didn’t come back in with the keys. I…

The New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention was a slablike stone structure that rose heavily from the street like an old tombstone. The interior was a portrait…