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 <title>FictionPress.com - BlackestOpal's fanfiction</title>
 <subtitle>Story feed for writer: BlackestOpal</subtitle>
 <link rel="self" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/atom/u/606863/"/>
 <updated>2009-12-09T05:05:42-08:00</updated>
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  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2009-07-07T16:15:14-08:00</published>
  <updated>2009-07-07T16:15:14-08:00</updated>
  <title>Wine</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2694167/1/Wine"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2009-07-07:story.2694167</id>
  <category term="General"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: T"/>
  <category term="Angst"/>
  <category term="Family"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/fiction/General/'&gt;General&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: T&lt;br&gt;Genres: Angst/Family&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 915, Reviews: 0 
Updated: 7-7-09, Published: 7-7-09&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A housewife left alone drinks her way into oblivion. &quot;She shouldn't. It wouldn't please them. She has to please them. Everything she does needs to please them.&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2009-06-02T14:18:51-08:00</published>
  <updated>2009-06-02T14:18:51-08:00</updated>
  <title>Clarity</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2680435/1/Clarity"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2009-06-02:story.2680435</id>
  <category term="General"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K+"/>
  <category term="Angst"/>
  <category term="Friendship"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/General/'&gt;General&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+&lt;br&gt;Genres: Angst/Friendship&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 203, Reviews: 1 
Updated: 6-2-09, Published: 6-2-09&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;But sweetheart, violence just won't cut it.&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-10-21T13:26:15-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-10-21T13:26:15-08:00</updated>
  <title>October</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2586664/1/October"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-10-21:story.2586664</id>
  <category term="Life"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="Poetry"/>
  <category term="Drama"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Life/'&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: Poetry/Drama&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 150, Reviews: 2 
Updated: 10-21-08, Published: 10-21-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A poem on fleeting adolescence and the changing leaves. &quot;Each slow second makes them catch their breath as they grasp the pure joy and the debilitating sadness of it all.&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-10-19T15:34:38-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-10-19T15:34:38-08:00</updated>
  <title>September</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2585908/1/September"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-10-19:story.2585908</id>
  <category term="Life"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="Drama"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Life/'&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: Drama&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 130, Reviews: 3 
Updated: 10-19-08, Published: 10-19-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;Musings on the start of a new school year and the lack of enthusiasm involved in it. &quot;We half-heartedly dig up our hopes/From the pile of disappointments lying at our feet&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-06-08T17:23:06-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-06-08T17:23:06-08:00</updated>
  <title>Canoe</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2529015/1/Canoe"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-06-08:story.2529015</id>
  <category term="Nature"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="Poetry"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Nature/'&gt;Nature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: Poetry&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 11 
Updated: 6-8-08, Published: 6-8-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A poem on being in the middle of nowhere with just about nothing. &quot;The taste of salty sweat leaks onto dry lips. &quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-06-07T15:58:52-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-06-07T15:58:52-08:00</updated>
  <title>On Existence</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2515442/1/On_Existence"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-05-09:story.2515442</id>
  <category term="Haiku"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Haiku/'&gt;Haiku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 9, Words: 93, Reviews: 12 
Updated: 6-7-08, Published: 5-9-08&lt;br&gt;Status: In-Progress&lt;hr size=1&gt;Poems with the theme of existence. Added &quot;On Conchs, Democracy and Ideals&quot; and &quot;On a Lack of Shoes&quot;.</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-06-04T18:01:46-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-06-04T18:01:46-08:00</updated>
  <title>Fragile Stance</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2527234/1/Fragile_Stance"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-06-04:story.2527234</id>
  <category term="Life"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Life/'&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 22, Reviews: 8 
Updated: 6-4-08, Published: 6-4-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A poem on debating an impossible, heartfelt ideal against a logical one. &quot;Tiptoes resent their fragile stance...&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-05-27T12:53:08-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-05-27T12:53:08-08:00</updated>
  <title>Holy War</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2523187/1/Holy_War"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-05-27:story.2523187</id>
  <category term="Religion"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="Spiritual"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Religion/'&gt;Religion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: Spiritual/General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 46, Reviews: 9 
Updated: 5-27-08, Published: 5-27-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A poem on the dangers of open mindedness and the pain of seeking spirituality. &quot;I am left naked and alone to the mercy of...&quot;</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-05-25T11:07:21-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-05-25T11:07:21-08:00</updated>
  <title>Peonies</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2522190/1/Peonies"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-05-25:story.2522190</id>
  <category term="Life"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K+"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Life/'&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+&lt;br&gt;Genres: General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 48, Reviews: 5 
Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A poem in exactly fifty words on peonies. &quot;Whites soiled, deep red stains sink into the ground's veins and flow down from the sky.&quot; About honour, success, and shame.</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-04-12T14:07:55-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-04-12T14:07:55-08:00</updated>
  <title>The Forest Weeps</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2503171/1/The_Forest_Weeps"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-04-12:story.2503171</id>
  <category term="Nature"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Nature/'&gt;Nature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 43, Reviews: 7 
Updated: 4-12-08, Published: 4-12-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;The forest weeps/Its tears fall fast/It cannot sleep/It will not last. A poem about life and nature.</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-04-10T13:30:05-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-04-10T13:30:05-08:00</updated>
  <title>White and Black</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2502239/1/White_and_Black"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-04-10:story.2502239</id>
  <category term="Historical"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: T"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <category term="Drama"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/fiction/Historical/'&gt;Historical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: T&lt;br&gt;Genres: General/Drama&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 1,331, Reviews: 2 
Updated: 4-10-08, Published: 4-10-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;A short Catherine De Medici and Dian De Poitiers faction. 'I could only bow my head and blush. &quot;What is my colour?&quot; I want to know what will please her. The Queen of France is reduced to a simpering child begging for praise.'</summary>
 </entry>
 <entry>
  <author>
   <name>BlackestOpal</name>
   <uri>http://www.fictionpress.com/u/606863/</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2008-04-09T15:02:06-08:00</published>
  <updated>2008-04-09T15:02:06-08:00</updated>
  <title>I Am</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2501808/1/I_Am"/>
  <id>tag:fictionpress.com,2008-04-09:story.2501808</id>
  <category term="Life"/>
  <category term="English"/>
  <category term="Fiction Rated: K"/>
  <category term="General"/>
  <summary type="html">Author: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/u/606863/BlackestOpal'&gt;BlackestOpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Category: &lt;a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/poetry/Life/'&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Language: English, Fiction Rated: K&lt;br&gt;Genres: General&lt;br&gt;Chapters: 1, Words: 101, Reviews: 6 
Updated: 4-9-08, Published: 4-9-08&lt;br&gt;Status: Complete&lt;hr size=1&gt;I am Macbeth. My inactivity is my evil... Pondering about self.</summary>
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