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| Wai-Jing Waraugh |
Author has written 23 stories for Haiku, Supernatural, Nature, General, Fantasy, Song, Humor, Fantasy, and Mystery. Hiya, thanks for stopping by! I'm an Australian girl who was lucky enough to be born to a family of librarians. I am an absolute bibliophile. The only thing I like better than the written word is imagery and illustration. I'm currently studying graphic design, and creating my own manga/graphic novel as my Masters Degree major project. My main influences (and favourite writers) are Neil Gaiman, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Derek Landy, G. K. Chesterton and W. B. Yeats I've got several stories posted and under way at FanFiction, so if you like what you see here, please nip across and check out my fan-based works. You can also find my artwork on deviantArt, I have a number of illustrations which relate to stories I've written. Again, thank you for stopping by, and please: - Enjoy. Sincerely, Wai-Jing My interests: Favourite things: Martial arts, visual arts, books. And music: current favourites are David Bowie, Damien Leith, Lior, Crowded House, Keane and Jake Bugg Hobbies: Drawing (look me up on deviantArt!) writing (obviously), watching kung fu films, rollerblading, sewing, Chinese lion dance TV shows: Sherlock, QI, Ayakashi/Mononoke, King of Bandit Jing, Dynamo: Magician Impossible, CSI: NY Films: Anything from Studio Ghibli; Once Upon a Time In China, Iron Monkey, Fearless, Zatoichi, 10 Things I Hate About You, Ever After | |||||||
1. EyeLAsh: The Eye of the Beholder » reviewsBloomsbury, 1910. Laurence Eustace Asher, aka 'Lasher', is an artist with strange powers of perception. He turns his peculiar talents into a career as a detective; a literal 'private eye'. His client, a young lady, asks him to investigate a painting locked in a summer house, on the grounds of a dilapidated mansion. It leads him to a mystic cult that is hidden amidst genteel London.Fiction: Mystery - Rated: K - English - Mystery/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,114 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-28-13 - Published: 1-2-132. Inward Ignorance reviewsThough you think you know it all, there is still a vital lesson left to learn...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 379 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-13-12 - Complete3. Hong Kong: A VillanelleA villanelle about Hong KongPoetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Published: 3-2-12 - Complete4. A Day in the Life: Twaiku » reviewsExcerpts from the series of haiku and tanka which I post daily at my Twitter account. Shall add more as I write them!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 3 - Words: 796 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-17-12 - Published: 6-3-115. The Misplaced Child reviewsInspired by W. B. Yeats' 'The Stolen Child'. Troubled boys from broken homes may find sanctuary in the mysterious forest grove...Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 528 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-13-116. The Mourning MoonThe night mourns its unrequited love. Written after reading a book of Yeats' verses.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Published: 6-7-11 - Complete7. A Blinkered Life reviewsIs the meaningfulness of your life judged by what you see, or by who sees you?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-2-11 - Complete8. ShackledEven invisible shackles can bind us tightly - particularly when those restraints are self-imposed.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Published: 6-1-11 - Complete9. Ode to the Witless reviewsA little bit of sarcastic verse.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-6-11 - Complete10. The Artist's Muse reviewsA nature poem which deals with both art and conservation. Inspired by the Romantics, in particular W.B. Yeats.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 471 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-6-11 - Complete11. KitsuneHime: Lady of Foxes » reviewsA traditional Japanese tale of demons and deception. Beneath a hill, foxes gather to relate how humans have mistreated them. However, even among foxes, not all is as it seems, and the foxes themselves are in for an unpleasant surprise...Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,398 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-5-11 - Published: 7-22-09 - Complete12. SandstormA waka to commemorate the start of 2011. Another year, and the universe takes one more tiny step towards eternity.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 44 - Published: 1-4-11 - Complete13. Crumpled Butterfly reviewsA 'waka' poem, based on a true-to-life incident.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-2-10 - Complete14. Song of the Autumn Wind reviewsA 'waka' poem, written for the recent change in seasonsPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-2-10 - Complete15. Late Night Sale reviewsA song about the late-night ads on TV. Why order over the phone, when you can get it locally for free?Poetry: Song - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 434 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-2-10 - Complete16. Tsuruhane: Crane Feather reviewsA young woman desperately searching for a lost loved one. A half-drowned warrior who wishes to lose himself. A reluctant thief who refuses to lose his faith. In a single night, their lives intertwine, as the past returns to destroy them all.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,284 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-5-1017. Soul Traider reviewsThe 61st Century: civilisation has collapsed, and hunters known as 'traiders' hunt 'draakens', spectral monsters that can be used as an energy source. Two rather unusual traiders meet - and their destinies are changed forever. Rated T, violence & swearingFiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Horror/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,818 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-3-1018. Dreaming of Another RealityWhen life is too much for her to bear, she colours her existence with beautiful dreams. When she finally wakes, what will she awaken to? Who can say, save those who still dream of what could be?Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 313 - Published: 2-8-10 - Complete19. Ode to the Tedious Orator reviewsHaiku is 5 stanzas, dedicated to that scourge of society: the incessant chatterbox. We all know one; perhaps it is even YOU...Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-7-10 - Complete20. Hanabi reviewsA haiku to celebrate the start of 2010. A belated Happy New Year!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-3-10 - Complete21. A Mood in Transience reviewsObservations mixed with imaginings of a rainy afternoon.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 425 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-1-09 - Complete22. White Rice reviewsA brief meeting with a Chinese boy in a hospital cafeteria. He tells a story about someone he lost... but that person may not be quite as 'lost' as they seem...Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,599 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-19-09 - Complete23. A Haiku in Twelve Stanzas reviewsExactly what the title says it is.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-14-09 - Complete
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