Oct. 29th, 2014

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Title: Blow the Candles Out* (PG, m/m, supernatural)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100


The doorbell rang yet again, though Brian had thought that surely the last of the Trick-or-Treaters would be home sorting their booty by now. It was late.

“Okay, after this one I’m turning off the lights and going to bed,” he said to himself as he opened the door.

The sexy man on the doorstep smiled, “Sounds like a good idea. Treat?”

“It is,” Brian answered firmly. “You’re a little old for Trick-or-Treating . Next year plan your own party,” reaching into the bowl to grab a handful of candy.

“Party of two, my Sweet,” The smile widened, fangs showing.

* http://www.contemplator.com/england/candles.html
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FB3X Drabble Cascade #84– “Halloween

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Title: Blow the Candles Out 2 (PG, m/m, vampire)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
Follows from: http://charisstoma.livejournal.com/761689.html



Gabriel yanked Brian outside, reversing their positions and holding Brian flush against him. This left Gabriel pinned to a non-existent barrier and Brian without purchase since the doorway for him was open space.

Brian’s body writhing against him was delicious, Gabriel thought, and he was free to maraud, scattering kisses where he willed. Finally, Brian froze when Gabriel started suckling on his neck.

“Did you just bite me?”

“Nope. Just a hickey.”

“Why not?” Brian asked confused.

“Haven’t been invited in yet,” Gabriel thrust his hips forward.

“There are better ways to hook up.”

“Not as fun though,” was grinned.

Follows with Part 3
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29054889

dendrogramma2

dendrogramma1

A mushroom-shaped sea animal discovered off the Australian coast has defied classification in the tree of life.

A team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen says the tiny organism does not fit into any of the known subdivisions of the animal kingdom.

Such a situation has occurred only a handful of times in the last 100 years.

The organisms, which were originally collected in 1986, are described in the academic journal Plos One.

The authors of the article note several similarities with the bizarre and enigmatic soft-bodied life forms that lived between 635 and 540 million years ago - the span of Earth history known as the Ediacaran Period.

The authors of the paper recognise two new species of mushroom-shaped animal: Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides. Measuring only a few millimetres in size, the animals consist of a flattened disc and a stalk with a mouth on the end.

During a scientific cruise in 1986, scientists collected organisms at water depths of 400m and 1,000m on the south-east Australian continental slope, near Tasmania. But the two types of mushroom-shaped organisms were recognised only recently, after sorting of the bulk samples collected during the expedition.

"Finding something like this is extremely rare, it's maybe only happened about four times in the last 100 years," said co-author Jorgen Olesen from the University of Copenhagen.

He told BBC News: "We think it belongs in the animal kingdom somewhere; the question is where."

"What we can say about these organisms is that they do not belong with the bilateria," said Dr Olesen.

Bilateria represents one of the most important animal groupings, whose members share bilateral symmetry (their bodies are divided vertically into left and right halves that mirror one another). Humans belong within this grouping.

The new organisms are multicellular but mostly non-symmetrical, with a dense layer of gelatinous material between the outer skin cell and inner stomach cell layers.

The researchers did find some similarities to other animal groupings, such as the Cnidaria - the phylum that comprises corals and jellyfish - and the Ctenophora, which includes the marine organisms known as comb jellies. But the new organisms did not fulfil all the criteria required for inclusion in either of those categories.

Dr Olesen said the new animals could either be a very early branch on the tree of life, or be intermediate between two different animal phyla.

He conceded that they might eventually find their way into an existing group, because there was still so little known about Dendrogramma's biology.

One way to resolve the question surrounding Dendrogramma's affinities would be to examine its DNA, but new specimens will need to be found. The original samples were first preserved in formaldehyde and later transferred to 80% alcohol, a mode of treatment that prevents analysis of genetic material.


So maybe there's fairies at the bottom of the garden ocean?? If I were such a fairy, I'd hide all the rest.

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