Artastic Monday – American Girls

Posted: November 19, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: American Girls, Fanart | Comments Off on Artastic Monday – American Girls

Happy Monday, Patrons! Here’s a little patriotic art to brighten your day.

American Girls: 1774-1944
by =Acaciathorn

In chronological order, from left to right:
1) Felicity Merriman, 1774, wearing her blue party dress from “Felicity’s Surprise”.
2) Josefina Montoya, 1824, wearing her outfit from “Meet Josefina”.
3) Kirsten Larsen, 1854, in her blue prairie dress from “Meet Kirsten”.
4) Addy Walker, 1864, sporting her yellow strawberry dress from “Addy Saves the Day”.
5) Samantha Parkington, 1904, in her sailor outfit from “Samantha Saves the Day”.
6) Kit Kittredge, 1934, in her clothes from “Meet Kit”.
7) Molly McIntyre, 1944, wearing her school uniform from “Molly Learns a Lesson”.

122: 911 Short Story – One Shot – Part Two

Posted: December 20, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: 911 Short Story, American Girls | Tags: , , , , | 6 Comments

Title: 911 Short Story
Author: bookwriter30
Media: Book? / Real Life
Topic: American Girls / 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Genre: Horror
URL: 911 Short Story
Critiqued by Addicted Reader

Welcome back, dear readers, to the plane crash train wreck that is “911 Short Story.”  In case you’ve forgotten (and I wouldn’t blame you if you’ve done so on purpose), this is a story about Laura, a successful businesswoman flying home from Boston to L.A., excited to see her fiance.  She noticed two “suspicious looking” “olive color” men getting on her flight.  They’ve just taken off, which the author described in painstaking detail.

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117: 911 Short Story – One Shot – Part One

Posted: December 13, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: 911 Short Story, American Girls | Tags: , , , , | 7 Comments

Title: 911 Short Story
Author: bookwriter30
Media: Book? / Real Life
Topic: American Girls / 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Genre: Horror
URL: 911 Short Story
Critiqued by Addicted Reader

Hello, dear readers!  Now that we’re done with the zombie Smurfs, we’re going to move on to something more serious*:  the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

*may be 92% less serious than pictured on box

I found this gem in the American Girl fanfic section.  I loved the American Girl books as a kid, and read them over and over.  I always wanted to get one of the dolls and the matching dresses.  I read the doll catalogs as closely and repeatedly as I read the books.  My best friend had an American Girl doll.  It was the coolest doll ever.  I was deprived.

But moving on, I can hear you wondering, ‘But what does the American Girl franchise have to do with 9/11?’

That’s a great question, dear readers, and the answer may shock you:  Absolutely nothing, at least in this story.  But the story is a beautiful symphony of fail in so many ways that I’m going to riff it anyway.

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