(The image is from The Strokes's Is This It?)

Hi, my name is Samantha, but please call me Sammy. My penname is from the Arctic Monkey's CD, Favourite Worst Nightmare,which I worship with all their other CDs. I've lived in the same north-eastern small town my whole life and go to the local high school. I aspire to major in lit and become an editor in the big apple.

I love books, movies, and music. I'm also one of those obnoxious people who, if you say you've never heard of something I deem amazing, will berate your lack of culture for not noticing that this triumph in art was ever made. I have made such a habit of prattling on for ages about the little details of a new CD, that my friends, who don't know half of what is spouting out of my mouth, have developed the habit of zoning out. Let's just say I'm so wrapped up in my own little universe of music that I barely notice; at least they understand. This obsession is so deeply rooted, that instead of complaining about my boyfriend like any other normal teenager, I will bewail my fate when a band makes a bad CD, an author takes too long to write a new book, or a sequel is made from one of my favorite movies (Sorry to those who like them, but I despise sequels. Why should they rip a perfectly good ending away to put the characters through even more pain just because it did good in the box office?). I'm afraid there is no cure.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who bother to review, or even read, my stories. Though I am both too lazy and too rude to answer them, the reviews are the reason I'm still writing. Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you.

Music of the Night (complete)

A Twilight and Phantom of the Opera crossover. Basically, it's as if the two had a baby that was raised by an insane author (me). Bella Swan is an orphaned chorus girl who took refuge in Forks, an opera house owned by the miraculously handsome Carlisle Cullen and his family. With only her friend Alice by her side, she must face the tyrannical diva, Jessica Stanley. Well, only until Jessica leaves the opera house when a mysterious accident pushes her over the edge. Now Bella has to deal with being in the spotlight, reuniting with her past, and meeting her destiny.

Here is the amazing story promised in chapter nine, The Masque of Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe.

A Faustian Bargain (complete)

Edward Cullen, posing as a twenty year old wonder kid who, under the guidance of his prominent Seattle based father, became a medical genius, works at the Forks Community Hospital as a successful doctor. You'd think he has it all, the looks, the job, the money, everything except what he really wants: Bella Swan. Now, when a man claiming to be the devil offers him seven wishes for his soul, will Edward take the dive and try and make a deal with the devil?

This is inspired by the most excellent movie, Bedazzled (1967), which was, in turn, inspired by Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The reason why I don't entirely give credit to Bedazzled, is because I only take the seven wishes aspect from it, no lines, none of its outstanding humour, just a touch of plot. And, if you can't already tell by the sparkling and adoring adjectives I give it, I supremely suggest seeing this movie; it's one of my all-time favorites.

The Pursuit of Bella Swan (complete)

Edward Masen loved her the moment he saw her, surrounded by brilliant lightning and booming thunder, as she saved his life. Now it seems that she’s gone and he will do everything in his power to find her again. But what will happen when he discovers that he’s not the only one chasing after Bella Swan? Especially when they begin to see him as a threatening obstacle in their way...