Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 5
Chapter 5: The station is all but dead when we get there, just a half dozen blocks east of the apartment building. The docks and riverfront businesses are all but closed, so all of the evening traffic has dispersed. And because it's still much too...
Luna Angels Chapter Two: July 2 1969
July 2 1969 Califoalnia The early morning commute of downtown Pinto Creek was shattered that day, when the resident pool hall erupted into flames with a thunderous explosion. The nearby pedestrians quickly cleared away from the scene and watched...
Zistopia: Innter City Blues Chapter 13
Chapter 13: "...This marks the eighth brutal murder in as many weeks," the reporter states confidently through the television, "and the third predator murderer apprehended by the ZPD, though countless individuals have been reported missing. As of...
Exile - Chapter 16: An Unusual Week
_ Augtober_ _32_ Gabriel sat in his car, waiting for his partner to finish up inside the precinct. He'd been partnered with another rookie, though they had one and a half years of actual experience. They were decent enough, but Gabriel could tell...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Happy Town. I've always thought that 'Happy Town' had to have been a mistake. And it sort of was a mistake. The neighborhood was originally named Highland Terrace, back when it was being constructed maybe sixty or seventy years ago. But...
The Champion, Chapter 3 - The Hustler
The Champion By Cris Fireheart / Ken Anderson Chapter 3 - The Hustler Author's note: This story contains scenes of extreme violence, profanity, drug and alcohol use, sale, and abuse, and some sexual situations. Reader discretion is DEFINITELY...
Tales from the BellHunterVerse Ch2
**Tales from the BellHunterverse** Presents **Queen of the Dead Pt2** By Wastedtimeee Yuri had never been a fan of hospitals. As a pup, he had been downright afraid of what he had once heard his grandfather call a_'den of discomfort and death'_,...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 14
Chapter 14: I'm not thrilled when Jackie jumps behind the wheel of my car. But when he smiles this sly, suave smile, and insists that what he wants to show me has to be a surprise, I button my lips up. My concerns are soon revealed to be unfounded...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 8
Chapter: 8 The Aries sign rises bright through the night, it's red and yellow neon tubing cutting through the darkness: A-R-I-E-S, hung vertically, flashing and then lighting up sequentially. Below it, a movie theater-like board lists the upcoming...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 10
Chapter 10: I spend the rest of the night on site, though not with Captain Whitebuck. Lieutenant Longenecker, who works in the detective's bureau, is who takes charge. Like most of the other officers here, he is stunned silent by this entire...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 15
Chapter 15: When I was thirteen years old, my parents took me to a party. It was for Father's work, so it was in the Downtown district at a hotel called The Oak Grove. The owner was a red deer who had a son my age and I think my father wanted me and...
[Commission] Not the Flame, But the Spark - Chapter 2
Judy sighed. Nick sighed. Nox sighed. The questioning had been a wash. It had started well enough, especially with the bunny leading the proceedings; though both the fox and the liger got more than a few cautious glances and uncomfortable rictus...