Readership, Part 1
The cards that lay face up on the table were in a pattern of his own devising. He had studied and listened to his deck for several decades, and they had eventually been able to help him understand what both they and he needed in order to read properly....
Regrets
The back door to the spa banged open sharply, and the old badger looked toward both ends of the alley before running to the dumpster to check all around it. Finding nothing, he looked up to the other end of the alley, where he saw the meerkat from the...
Seeker Origins: Chapter Six
My mind started to itch with excitement and interest as viggo and i walked through the club and up to the black wolf in the far side of the club, with one certain thought running through my head... i didn't even know viggo had a sister...
Chip Chip, My Little Horse
I'm never sure if she's quiet because she's pensive, or because my driving makes her nervous. I hope it's the former, because I'm not likely to get that much better at driving anytime soon. I was glad to be able to borrow my mate's car, just as he was...
Collar 17 -- Revelations
Wyatt drove his late-model Cadillac with a full complement of five. In the front seat beside him, Mrs. Whitson sat the slightest bit stiffly, her clothes decked out in Sunday finery despite it being only Saturday. All of us were well-dressed, including...
Blood on Ice - Chapter Four
"one of the guards once told me the mountain is called mount ignis," continued the black wolf.
Ring In the New
"Happy New Year, GMT!" Laughter rang with the clinking of glasses filled with sparkling cider, toasts were drunk all round, and then began the joyous abandon of kissing in the new year. Eoin snagged Zachary for his first and warmest kiss, and for a...
Grooming
**_Saturday Morning_** Emmanuel was having an unusual dream about being in some kind of horse racing arena, with a mixture of feral and anthro horses, lined up in some variation of a starting gate that was able to accommodate all of them. A raucous...
Kubla Khan
Nate didn't really understand seasons. He wasn't stupid; he understood planetary orbits, growing seasons, the endless cycles of life. He just didn't have much use for seasons in general. His element - perhaps literally - was ice, and it was the one...
The Beyond
I woke up the next day with no dreams of my brother having haunted my sleep. I to get up and streatched, feeling very refreashed. I left my cold, dark cave to smell the winter breeze of the woods. I took a walk and to try and find a new place to...
Arrangements
"What the hell do you mean, I'm dead?" Were I anyone else, such a question would probably have sent me in search of some nice young males in their clean white coats (or whatever other fur color they might have) to come and take the speaker away. I,...
Surrogate, Part 1
I’ve heard it said that there are places where time passes differently than it ordinarily does. As much a fan of science fiction and time travel stories as I am (I’ve dabbled in the genre, trying to freshen it a bit), I don’t imagine that what we call...