The New Crocodile Inflatable

**The New Crocodile Inflatable** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ _ _ There was supposed to be something new at the pool, though Ty could not place the sense of unease curling back and forth in the pit of his...

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Taking on a New Life: Part Fourteen

**Taking on a New Life** **Part Fourteen** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Kittenrose232_ _ _ _ _ Adagio sat opposite the tattoo artist, the one that she had been working with for several weeks...

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Seal Transformation

**Transformation** **Seal** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ _ _ Shane drifted, dipping beneath the surface of the water as he pushed out into the open ocean, the old lifeboat slip of Little Fistral and all the...

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Taking on a New Life: Part Five

**Taking on a New Life** **Part Five** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Kittenrose232_ _ _ _ _ Adagio had her work cut out from her – both the part of her that was the warped version of Knight, the...

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Office Faux Pas

**Office Faux Pas** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ "Oh, the show! You just wouldn't believe it!" Squawking, the flamingo flapped her wings, head bobbing back and forth with her black-tipped beak drawing the eye to follow...

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Frosty Mornings

**Frosty Mornings** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ ** ** Head down, the grey mare snorts at the frozen grass, tiny, crystalline droplets chilled to a degree that they make her teeth ache. The ground will warm through the day, so it is...

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The Rush

**The Rush** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ ** ** The sled team shivered. Fresh snow fell in Dawson, ignorant of the exhausted and pad-sore team, which limped to their sleeping spots. The mail run had been wearying, but it was...

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Mean Old Mule: Her Personality Becomes Her

**Mean Old Mule** **Her Personality Becomes Her** “Just what do you think you’re doing? Git on!” The old horsewoman scowled, digging the sharp spurs into the sides of the brown mule that she rode, perhaps a shade too small...

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The Black Horse

**The Black Horse** ** ** I should have known better. Tears stream where they shouldn't, my hooves flying over the turf. I know this route but I don't know it - everything looks different in the dark! I snort and toss my head, eyes surely wild,...

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Chosen: Chapter Eight

**Chosen** **Chapter Eight** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ _ _ ** ** Brambles caught at Tayna's leggings, tearing through, as she fled, tears streaming down her muzzle. To see her mother again...

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My Little Annoyance

**My Little Annoyance** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe_ _ _ ** ** How does he walk in such a way that incites anger, frustration roiling to the surface like a cauldron of boiling snakes? Storming, through the room, he strides as if he is the most...

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Behind Closed Doors

**Behind closed doors** Behind closed doors you will see the woollen scarf unravelling, at both ends, the spider re-spinning his defeated home and, above all, the sideways chair, stood prone. The ballpoint leaks ink, sullying the blank...

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