Nyctophobia
There was a house in a forest. IT was quite a remote place, bordered on all sides by high-reaching trees and on a bit of a hill, wedged between earth and sky. It was a two-story house, on the second story of which was a balcony, an overlook: if someone...
Birdsong, Part 2 [Commission]
_He ran. Felix could see the end of the street, could see the buildings passing by on either side of him, yet whenever he looked forward again, the expanse of sunlit grasses surrounding the city remained just as far away as the last time he'd looked....
Birdsong ~ Part 4
Felix froze where he stood, the _force_ of this presence swirling all around him. Shock, fear, disdain, disbelief, all pounded out and away from Askia where he stood, gun clutched in one paw and hatched in the other: hackles bristled, snout curled back...
Birdsong ~ Part 5
For a while it had seemed to Felix as though the storm had cleared, as though the clouds parted overhead so that the sun could shimmer down and warm his skin and fur with its gaze. The ground became soft and pleasant, and the scent in the air shifted...
You Are Not Alone
"The high today got down to 89, and thanks to an incoming coldfront, tomorrow should come to 85. Also thanks to this front, we should have storms through the rest of this week..." The wolf looks up from his book at the TV, where the weatherman did his...
Borrowed Space, Part 1 [Patreon Commission]
Kobaj frowned, and tapped the same command into the AI's interface again only to get another error back. That... didn't make sense, frankly; he'd done countless routine repairs and checkups on units similar to this one, _especially_ after solar flare...
Borrowed Space, Part 2 [Patreon Commission]
A sweet, gentle wind ran its fingers through the fennec's fur, as if urging him further towards the massive structure rising out of the nearby ridge. No matter how much he tried, he could not take his eyes off of it: the sleek black metal held together...
Stars Brought You Here (Elder Scrolls)
A cloudy morning at the port town of Vulkhel Guard. Misty clouds hung low over the horizon, as grey as the sea below, and just as still; on land, life stirred even at this hour of morning, as shipping ports never really sleep. The bite of the cold, the...
A Change In Perspective [Patreon Commission]
They used to go outside at night and look up at the stars. Askia could remember the warmth on his paw, the pressure against his lips, the blossoming joy in his heart - all against the chill of night, of the black void staring down upon them. The tall...
Getaway: Part 3
"tell luka and nadia i said bye when they wake up. art, too, whenever he calls next." "we will," ma insisted, standing up straight while dad lowered me back to the carpet. finally i had peace.
Getaway: Part 7
Art, luka and nadia all turned to me with cold gazes from within myself. my heart clenched while my head saw logic. this sibling was blood... i hoped my heart would forgive me. pascal tasse's '_embranchment'_ waited for me on the bedside table.
New to the Field (Chapter 2, Act 1, Book 2)
(model: ralf baumgarten) (copyright © 2011 lukas sowada; deviantart, used for non-profit entertainment purposes only) new to the field _october 1, 9:22pm pst old oakland, california_ **kalen kincade leapt from the roof of the third