There's A Leak in the Boiler Room
**There's A Leak in the Boiler Room** "So you see, ladies and gentlemen, because of the mineral's unfortunate location, theoretical speculation had to be disbanded. We uprooted our labs and moved them down two thousand feet below the surface. The...
The Sun Bleeds In My Dreams
**The Sun Bleeds In My Dreams** When Frank Straw came to, he had for several long moments forgotten that he was back in the land of the free, _E Pluribus Unum_. His thoughts had jumped back to that dark and tiny room beneath a steel manufactory...
Pick Me Up
**Pick Me Up** There was no call for it. This thought stuck in Jacob's mind like a fly in a wedding cake. He trudged forward through the morning mist, the heavy smell of pine invading his nostrils, somehow pushing him back...
For a Case of Beer
Desert. Black Desert. He remembered there used to be a band by that name not too long ago. Hard rock, it was. Not quite breaching the heavy metal scene, but certainly rough enough to make the room shake and leave you with a particularly catchy...
The Things We've Seen
Dakota stared at the television, a blank look plastered on his lupine features. The canned laughter from nostalgic sitcoms and the bland movements of the stereotypical characters blended into a grey atmosphere of dullness,...
Look to The Skies
**Look to the Skies** The men that had carted the heavy artillery across the field wore drab olive green uniforms and chiseled, stony faces. They were tired; it was another cold March morning, but shock and adrenaline had forced them into a state of...
Slick Run, Ep. 2
**Slick Run** II 44 Arise The first thing Fox noticed as he entered KING was how cool it was inside. The entrance led into a wide, sky-lit circular vestibule, with rooms leading off to the left and right and a broad carpeted staircase heading up...
Black Widow and The Tarantula Ten
Black Widow and the Tarantula Ten I loaded up my six-shooter, putting in the bullets one by one, knowing that the gun wasn't nearly big enough for what was coming. Jason cleared his throat, a clear sign of nervousness that I never liked. He was...
The Bombardiers
The Bombardiers There are often times in our lives when the world just throws us a bit of a curveball in an effort to get us to slow down, take things easy, and just let things happen. Sort of karma's way of saying "Stop this shit right now, you...
Horizons II
**Horizons II** 1 "Are you friend or family, sir?" "Friend," the gray wolf said. He was wearing tan khakis and a rum-colored t-shirt, the kind of color you would rather not see in a hospital. He was scratching at an itch on his left forearm; it...
Hoist The Colors
**Hoist The Colors** 1 The she-wolf that was eying him from across the tavern wore a gaudy red satin dress with a long trailing bustle, two golden hoops in her ears, a black chapeau, and a bluish glimmer in each eye. She was the woman you'd go to a...
Blue Earth
**Blue Earth: Chapter one** I At one time, Max had been too interested in other things to have ever bothered with the subject of heroin. He was too busy studying for high school exams and competing for top spot in the varsity baseball...