Supersizing a Superhero
Professor Malherbe: scientist, businessman, disgraced doctor, evil-doer. His lab in the industrial heart of Honeydew looked just like any other building in the area: three storeys, rectangular, loading doors at one end, the words 'Malherbe Industries'...
Heart of a Wolf
Consciousness is a fickle thing: always coming and going, too slippery ever to be grasped even by the firmest of grips; sometimes, as convinced as you might be of your lucidness, you find yourself waking up from the most vivid and realistic of dreams...
Souple, Queen of the Galaxy
Early in the evening though it was, the ballroom was already full of the buzz of chatter. Men and women, young and old, dragons and others: people of all sorts were gathered in the vast chamber with more arriving with every passing moment; the only...
The Forest
A city just like any other - barely more than a town in the eyes of most people: there were no great landmarks, no real nightlife (this place was surely a city that _did_sleep), neither the home nor the birthplace of any famous people, never a major...
Office Hottie
There he was, a vision of utter perfection stepping out of the elevator: dull black faux-leather loafers, dark grey slacks, and a shirt liberally spotted with all manner of food stains which was ill-fitting enough to leave a couple of inches of belly...
Hefty Haulage: Part One
Having been on the road for the best part of a month, flitting from town to town, city to city, hardly ever without some kind of cargo hooked up to the back of his truck, it was a pleasant novelty for Dolby to have actually spent a night in his own bed...
Breakfast In Bed
Waking up on a chilly winter's morning, all wrapped up in your blankets, and safe in the knowledge that you have nothing forcing you to get out of bed is truly wonderful, isn't it? I was fortunate enough to be just ascending from the depths of a...
Homecoming (Prologue)
Ten years can seem like a long time when you're young, can't it? When you're an adult with all kinds of worries and responsibilities the days seem to last an eternity, yet the weeks, months, and years are but a blur. When you're a kid however, a week...
Homecoming (Chapter 1)
It would have been rather poetic had Freddie made his return to the home that embodied his childhood ten years to years to the day of his departure, but he had to make do with arriving a few weeks earlier than that particular anniversary. It was still...
Ski Bums Chapter 1
_Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! School trip to New Zealand! This is going to be the best thing EVAH!_The cheetah was practically bouncing in his seat as these thoughts ran on a loop through his mind. He had been looking forward to this ever since...
Winston's Weight Gain
"Order up on table twelve!" "On it!" Winston hurried to the serving window where three servings of dessert were waiting to be delivered. Balancing two of the dishes on a small tray with the third sitting snugly on his other palm-up hand, he wended...
A Grand Day Out
What a beautiful day it was! The sun had woken shortly after six o'clock that morning and had now climbed steadily higher in the heavens to illuminate the world with hardly a cloud about to obscure its golden smile. Everywhere it looked it could see...