Zombiology - Bighorn Sheep
The crack of bone striking bone echoed down the mountain like a roll of thunder. Before the first wave had faded from the rocky landscape, it was chased by another and another. Large bighorn rams, fueled on testosterone and rage, smashed their heads...
Zombiology - Crows
The living corpse took a slow step forward, its half-rotten body bent nearly double under the weight of the burden it carried. On every possible perch clung large feathered bundles. Some tucked their heads beneath nightshaded wings while others kept...
Zombiology - Grizzly Bear
The grizzly bear blinked sleepily as he ambled lazily from his den. Large jaws opened wide in a leisurely yawn, exposing rows of finger-long teeth. Small dark eyes blinked in the morning sunlight, already shining brightly despite the hour. The bear...
Zombiology - Guinea Pig
Dedicated to Kasperdragon and Flipper (Fair warning - This short will likely disturb or even piss off the lovers of the small and fuzzy. That's kind of the point) The guinea pig squeaked and bit at the bars of her cage. She was hungry. It had been at...
Glossary/Author's Note
**Bruha** - (pronounced Broo-ah) Adult female ork **Brun** - (pronounced broon) Adult male ork **Calf** - A tarous that is not yet an adult of either gender. **Dredey** - A large desert dwelling mammal, the dreydey resembles a horse with longer...
Epilogue
The world held only pain for the tarin as she opened her eyes, her vision dark and grey. Her body clung tightly to a memory of agony, even though her mind claimed it was all a dream. It had to be. A voice that was not her own whispered back that it was...
Chapter Twelve
Nadirah looked up at the sky as she brought the flask to her lips, silently counting the stars. The gentle murmur of voices and occasional clatter of metal on wood created a soothing wall of grey noise that allowed the tired warrior to relax. After a...
Chapter Eleven
The crescent of eclipsed moon hung high in the sky, tilted like a smile as it watched the lone figure travel across the desolate landscape. The soft thump of footsteps was the only sound in the still night, even the wild beasts having long ago retired...
Chapter Ten
Two days of travel had left Nadirah's pack much lighter, but she felt no closer to her ultimate goal. The gentle swells of the grassy plain had quickly become homogeneous, giving to the illusion that she was simply walking in place. In a land with no...
Chapter Nine
Hey. Hey, are you still awake?" The doe asked, poking at the fallen dwarf with her hoof. The dwarf snorted and gave a weak swat before rolling over to his side. "Damn bunch of light weights." She complained before looking back to her empty cup. For...
Chapter Two
Tired eyes looked up into a star strewn sky, but found no comfort in the twinkling of far away suns. After a while, the watcher turned her head to look at the village set a short distance away. Built in the grassy plains of Splithoof Valley, the...
Zombiology - Orca
The orca was craving seal as he swam towards shore. He could remember well the days of plenty, when the ocean was teeming with good things to eat. Seals and sea lions, fish, seabird chicks, even dolphins and whale calves. Since the land dwellers had...