Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 15
Chapter 15: When I was thirteen years old, my parents took me to a party. It was for Father's work, so it was in the Downtown district at a hotel called The Oak Grove. The owner was a red deer who had a son my age and I think my father wanted me and...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 25
Chapter 25 I wish I'd stop lying to myself. After driving around for twenty minutes, pretending that I had something better to do, I end up on the street in front of Jackie's apartment. I know I said I didn't care what happened to him, but that...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 24
Chapter 24 Going home is quiet. Chillingly so. I can't listen to the radio, it just makes me feel depressed. I search for Jackie for a moment, but I can't find even a trace of him. What did now ex-Detective Sergeant say he could be? "Gone like a...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 22
Chapter 22 I'm glad I let him drive. My legs actually hurt a lot more than I had anticipated. Jesus, they ache. And no amount of massaging and positive thoughts can make it go away. Jackie asks a couple of times if we should stop, but I shake my...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 21
Chapter 21 At first, I don't know how I'll catch up, not with Eddie having such an impressive lead on me. But the alleyways behind the high walls of the club and its surrounding buildings are dark and quiet. Every unknown sound that travels...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Confidence. That's the only thing that I can feel rushing through my veins, making my fur stand on end, coursing with pure electricity. Jackie beams similarly, though his is also mixed with the distinct feeling of pleasure that can...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 19
Chapter 19 We don't head up to the suspended office immediately. Jackie insists that we first stop off at the bar. At first I expect it's because he wants to top himself off, get a little in him like he did at the Aries. To my surprise, he...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 17
Chapter 17 By the time I was sixteen, I found myself alone. Most of Stagworth, the private, prey-only school I attended, had heard of my little 'incident.' That's what my mother called it. And high schoolers don't let each other forget anything....
Zistopia: Innter City Blues Chapter 13
Chapter 13: "...This marks the eighth brutal murder in as many weeks," the reporter states confidently through the television, "and the third predator murderer apprehended by the ZPD, though countless individuals have been reported missing. As of...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Strange is right. The lady that called is in hysterics when Jackie calls back. She claims she's seen shadows snooping around, says that feels like she's being followed. Strange cars circle the block and her phone rings at all hours of...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 11
Chapter 11: "Here, just-just let me down here," Jackie directs. He moans as he slides down onto the couch cushion, the whole piece of off-blue furniture seeming to depress underneath his weight. I sigh, glad to no longer have to support him, and...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 10
Chapter 10: I spend the rest of the night on site, though not with Captain Whitebuck. Lieutenant Longenecker, who works in the detective's bureau, is who takes charge. Like most of the other officers here, he is stunned silent by this entire...