Love at Twin Oaks Pt. 3
_"I know, I'll follow him to the city, that way we can still be together!"_ _ _ As soon as Dirk, the head groom at Twin Oaks, heard those words he knew that it was his responsibility to convince Therese of the folly of her plan. He knew that if he...
Love at Twin Oaks Pt. 1
The petite doe nibbled on her lower lip as she studied her reflection in the looking glass in front of her and, after much deliberation, announced, "One more should do it, nanny." Behind her the aging badger groaned and retorted, "One more of...
Couldn't Keep his Mouth Shut
Tobias Severna sat over the edge of the examination table, waiting in the lonesome, Spartan room for Dr. Chris Brownwell. As he awaited the physician, the pronghorn fiddled with his broken horn, partly out of impatience, but mostly out of comfort. It...
Survivor
A Blackhawk helicopter flew over the tall skyscrapers of present day New York City. The tall behemoths of buildings stood towering over the landscape, casting an eerie shadow. Glass was knocked out of the skyscrapers, and makeshift signs laid...
A Taste of Her Own Medicine
Christine finally yielded, and lay still in an over-sized armchair, having tried in vain to rest for the last hour or so. The macabre events of the last few days (especially poor Joshew's passing) had finally caught up with her mind, arresting her...
A (Modified)Love Poem
I yearn for nature. That's just the way it is. My soul demands it, like the lungs demand air. I desire the gleeful cries of a magpie atop a fence post, I must have the spicy smell of fallen pine needles in the summer. I burn for hollow...
A Breaking of Brothers
The Truth sounded across Lehsunia, the Church's grand bell tolling the mid-day meal. In a classroom of the Mehnzilian Church's Academic Annex, the sonorous melody seemed to sound from the Wyranese Tower of the Moon, as the young pronghorn, Rolf...
Home?
Tobias quite enjoyed his time studying in the tribal lands. The air was fresher, the grass greener, and best of all his work wasn't confined to books and lectures; he actually got to use his legs. All in all, it was a must needed respite from the...
Of Impropriety
"_Ae-iya- haw- Pull, and sink, stretch and rise, Ae-iya haw-"_ _ "Grow big and tough, bark-strips,little bark strips, for my children's clothes"_ _ "Ae-i-ya haw, Pull and sink, stretch and rise, Ae-iya haw-"_ _ "Sink once for husband, sink twice for...
The Art of Caring for Horns
Tobias and his father walked down that old, familiar, well-worn path through the woods that they walked every so often. His father insisted that they do this even if the time was spent lecturing Tobias on his shortcomings, or, as his father put it,...
Make-Believe
_Listen__ well little Toby, this tale has been passed down by The People since times long forgotten, listen to the story of A-River-Between, the first of his Kind, the first to hear Their Voice, and the first to share Their Wisdom. Long ago back when...