The River
The river sparkled like a million diamonds, each brilliance capturing the reflection of the hanging deep-yellow moon low in the violet sky. From the trees, a few monkeys chittered and squeaked as they moved from branch to branch, seeking out a...
Hope
It was called a burn-run. Lt. Terrel Gains had heard of these in his countless hours of flight training, but now here it was, no longer a drill, the real thing, no longer a simulation. He couldn't take off the sim-goggles and hop out of the jumper...
Spirits (Part One)
"Are you gonna go or not?" Baruna looked down at the water, then at Jeru again. She got up on her toes and peered intently into the depths, her tail whipping nervously. "I...changed my mind." The young fox crossed his arms. "But you gotta, we...
The Slumber Party
"Brenda, it's your turn now..." All eyes turned to the vixen and she giggled, running a paw through her blonde hair nervously. "Um...oh, I don't know. I don't think I can top that one." "You promised..." The skunk pressured, her silky, thick tail...
The Kitty (NOT by Edgar Allan Poe)
Once a midnight one December, afront the fires filled with ember Locked in watching "Come September", a trashy chick-flick sort of bore As I feasted off of chicklen, bound from Sanders finger-lickin' I felt the stabbin' and the stickin', of some...
Spirits (Part Three)
The next morning, Baruna avoided the Mulu as much as possible as she ate a breakfast of mango fruit quietly in the cradle of thick branches in a nearby jambu tree. So many questions she wanted to ask Heeto, but she didn't dare. She knew he would be...
When Destiny Meets Fate
"Did you do as I asked?" Balu Blackcat looked up from the paper he was reading, all thoughts of the dismal football season suddenly put to the back of his mind as he stared at the young raccoon girl in front of him and sighed. "Did I do...what?" ...
Beyond the Hold: Prologue
_"The moons choose and the sea decides..."_ With these words, a pup's eyes slowly opened again, filled with wonder and curiosity. She had only been half-asleep to begin with, caressed by the sounds of gentle churrrs from her mother and the soft beat...
Beyond the Hold: Chapter Two
_"One may fight against the will of Ka - and sometimes win..."_ The two youngsters ran through the shallows, diving in once the beach fell away from dry sand. They swam around each other like playful Ora'ka, spiraling down to a depth of several...
Beyond the Hold: Chapter One
_"A spirit born 'tween brothers brings fire..."_ To the Malima'ka, fire meant many things. That which had protected them from the beasts on land, and served them with its heat for warmth and for food, was also a subject of curiosity,...
Halloween Story: Seven Minutes in Heaven
You've seen them. Pretty much every high school in America has at least one, or a couple. It's not so hard to spot them either. They're the ones who have their pants up past their waists, or so short you want to yell out, "Hey, where's the flood!?"...
Stay the Horse
June 10, 2010 Malfeasance Publications 125 Rockway Avenue, Suite 200 New York, New York 10280 Dear Editor: Enclosed please find my short story, "On Becoming a Horse", about a man who makes a deal with the Devil, but is tricked, and...