TransPlant
* * * "So she never got to finish it," Fran's best friend had told her. "Halfway through," the jackal had shaken her head. "They wrote the rest based on her notes," her best friend had gone on. "I hate that." "You do?" Fran had tilted her...
Cockroach Motherfuckers
"There's two kinds of work in the world." Fran's roommate was a communist. "First, there's work-that-stays." She was also a writer. "Then, there's work-that-goes-away." The jackal didn't write, herself, but she'd asked about what made her roommate...
Azure Bloodlust - The Second Interim: Lupine Vignettes from When Powerful Gusts and Scorching Rays were but Wheezes and Summer Fevers
A stitched chimera of different animal parts lay on an autopsy table between them, connected via cables to a machine that looked stolen off a space opera set. it was the size of a bookshelf and had reel motors. lightning rods stuck out on top.
By A Thousand Cuts
"People get them without thinking." Fran and her roommate were watching her pets chasing each other around their living room. "They get them for their kids." "That's the thing!" she concurred. "They think of animals as lesser lifeforms than people for...
Wind of Change: Chapter 28
The saurians were more akin to 'space opera' or 'space fantasy' crew, with apparent anachronisms in their part. while not wearing a space suit, the saurians wore a more or less tribal clothing, with the decorations indicated their standings.
Let Them Eat Cake
Fran had made it a habit to always make sure that her pets' treats would be kept in a place where her pets couldn't reach them. It'd been a safety precaution, for their own good. One day, somehow, though, she'd made a mistake and left them somewhere...
Here, There Be Dragons - Chapter 2 - Most Loyal Happy Boi
#2 of here, there be dragons the third character in our space opera, let's see how his life is going, oh wait, what do you mean his ship just exploded with his squad still on board.
Judicator Chronicles: Heaven's Elevator
Perhaps not the most heroic-looking outfit, especially next to vulpine fury’s dark blue tribute to pulp space opera, but damn if artifice didn’t dress like a woman after mason’s own heart.
The Manimal Chronicles #14: Fox on the Run
I went next door to the captain video outlet, a chain named after the hero of a tv space opera from the early 1950s.
Conveyor Belt
"See Fran, you put the laundry in first, then you do the dishes while it's in the wash. It's more efficient that way!" \*\*\* "So you also use them to knit." Jackie had looked for the quantum translocator all over the Renegade ship, double-checking...
Spaced Out
When Fran had been a kid, she'd often stare out the window aimlessly while her mom would drive. "Come in, Huston." Every new building and landscape would become a new playground in which to let her mind wander. "Houston, we lost you." She probably...
Autopilot
'If work is so good for you, why don't the rich do more of it?' "Who said that?" "Some famous wolf writer I think," Fran's best friend had replied. "The same one who wrote AWOO." "I think that's AROO in fact," the jackal's roommate had chimed...