Cave God
As you made fire, so you made me. From the skull of a bear you killed not because she was attacking or had attacked before but because she might attack From the skin of a sleeping lion you tracked and speared and thanked From these things, you...
The Countdown
FIVE, brayed the voice of Control, making her ears prick and the fur rise along her spine. A mission FOUR the sake of all furkind, the media had called it. At the boom of THREE she braced in the launch suit, giddy with pure oxygen, and tucked her...
A Case for Mr Mao
Paddy dashed through the streets of London's Siamtown, the tails of his jacket flying out behind him. His flame-red fur stood out among the wheaten coats and seal points of the Siamese, and they turned to watch him as he passed. His flight was...
Teaser: Flight of the Fire Dragon
England! England, her patchwork fields glowing green and amber in the golden light of a summer afternoon, ringed by the azure sea that has kept this precious island safe from invasion for nearly nine centuries! Even now, did any of her happy citizens...
Teaser: The Painted and the Plain
In the cool of the hut, Pep lay on her bed of grass and stared up at the ceiling. Light sneaked through cracks in the walls to make dancing patterns. The grass was fresh and didn't smell comforting yet, and it felt weird after a year of big city beds...
Sunset
The red sun rolls towards the sea Its last glow tints the tower above The war is done. The land is free. The lion girds himself for love. Helmet and armour laid aside The heavy mane hangs splendidly He licks the blood clots from his...
Passing Trade
"You want me to do _what_?" Joko's eyes bulged in his black mask, and he twitched his ears. "That's sick!" "But think of the money!" The gibbon stretched his lips into an ingratiating smile. "Don't worry, I'll deal with all the messy stuff. You...
(Quite A Long Way) After Housman
Loveliest of dogs, the husky now Is barking loudly bow wow wow, And jumps about where he is tied Waiting for a winter ride.