It as one thing when an animal died from old age, but even those he often buried (if there wasn't a carrion eater who needed it nearby) and left flowers to remember it by.
Elf, Hyena, Lily, Love, Story Series
I was ready to strike it myself when my vision turned white, the thing in front of me was nothing more than charred burning carrion.
i knew only one thing that was that fast and anywhere near that deadly.
"fox!"
Bad Language, Dwarf, Elf, Fox, God, Kitsune, Magic, Military, Orc, Violence (Not In Yiff), Werewolf, Wolf
Our attention was quickly absorbed by movement at the periphery of our vision and we spun as one, eyeing the griffon that had come to investigate the carrion.
Bad Language, Clean, Dragon, Echidna, Fox, Gender Shifting, Military, Relationships, Violence (Not In Yiff), Wolf
Only the thought of what caj would say of him falling out of ranks to chase a mudding carrion eater stopped him. he stared until the speck of raven disappeared into the bleak green of star island.
there were too many reputations to guard.
Fantasy, Griffin, Gryphon, SOTSK, Summer King
The sky lay empty, save for the few carrion birds desperate enough to seek a meal so deep in the desert.
Abduction, Action, Adventure, Anthro, Anthropomorphic, Bisexual, Boy, Canine, Chain, Character Development, Desert, Dog, Dragon, Fantasy, Fear, Female, Feral, Fight, Fighting, Flight, Gay, Homosexual, Intro, Lizard, M/M, Magic, Male, Male/Male, Mild Violence, Multiple Species, Mythological Creature, No-Yiff, Non-Anthro, Outdoors, Prey, Prologue, Reptile, Scalie, Size Difference, Slave, Snake, Story, Various Species, Vore (soft), Western Dragon, Wolf
And right in front of him, father had become like an empty wasps' nest, an abandoned burrow, a hollow ribcage picked clean by carrion beetles. these were things that once bustled with life, but were now dead and empty.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
Like carrion bugs, the workers swarmed around the skeletal ships working tirelessly to finish them.
"all shipyards are at full production," answered yelena, reading from her console.
Arctic Fox, Dream, Female, Fleet, Gas Giant, Male, Mobilization, Science Fiction, Ship, Spiral Nebula, Star, Story Progression, Story Series, pine marten, planet
I'd heard predictions in the first days of the pandemic about potential increases in bugs that ate carrion and used it for breeding, i'd seen it in iraq and i'd seen it in marid.
Action, Adventure, Horror, Military, parasite
The carrion birds did not come, not yet. they would eventually, as they always did, but for now even they knew not to come near. they would never disrespect the dead, only clean them up to make way for the living.
Doe, Intro, Short, Story Series, Wolf
The plan was perfect, you saw the other groups pulling away, but something happened and your group lies strewn out in the open for the carrion to devour. the lupin isn't connected to this group, but he is the reason you stand right now.
Adventure, Character Development, Choose Your Own Adventure, Elf, Gnoll, Hyena, Medieval, Slavery, Wolf
I'd been avoiding noticing them, but there were so many bodies, even the various scavengers and carrion eaters had more than they could handle.
i could never bury the entire neighborhood, and what would i do with all the zombies?
Black Wolf, Fear, Fox, Red Fox, Story Series, Tender, Wolf, apocalypse, comfort, curtain, danger, panic, zombies