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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...

Alien, Alternate Society, Anarchosocialism, Avian, Bird, Bug, Character Development, Cockroach, Crime, Cyborg, Death, Dinosaur, Electricity, Female, Feral, Food, Fossils, Friendship, Heron, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Knitting, Mammal, Mine, Multi-furry, Multifurry, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Oil, Pet, Plant, Plot Development, Reptile, Roach, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Smuggling, Story Arc, Story Series, Transhumanism, Treehopper, Treetops, Turbine, Video Games, Waterwheel, animal, apple, crystal, dam, drill, gaming, insomnia, multi, partner, pets, space opera, stegosaur, water, wood carving, work

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...

Alien, Alternate Society, Android, Anthro, Avian, Barter, Bird, Bird of Paradise, Bug, Character Development, Cockroach, Cyborg, Death, Doctor, Dodo, Electricity, Female, Friendship, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Library, Lizard, Machine, Mammal, Mantis, MtF, Noir, Novel, Organ transplant, Panda, Paper wasp, Plant, Plot arc, Reptile, Roach, Robot, Scarf, Science-fiction, Space, Transformation, Transgender, Transhumanism, Tree, Wasp, antennae, bargaining, dismemberment, genetic engineering, healing, origami, paper, parent, pets, puffin, roommate, sibling, space opera, spaceship, toucan, trans, trees, writing

For Sore Eyes

Rakim had met Dana after he'd already gone out with Ogun, Soma, and Scylla. He'd still been pre-op at the time. Fortunately, they hadn't had any hang-ups about it. They were an... equal opportunity employer, as far as such matters were concerned....

Agnostic, Agnosticism, Android, Anglerfish, Arabic, Bat, Battle, Bisexual, Blind, Blindfold, Chimera, Cute, Cyborg, Dark, Dragon, Dryad, FTM, Female, Fight Scene, Fighting, Fish, Flute, Friends with benefits, Friendship, Gorgon, Hybrid, Islam, Lion, Love, Machine, Male, Mammal, Mild Romance, Morphing, Mother, Music, Muslim, Mythological Creature, Non-binary, Open relationships, Petrification, Ram, Reptile, Robot, Shapeshifting, Shark, Silat, Snake, Snake charmer, Snake charming, Son, Spider, Transformation, Transgender, Transhumanism, boyfriend, chiroptera, claw, combat, creepy, echolocation, genderqueer, hammer, kick, martial arts, medusa, metamorphosis, polyamory, transman

Second Nature

"Oh, they came up with something new in prosthetics just last year, it turns out," his dragon head turned to the bat as they gamed, back to sitting side by side in his apartment facing his screen, just as they'd been before. "Oh, what?" he tilted his...

Amputation, Arabic, Arachnid, Arachnomorph, Bat, Bird, Butterfly, Character Development, Chimera, Cyborg, Dragon, Dryad, Environmentalism, FTM, Family, Female, Fire, Fish, Friendship, Frog, Gay, Gorgon, Homosexual, Hybrid, Immigrant, Islam, Lion, Love, Male, Mammal, Morphing, Mother, MtF, Multifurry, Muslim, Mythological Creature, Nature, Open relationships, Otters, Plants, Ram, Rat, Relationships, Religion, Reptile, Romance, Series, Shapeshifting, Shark, Silat, Skunk, Snake, Son, Spider, Squirrel, Technopagan, Technopaganism, Transformation, Transgender, Transhumanism, Veil, Video Games, Weasel, boyfriend, coming of age, cricket, dragonfly, gaming, genderqueer, martial arts, medusa, moth, multi, polyamory, prosthetics, sound, technology, transman, trees

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...

Alien, Alternate Society, Altruism, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Asexual, Avian, Bird, Bug, Cannibalism, Car, Cockroach, Crinoid, Cyborg, Daughter, Death, Dinosaur, Female, Fish, Forest, Friendship, Giraffe, Hybrid, Ichthyosaur, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Junkyard, Lamprey, Machine, Mammal, Mantis, Mother, MtF, Murder, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Piloting, Plant, Reptile, Revenge, River, Roach, Robot, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Scifi, Socialism, Solute, Space, Stinging, Story Arc, Story Progression, Story Series, Transgender, Transhumanism, Tree, Walkingstick, acacia, ace, anarchy, ants, cars, driving, flamingo, friend, kid, mount, needle, park, partner, remora, rooftop, roommate, space opera, spaceship, syringe, tendril, termite, trans, vore

Crosswinds

'Housewives should make $115,000 a year.' \*\*\* "'But there are no pixies!' the housewife protested. 'There's no such thing as pixies!'" Fran's mom had told her this story more times than she could remember when she'd been a child. "'It was...

Alien, Alternate Society, Altruism, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Anteater, Barter, Beetle, Bird, Bird of Paradise, Bug, Canary, Cannibalism, Carpenter, Cigarette, Cockroach, Cutter, Cyborg, Daughter, Death, Desert, Dinosaur, Dodo, Female, Forest, Friendship, Giraffe, Grove, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Kiwi, Knitting, Machine, Mammal, Mammoth, Mantis, Mine, Mother, MtF, Multi-furry, Multifurry, Noir, Novel, Pet, Pixie, Plant, Reptile, Roach, Robot, Salt, Scarf, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Smoking, Socialism, Space, Story Progression, Story Series, Transgender, Transhumanism, Tree, Treehouse, Treetops, Trilobite, Worm, anarchy, animals, antlion, ants, brontosaur, cig, gas mask, jungle, multifur, pets, pickax, seeds, smoke, trading, trans, trenchcoat, water, wood

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...

Action, Adventure, Alien, Aliens, Alpaca, Alternate Society, Anarchosocialism, Android, Avian, Barter, Bird, Bolas, Bug, Bugs, Character Development, Cockroach, Communicator, Conveyor belt, Cooking, Cyborg, Darts, Dung Beetle, Electricity, Farming, Female, Forest, Hedge, Hedgehog, Homework, Ice, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Kiwi, Knitting, Mammal, Mantis, Mule, Multi-furry, Multifurry, Multitasking, Needles, Net, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Plant, Plot Development, Porcupine, Roach, Robot, Rock, SFW, Scarf, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Shroud, Space, Space pirates, Story Arc, TV, Television, Transhumanism, Walkingstick, Wallet, animals, carrot, chores, dishes, engineering, film noir, knife, laundry, martial arts, metamorphosis, multi, multifur, phone, pine, planet, puffin, sewing, space opera, spaceship, web, wood, wood carving, xenophilia, yarn

Spare Parts

"Waste not, want not." [FLICK!] "[-'told me to be careful so the people who take the recycling out of the bags don't cut their hands on them,' the actress on the talk show had said, 'and it just hit me right then - how many of us even think of the...

Alien, Alternate Society, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Asexual, Atheism, Atheist, Avian, Bird, Bird of Paradise, Bug, Canyon, Cartoon, Character Development, Cigarette, Cockroach, Coyote, Cyborg, Death, Dinosaur, Dodo, Egypt, Electronics, Female, Fighting, First Nations, Game, Gore, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Machine, Mad science, Mammal, Mantis, MtF, Multi-furry, Multifurry, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Possum, Postfurry, Recycling, Reptile, Roach, Robot, Rock, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Scifi, Smoking, Socialism, Space, Story Arc, Story Progression, Story Series, TV, Television, Transgender, Transhumanism, Video Games, ace, anarchy, animal, cleaning, cliff, documentary, empathy, fall, gaming, hadrosaur, igloo, mental health, multi, multifur, partner, phobia, pirates, repair, roadrunner, spaceship, trans

Set In Stone

* * * * * * "What does she do, exactly?" Fran's best friend's story had been about a serial killer. "She never even touches them," the jackal's best friend had started. "She just talks to them. She learns everything about their lives, their...

Alien, Alternate Society, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Asexual, Avian, Bird, Blue Jay, Book, Bug, Cockroach, Communicator, Communism, Cyborg, Death, Deinonychus, Dinosaur, Female, Fire, Fish, Forest, Friendship, Game, Giraffe, Hybrid, Ice, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Knitting, Mammal, Mosquito, MtF, Multi-furry, Multifurry, Museum, Mushroom, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Piloting, Plant, Pleco, Postfurry, Reptile, Roach, Rock, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Scifi, Simulation, Socialism, Space, Stone, Story Arc, Story Progression, Story Series, Tardigrade, Transgender, Transhumanism, Tree, Trilobite, Wood-carving, Zoo, acacia, ace, anarchy, ants, cane, friend, gaming, hamster, hummingbird, multi, multifur, partner, phone, roommate, talking, technology, trans, video game, work

And I Must Scream

"You go to hell for the company, and to heaven for the peace and quiet." "Sometimes it's more gradual than people talk about," Fran's roommate had tried to explain. "Like, on TV you'll see oh, this person's reacting to this specific crisis, she's...

Adventure, Alien, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Aromantic, Asexual, Atheism, Atheist, Avian, Bird, Book, Bug, Burn, Camel, Centipede, Character Development, Cigarette, Cockroach, Communism, Cuckoo, Cyborg, Death, Depression, Desert, Dinosaur, Duck, Electricity, Female, Fire, Fish, Flashlight, Flashlight fish, Forest, Freezing, Friendship, Glowworm, Ice, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Machine, Mammal, Mantis, Mine, Monster, Mop, MtF, Multi-fur, Multi-furry, Multifurry, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Parrot, Pirate, Plant, Pleco, Pleco fish, Plot Development, Postfurry, Pterodactyl, Rain, Reptile, Roach, Robot, Rubber, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Scifi, Silkworm, Smoking, Socialism, Space, Story Arc, Suicide, Transgender, Transhumanism, ace, anarchy, anxiety, aro, burning, cactus, camo, cleaning, clock, crystal, docks, flamethrower, fog, freeze, friend, frozen, invertebrate, light, lightning, mental health, multifur, partner, phobia, planet, puffin, roommate, saving, spaceship, toucan, trans, trenchcoat, vomit, water

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...

Alternate Society, Anarchism, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Angel, Anteater, Asexual, Atheism, Atheist, Barter, Bug, Cage, Caltrops, Canyon, Cigarette, Cockroach, Communicator, Communism, Cyborg, Daughter, Death, Electricity, Family, Female, Feminism, Forest, Fox, Friendship, Geothermal, Grandmother, Ice, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Lighter, Machine, Mammal, Mantis, Mine, Monk, Mother, MtF, Multi-furry, Multifurry, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Opossum, Pet, Piloting, Plant, Possum, Postfurry, Roach, Robot, Rock, SFW, Scarf, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Scifi, Socialism, Solute, Space, Stone, Story Arc, Story Progression, Story Series, Swamp, Temple, Trade, Transgender, Transhumanism, Wolf, Zoo, ace, anarchy, ant, antlion, ants, class, cleaning, cliff, crystal, engineering, exercise, friend, hammer, martial arts, mining, multi, multifur, needle, partner, pets, phobia, pills, planet, poor, rich, roommate, space opera, spaceship, syringe, technology, trading, trans, tunnel, wind, wood carving, work

The Hand You're Dealt

"Forgetting someone is killing them twice." Fran had kept having a harder and harder time dealing with her best friend's coma alone, while her roommate had kept having a harder and harder time dealing with living in a graveyard full of dead...

Acrobatics, Adventure, Alien, Alternate Society, Amnesia, Anarchism, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Android, Aromantic, Asexual, Atheism, Atheist, Avian, Battle, Bear, Bird, Bug, Character Development, Cockroach, Coma, Communism, Crime, Crinoid, Cryonics, Cyborg, Death, Depression, Fear, Female, Fight, Food, Friendship, Ghost, Giraffe, Grasshopper, Grassroots, Hive mind, Hybrid, Ice, Immortality, Insect, Investigation, Jackal, Lamprey, Love, Machine, Mammal, Mantis, Morphing, MtF, Multi-fur, Multi-furry, Multifurry, Murder, Mystery, Needles, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Panda, Partners, Pet, Pirate, Plant, Plot Development, Polar Bear, Postfurry, Revolution, Roach, Robot, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Science-fiction, Scifi, Shapeshifting, Ships, Smuggle, Smuggling, Socialism, Space, Space pirates, Staff, Stealing, Story Arc, Tardigrade, Theft, Tool, Transformation, Transgender, Transhumanism, Transwoman, Whodunit, ace, anarchy, ant, ants, aro, bamboo, baseball bat, combat, flamingo, friend, invertebrate, loss, martial arts, mental health, metamorphosis, mugging, multifur, orchid, partner, pets, planet, puffin, roommate, spaceships, steal, thief, thieves, tools, trans, trenchcoat, work