Earthshine
The night air was crisp and lovely, the summer sky was beautiful and lit up with stars but that was not what caught Reggie's attention. What did catch him was the moon, a perfect crescent. For years, the inquisitive wolf had wondered why on nights of...
Joyland
"Mom, why do I feel so weak all the time" Daniel said to his mother, a lioness who could not restrain tears as she told her son, who was not long for this world about the congenital leukemia he had. At times, Marisa would blame herself for her boy's...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
There were times that Chan really liked his sister Edna for her ability to manipulate the stars in Hollywood, to take her family out of a mundane situation through film, and make them truly appreciate their life. But there were times, like right now,...
Countdown
This is the day you've been waiting for. Your name is David Young, the tiger who will lead America against the Soviets in this all-important Cold War space race. And you couldn't sleep at all the night before. Though you had untill 4:30 to sleep, you...
Losing It
This was not how the dance routine was supposed to go for Cassandra the vixen. She was supposed to come in dancing and pirouetting like a ballerina- instead, after a tiring routine, rather than a triple spin she fell flat on her face literally, drawing...
Uncertainty and Doubt
"Baroch atah Adonai eloheynu, melech ha-olam priit ha-gafehn", the lion prayed lifting his goblet filled with wine for his solitary meal in the temple's attic. This was where Loew lived, symbolically, his life was completely committed to Judaism with...
The Stone Warrior
"Not again! Not after two months of repairing this storefront and now vandals have come to destroy it once more!" Eytan Goldstein said as his shop was ruined yet again by drunken hooligans. The humble store, once run by his father, sold rare fruits to...
Loew's Creation
One anti-Semitic indignity after another had befallen the friends and family of Rebbe Judah Lowe ben-Bezalel- whetehr or not the Prince professed a respect for the city's Jewish minority was irrelevant as private citizens would insult, hurt, rape and...
Natural Science- Permanent Waves
As much as Terry Barnhurst enjoyed his nice government job focusing on endangered species which allowed him a house in Charlotte's privileged side of town, the otter would need to engage in the kind of light-spirited play the species was known for. So...
Natural Science- Hyperspace
"So you see class, the entire universe is composed like a gigantic machine made up of interlocking wheels. All the events of this universe are governed by laws of physics- Buddha called these immutable, unchanging laws 'Dharmakaya' and he also believed...
The Script
It was just another day for the Vulpinos, working their orchard, whichin time had developed into more than just apples, pears, and oranges into grapes and berries as well. With the gradual ending of the Great Depression, which Chan Vulpino likened to...
The Earthquake
"It certainly feels empty without them here anymore" Chan Vulpino would often say of his grandparents and all the members of the interracial family. Clarice Vulpino and Sheng Lee would not be considered married and were as clergymen are wont to say...