What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book I: Chapter 3
**III** **Necessary Violence** The light gray rat looked down at the shorter rat sitting next to him. He was busy scowling as he looked at the chunk of bread in his paws. The short rodent groaned, preparing to throw the bread in the dirt. The...
The Aces of Lylat, Chapter 3: No "I" in "Star Fox"
The sky was crowded today. Star Fox couldn't help but feel very cramped as they flew alongside the Star Dog team. Their Arwings were a little too close to Star Dog's Spiked Collars, their customized starships. The spacecrafts were shorter than the...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 15
**XXXIX** **Confession Time** The ferret exhaled as he grabbed another bottle of rum and started to drink. Traegar snorted as he paced back and forth, staring at Glud as he grasped his dirk with one paw. Kurwin removed the bottle from his lips and...
Beasts, Arc I: Un-Bear-able (Part 5)
Welton smacked noisily as he bit into his chili cheeseburger, waiting patiently inside Cindy's car while she was busy talking to another one of Gomez's contacts. The bear looked outside the window, slightly paranoid that someone or something was...
Beasts, Arc I: Un-Bear-able (Part 2)
She didn't have the patience right now, not after hearing what happened last night. The private investigator knocked on the bear's door several times, huffing as she straightened up her short hair and rubbed her nose. "Dammit, Welton, wake up,"...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 6
**XXX** **Leave Nobeast Behind** The rat snickered as he waved the humongous block of cheese in front of the other rodent's face. The smaller, weaker rat whined noisily as he reached up and tried to grab it. "Give it!" The bigger rat...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book I: Chapter 7
**VII** **The Beast without a Heart** Days had passed, but he finally found it. As shady as the prickly beast was, Log-a-Log's information was accurate. Just beyond the cliffs and sitting out on the beaches was the incomplete fortress. It didn't...
Hellhounds: Of High Priority
**Hellhounds: Of High Priority** I had trouble sleeping that night. I didn't know why, but being in a room with just one of the other hounds was upsetting my subconscious, and I couldn't stop tossing and turning in my sleep. I wasn't having a...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 8
**XXXII** **All Together Now** One last play. Lizards wouldn't help him. Pirates wouldn't help him. The goodbeasts of the forest definitely wouldn't go near him once they figured out who he was. So that only left the Guosim. He ran across the...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book I: Chapter 15
**XV** **Talking Helps** He kept thinking about his family. It seemed like it was the only thought that kept him going, that told him he was doing the right thing. What he did, who he killed, what he kept his mouth shut about, was all for the sake...
What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book I: Chapter 8
**VIII** **It's Never Perfect** Almost dawn. Almost time for Blackheart and his army to meet their demise. The sun wasn't beginning to rise just yet, but it wasn't so dark outside now. All the hares could see more clearly, despite the fact that...
The Aces of Lylat, Interlude: Star Dog
The shirtless plump bulldog exhaled as he saw the sliding door open up. Volcano panted for a moment before he wiped some of the sweat off his forehead, exhausted after working out in the gym. He walked inside his team's cabin, glad that he finally had...