Bat Outta Hell
Rakim and his mother moved to the West when he was but a child. He only remembered bits and pieces from those days, the way one tends to half-remember things from early childhood, before one is even of age for kindergarten. Buildings, landscapes,...
Deep Blue
He finally noticed her from above the pier as he flew overhead. Scylla was tied up to a pole, plunged so deep into the earth under the shallows that went back and forth between high and low tide between the shore and ocean that there was no way that...
Ripple Effect
'There is evil there that does not sleep.' (Boromir, about Mordor) "So..." Klein asked Fugue nervously, "what have you been up to?" He remembered the blowfish fondly, but there was something 'off' about him somehow that the skunk couldn't quite...
Idle Hands
Rakim had sort of told himself ahead of time that his date probably wasn't going to work out to guard against disappointment. He discovered that he didn't fully have a plan for if his date actually did work out, that he wasn't sure if he was even...
Wylde Fyre - Chapter Four
Understand it - and i should, as i am the head of this section of our organization - the plan for this area of operations was to destabilize the region through the international conflict, and to disrupt links between the people's republic of china and the islamic
Second Nature
"eh, i still can't hate her, it's just... you know her ending where she takes power and changes islam so it's men who have to wear veils?" his dragon eyes widened. "oh gosh, that's right." he hadn't been sure what to think about it at the time.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Rakim felt a cold bead of sweat dripping down his back. "Feel your 'sins crawling down your back,' buddy?" The bat looked up at her, mouth agape. "Huh?" The hare winked at him. "Relax, I'm just kidding around. Good luck, man!" she chirped. ...
Saved
If i hadn't been an immigrant, or a bat, or trans, or gay, or a muslim? what do you think i'd be like then?"
They Could Be Angels
"i was checking to see if some muslim friends of mine had showed up in their heaven yet." "you know that's not allowed. you have to stay in the heaven that you believed in, at least until you achieve the eighth level." "i didn't cross the border.
Flame War
Despite his best efforts, Rakim's fears around his Irshad's ongoing holy war against the flames continued to grow. "Do... Do you think you're going to be a firefighter for the rest of your life, mother?" Her countenance darkened a bit at this. "I know...
Wylde Fyre - Chapter Fourteen
Their commander had been pushing them hard, as they too had been pushed hard in the prosecution of war against the islamic republic's air and ground forces.
American Mustelid Alpha - Episode 2, "What Are The Chances?" - Part 2
I spent a good chunk of my life fighting for america's freedom in islamic countries, and still bear the signs on my body... but we did that to ensure that all americans could live without fearing another 9/11 - and that includes people like omar, like everyone