Concerning Flight
Like the other teenagers at his high school, Rakim took an interest in video games. While the lower middle class meant his range of access could be somewhat limited, it became something he'd spent spare money on as soon as he had it, at least, for a...
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,...
Sources
Eli had always had body issues because of her shitty upbringing. Half sea turtle, half hermit crab, she suffered from the intersecting stigmas of fish, reptiles and hybrids alike. She needed to breathe but also to stay moist to be able to stay alive,...
For Your Paws Only - Chapter 4
Even though indonesia was a muslim nation they were not fanatics about it. like with the prostitution, they tolerated alcohol in the urban centres were non-believers and foreigners congregated. vikki drank her glass in one gulp.
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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.
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?"