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...
Soul Makossa- Part Two
The night finally did arrive for Malcolm Mwebaka- the canid would have to forsake two weeks' salary and most, if not all, of the church's stipend just to get in the door and he would have to use all his rainy-day money just to get cross town from...
Singing Land
"Why are we meeting him? He's an old codger who doesn't know anything," the wolf cub said to his mother, as they walked beneath the maple trees leading to the hidden forest clearing on this moonlit night. "He is a coyote of great wisdom who has...
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...
Miracle of the Gulls
It had been another frustrating day for Eli Parhamm, the fox. But this frustrating day was simply indicative of the entire year of 1848 for the farmners of Deseret- the farmers who had spent hours in the hot sun over the summer would have their hard...
Red Barchetta
"Well today's Sunday, April 2nd- your 18th birthday. You're going to see your uncle. He says he's got this gift he wants to show you Daniel". the coyote's mother told him as they packed their belongings up for a one-hour bus ride out of the big city to...
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,...
Camera Eye: London
The trans-Atlantic flight was long enough but it was when Olivia figured that her fox boyfriend who was also her employer was quite the restless one that she wished the Atlantic was a lot smaller. As smart and wonderful a male fox as he was, confining...
Rocket Town
I could have sworn I met that guy, even though no directory or address book says he exists in Houston or Conroe or anywhere near the coasts. Perhaps Angel Martinez's first name was indeed who he was because he knew things that no one else would know...
Himalaya
Daniel could remember when he first started- it was at base camp early in the morning. Daniel Jenner and his tiger guide Tenzing Norgay III together breathed sighs of relief when they reached Camp IV, 6,065 metres (19,000 ft.) above sea level. Beyond...
Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres
I. Prelude "When our weary world was young The struggle of the ancients first began The gods of love and reason Sought alone to rule the fate of man We battle through the ages But still neither force will yield The people are divided ...
Middletown Dreams
The office door swung open revealing a coyote who had seen better days. Oh, how Adam would wish for those hours to pass more quickly while staring blankly at a computer screen and the clock for hours, pretending to work hard when his boss or other...