Catching the Outlines
A sigh ... ... and a mew (from the skunk). And a squeak (from the mouse). The patter-pat-pat of water streaming from the shower-head. To their fur. Soaking him (and her), and dripping, swirling to the drain, and ... A few huffs, and ... ...
Advance
"My parents used to argue ... about stupid things, you know?" Audrey poked at her breakfast. Scrambled eggs. Toast with strawberry jam. "I just ... I hated it," she whispered. "It was so ... I mean, I would listen to it, and I would think to myself,...
Raspberry Iced Tea
AUTHOR'S NOTE -- This is the Season Two premiere of 'The Sheridan Conspiracy.' Season One centered around Sheridan, Indiana. Season Two here ... is set in Sheridan, Wyoming. "How'd you get your name, Perry ... " ... was the whisper. In...
Crackers Don't Matter
A trail of cheddar-cheese crackers. Fish-shaped, orange-colored crackers. Little crackers on the floor ... in the corridors. The bat, curious (and squinting), followed the trail ... ... which had been waiting for her, seemingly, on E-deck....
Seventeenth Straight Sheridan Spring Spaghetti Social
"There's no olive oil ... " "Are you SERIOUS?" Field went to the cupboards (in, this, the kitchen of the Sheridan Friends Church), and sniffed about. Nose and whiskers! Wide-eyed. "Mm ... we'll just have to get some," Adelaide reasoned. "Calm...
Moments of Transition
"Options?" Wren asked. "We got rid of the wasps, didn't we?" Pyro asked. "So, now, it's ... safe to fire the devices from orbit. Destroy that building, and ... that portal. Whatever that thing is ... " "If there's even ONE wasp we didn't...
No Hiding Place
The sound of a (very) dim neon light. Nothing else ... but his ragged breathing. A small creek of blood ran from an ear ... his ear. Right ear. A sad sniff ... a weak sniff-twitch. His paws and foot-paws ... bound. By a wiry rope that nearly...
Sepia-Hued Dangers
"Life-signs?" "None ... I mean, none ... none sentient." Wren nodded. Taking a step forward, eying the viewer. Eying the world on the screen. Oh, it had blues, and it had greens ... and even purples. And it had continents and oceans, and ......
The Inner Light
Fork cut into cake. Chilled, layered ... lemon cake. Lemon-velvet, to be exact. And the squirrel, with a piece of cake on the silver, shiny fork ... guided it upward. Assumpta blinked. Eyes crossing (involuntarily) at the confection being held in...
Those Stubborn Similitudes
"I'm not from this universe," explained Pyro. "I'm not from here." A pause. "I was brought here by the wasps. The wasps assimilate." "Assimilate?" "Not from this universe?" Pyro ignored the questions. Explaining, "The wasps ... they...
While We Decompress
"There you are. You sleepy yet?" Adelaide whispered. "Mm?" Standing in the corridor (right outside Ketchy's quarters). The squirrel handed Akira over. "She's been wide-eyed all evening." "No problems?" The bat shifted her daughter in her...
Daffodil Yellow
"Maybe they're just curious." "Curious," the mouse whispered, letting out a breath. "Or suspicious. Or ... no, it's ... " He went quiet. She was driving. Him in the passenger seat. "Bats are only 1.6 percent of the population, Field. Mice...