Guardian [Poem]
Why do you stand in the rain, little fox? Your whiskers are wet. Your tail is dripping. Your white fur is ...
The Fairy's Tale (Heat 15 preview)
Humans never tell the story right. To hear them, you would think that the heroes of history were actually fools, and the fools were actually heroes. You would think that simple maidens possessed better magical knowledge than the most learned witch....
The White World (Guild anthology preview)
"You're going to die if you keep this up, Estela." The lynx ignored the voice and hunkered down against the snow bank. She had a pair of binoculars pressed tight to her face, which had the benefit of keeping the freezing wind out of her eyes. Even...
The Bark-tenders
They came out only at night. As the first stars came out to prick holes in Mother Night's cloak and let her watch the slumbering world below, the bark-tenders stirred, staggered to their feet, and began their journey. Out they stepped from their tents...
The Sound of Neon
To hear humans talk about it, there's nothing like the colors of neon. Red, purple, orange, yellow, green, blue--every damn color of the rainbow in a tube blazing out a light that can be seen on the darkest, rainiest, foggiest nights the city can...
The Poet Monk
"The umber gush of flame, the silent roar of its passing. I feel no heat. I hear no sound. But I know that death is here, beckoning me closer." "Shut up! Shut up! Shutupshutupshutup, you fucker! I am trying to save your fucking life here." Viola...
Black Dogs review
Ursula Vernon's _Black Dogs_ are the sort of books that get written after an author read too many hackneyed _Lord of the Rings_knock-offs and vowed to do something constructive rather than beat the cliché-loving writers to death with their own...
The Aviatrix
"We got her cornered this time. Faster, men," belted a boorish looking old bulldog. Far up above, a trio of police dirigibles converged onto the museum, shining bright searchlights all over it. The roads were swarming with constables, running with one...
The Dark Blog: Submitting a novel
"Boy, I'd really love to submit a novel to Sofawolf." We hear those comments a lot, usually followed by a query or complaint about how the Sofawolf novel submissions are closed. Well, we're open again now! Sofawolf is ready to receive your...
Rat's Reputation: Redwall, new and improved
"This feels like _Redwall_," I thought as I cracked the spine on my copy of _Rat's Reputation_ and started to dig in. "No," I corrected myself as I flipped through more and more pages. "This feels like _Redwall_ done right." Many furries, myself...
Circles: a retrospective review
When I cracked the spine of _Circles_ and began to read, the first impression it left me with was one of a story dislodged in time. I know when it was published and yet when I try to square that timeframe with the story itself, something doesn't click....