The Gypsy's Curse
The Gypsy's Curse Bernie the mountain dog was leaving the fair with his new bride after an evening of carnival fun and gluttony when he bumped into a strangely dressed feline near the exit. "Hey, watch where you're going." The former All-Star...
A Child is Born in Bethlehem
A Child is Born in Bethlehem _And so it came to be that in the Islamic year anno Herirae 390, the benevolent and tolerant leaders of the Shia Fatimid Caliphate ordered a census in the recently conquered territory of Palestine so that they would have...
Tweet'n Donald
Tweetin' Donald (to the tune of Rockin' Robin) He tweets from the West Wing all night long Sendin' out facts that he knows are wrong And when they post them on NBC He tweets "Fake News is killin' me!" Tweetin' Donald, tweet, twiddle-dee...
They Could Be Angels
They Could Be Angels "Randolph, Nicole is here, finally." Randolph adjusted the halo around his antlers. "Send her in, Millie." The red panda who acted as his assistant left the office momentarily, returning with a female coyote in tow. She pushed...
Cold War, Colder Blood
Cold War, Colder Blood A Tale from the Agent's Lounge During the Cold War some of the prospective agents had been engaged in very aggressive activities; especially the undercover cops and Special Forces types. A few, like our Chief of Staff Silver,...
Fear
Fear The prisoner came too to find himself naked and chained to a sturdy wooden chair which was bolted to the floor. The room he was in was small, about twelve by twelve he guessed. The floor was cement. The walls were black. A single bright light...
30 Problems Only Canadians Will Understand
**30 Problems Only Canadians Will Understand** ** ** **1. People asking you to say 'aboot ' for them. 2. Having roads in our potholes. 3. Accidentally setting your keyboard to French and not realizing for the longest time. 4. When I Travel...
Darwin's Legacy 11- Flight and Capture
**Darwin's Legacy** **Chapter 11 - Flight and Capture** Patch shuddered as the hulking figures disappeared into the forest. _Strange folk these southerners_, he thought, _strange and frightening_. Patch was risking a lot by coming down here, and...
A Polar Bear's Christmas
A Polar Bear's Christmas Theodore Sidney Adams, Ted to his friends, when he had some, but never Teddy, rolled out of bed to greet a new day. According to the clock on the desk that was the principal piece of furniture in his efficiency apartment,...
The End is Where We Start From
The End is Where We Start From A tale from the Agent's lounge As I was saying the last time we talked, hardly anyone, myself excluded, ever grows up intending to be an espionage agent, intelligence analyst or assassin. My case is the exception...
Tales From the Agent's Lounge - Prologue
**Tales from the Agent's Lounge** Prologue Call me Gray, and not because it's my name, although it is, but rather because that is what I am: the gray man, the invisible one, the sponge that absorbs fears and desires and secrets and keeps them safe...
Why we have Chocolate Easter Eggs
# Why we have Chocolate Easter Eggs  Early one morning, just as the sun was rising, Peter the rabbit was hopping down the lane with a basket of clean white eggs. Peter, concerned that his friends and neighbours would have...