Addiction Therapy: First Session
"Dr. Gyle, your 2:30 is here." The words were tinny-sounding and hollow, as if spoken in some alien interrogation room, and looking up from the case file he had been rifling through, the middle-aged white lion gave the intercom device that sat on his...
The BBQ
Theodore stepped out into the hot afternoon air, squinting and raising a paw to shield himself from the assault of the midday sun. Summertime was always a welcome break from school but the heat could become unbearable at times for the 18 year old...
Captain's Report
We apprehended the man in the middle of the street after having received numerous reports and complaints of a hunched-over traveler, staggering about and raving loudly at the populace. His appearance was unkempt, swaddled in a large, tattered, blue...
Thief's Confession
"So, it's like ah saw a fella stroll in, right? Right outa tha cold, wrapped up in a nasty blue cloak an look'n like he ain't got a thing in tha world. Was just mind'n mah own business, see? Just try'n ta keep the bones warm, ya know? Ain't noth'n...
The Tower
There is the presence of other things. Here. Unanswered. Calling children on unseen leashes dance on the utterly devastated void--strings of life. Prophetic visions unseen. Unheard. Cast down into the well of of our understanding. Tomorrow we will die...
Alchemist's Letter #1
Dearest Falutrav, It has been some time since our last correspondence, my friend. I hope all is well and that business is good for you. With the unseasonable weather we have been having here I am afraid to say that my supply has been outstripped by...