Maximilian's Odyssey
The photos reeled through his mind. A young, pretty mouse holding a baby in her arms, smiling. A little mouse playing on a driftwood log lapped by the late-tide beach waves, his mother on the sand nearby. The same small mouse, older now, standing alone...
The Discovery
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right-for you'll be criticized for it anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."-Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) Cain brushed his short blue hair out of his eyes, staring at the early...
A Jaunt to the Local Bar
KHAE: Say "Nevermore." Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? Just this once, for me? DUO: Well, if I am going to do this I might as well do it properly. \*flies off\* \*comes back with a bust of Pallas floating behind him, which sets itself down on the...
The Raven's Shadow: Chapter One
I feel a vague sense of unease. This is an unusual feeling for me; and especially unusual for me to not know why it is there. I stare at the glass in front of me as I try to figure out the reason for the feeling yet again. The drink that I stare at was...
The Raven's Shadow, Chapter 2
For some hearing the Shadow's words would be enough to count as a religious experience. For others it would be considered an omen of death. I don't have either of these reactions; instead I find myself paralyzed with indecision. Most of me is in shock...