Skipping Out
"Gin," declared the raccoon, placing a card face down on the discard stack and facing his hand. He looked up at Captain Reinhardt, eyes dark and glistening in the characteristic black mask of fur that his genetic model line featured. The captain looked...
Defiant
Tezkee stopped and looked up— something was watching him. He was halfway across one of the vine-woven bridges that tied the trees of his village together when he felt the fur across his shoulders and back prickle with awareness. His friend Khaztik...
The Lure
"Got one!" announced Haz without looking up from the display. He studied the telemetry superimposed on the telescopic view of the nearby asteroids for another minute or two before repeating himself, louder this time. "Mel, I got one! Wake up!" he said...
Speak to Me of Summer
"Where you heading?" asked HotSauce while stirring his drink around. "Don't know," I lied. I covered it by taking a long draw from mine through a straw. HotSauce drank from his, straight from the tall glass as only a human could without spilling...
Salvage
On the floor at the foot of the girl's bed Felicia perked her fox-like ears and sat up. Someone had entered the bedroom. She was alert for late intrusions; they sometimes meant trouble. "Wake up, sweetie, we have to go," said the man, rubbing his...
Shadow
The orcs have returned. I can hear them just outside, squabbling and arguing and goading each other into facing me. To rouse me to battle as if I were thralls like them. I did not need them to tell me there were invaders in the mountain. The thing...