Sky Splitting
"I lost my job." "I'm sorry to hear that." Helix's tail twitched. Nym stood a good distance behind him, looking past his arching shoulders. As it turned out his friend, Aleks, was some sort of fluffy chipmunk. His eyes were watery and beneath his fur...
Underground in the Air
4 - Underground in the Air After a quick breakfast of packaged cookies and slimy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Helix ordered Nym not to leave the room. He grabbed the plastic bags as he stood up, bunching them and setting them on a table for...
Golden Rule Broken
5 - Golden Rule Broken Helix and Nym rose from the river, their fur still damp from the water. The wind rolled through the mountain, rustling the sun-doused leaves. The Human before them, a young woman with a flushed face and tautly tied hair, looked...
Onward
1 - Onward The police car rocked in the traffic. Its engine hummed beneath Nym's feet. He sat with his hands cuffed behind his back, a seatbelt strapped across his waist. The car wasn't a normal transportation vehicle. He and Helix had been stuck in a...
Motel Blues
3 - Motel Blues Helix smoked. This came as a surprise to Nym, who sat on the edge of the bed. Helix stood outside of the door, lighting a cigarette and puffing out into the rain-droplet drenched parking lot. Beat up cars lined one end. Some couple was...
Dead End Date
Jaecob sat with a cute bengal kitty in a floral summer dress. One of his arms was extended and wrapped around her, playing with her long, stringy braids. Sam sat uncomfortably in his seat, glancing over occasionally at his date, an awkward black lab...