Cleaning Up
Raz pulled the plastic booties on over his feet and took a couple steps. It reminded him of the padded booties he'd worn as an EMT, only lighter and more flimsy. The fox rubbed the fabric between his fingers, then reached around back to pull the tail...
Getting To Sleep (Brenly)
Getting To Sleep (Brenly) One of the things I didn't expect when I got older was how much I would learn to value sleep, and how elusive it would become. Nights like tonight, I lie in bed and feel as though I am being taxed: a minute of wakefulness for...
Divisions, Chapter Two: Family Meeting (partial)
It's funny, weird--Lee has a word for it, I'm sure. As we head for the stairs, I feel more worried than when I'm stepping onto the football field. In a game, I know pretty much what's going to happen, how the eleven guys across the line are going to...
Heart
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE NOVEL "ISOLATION PLAY." PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. This is the story I wrote to thank everyone for their support of "Isolation Play" in its release year--it sold a thousand copies, and that means I write a...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 14
"Come on," he said, reaching his decision. "Where we goin'?" Helfer heard Vin hop to his feet, the rustle of dislodged cloth falling to the floor. He patted the papers in his purse and grabbed the other weasel by the paw. "To the palace."...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 7
Helfer glared back. "Are you threatening me, cutie?" he said. The badger drew up short and blinked. "Wot's 'at mean?" Behind him, the rat broke into a chuckle. "Reckon it means yer his type, Hensley." "Look," the badger said, but his...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 3
He'd never been one to waste too much time on decisions. An open door across the hall from him beckoned; quickly, he slipped inside and pressed himself to the wall next to the door, listening. Dereath had indeed been coming up to the stairs, and to...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 2
The run could wait, after all; summer was drawing to an end, and there wouldn't be many more fine days, but this looked to be one. He jogged to the main entrance and slipped inside the wooden doors to the cool of the stone hallway. The waking...
Love Match Prologue
Let's assume you've got a job. Okay, you're a call center employee or a concession stand worker or a guy who makes tennis balls in a factory or a system administrator. That's a real thing, right? My agent was talking to one when she was getting my...
Shadow of the Father, Chapter One
Chapter 1: The Steward of Dewanne By the time the second month of summer had come and gone, the novelty of the locusts had faded, but Yilon still relished the bitter taste and crunch of them. They flew stupidly into the darkness of his...
Green Fairy Excerpt #1
Sol was only reading a news story about a college student who'd killed himself, but the student had been gay, so when the young wolf's fur prickled with the feeling of someone staring at him, he hid the story behind the picture of a car on a local auto...