Winter: A Single Iteration
An old woman lived in a little cottage on the edge of the woods. It was nearing the end of winter, but the snow was still thick on the ground. She was in no distress, for she lived in a land of plenty where few lacked anything and she had much still...
It's All Fun and Games until…
Like a game of high speed chess, the blue fox chased the violet. The violet fox was younger and only reached up to their blue sibling's chest. While smaller, they had a stockier, heavier frame. The blue fox was more lithe, fine-boned, and built for...
Tripsat
Butterflies in my stomach. That's the cliche, though it feels more like a wolverine with insomnia rolling around, pawing at my guts. Finally, I'm going to do it. I'm going to get small for a night. They warn you not to. The PSAs are so odd. Warnings...
Canis Minor
Astronomers saw it first, a diffuse redness in the sky, tinting the stars. Some swore it turned the dark of space to Stygian scarlet, but that was nonsense. The obvious suggestion of a nebula was rejected when it _moved_ in ways nebulae don’t, and the...
Curiosity
Curiosity Paved the cat's way To the post-mortal realm Where forgotten names And shadows whisper All the things the living Don't dare let themselves Know that they know Some say that satisfaction Brought the cat back This is too false To be a lie,...
This Episode is Brought to you by the letter ‘D’ and the Number ‘9’
Dozens of dabbling diablers diabling decillions of diabolical devils! Detestable, damnable diableries! Dauntless, deific doom deluged on the diablers. Difficult to drown, they dwelt in dry dugouts downbelow the dolomite. Defiant diablers...
Lies
All foxes lie, prevaricate, deceive, mislead, misconstrue and generally distort the truth. We're famous for it and we're proud of it. It's fun, a good test of mental gymnastics. But when I was a little foxkit growing up, my mother told me that it was...
Tangent on a Tangent
I'm sorry about your dictionary. I took all the words out, leaving only blank pages. I was inspired, you see; a little crackle of imagination set my mind afire, and I knew I had to make something wonderful. It's just like when poor Victor first loved...
Five
Once upon a time, there were five foxes. One was white, one was red, one was blue, one was green, and one was black. They got together and decided that they would rule the world. They couldn't agree on a way to take it over, so they decided that each...
Psychedelic Egregore
“We used to trip out on drugs, but now, we trip out on demons.” I think everyone in the current generation has said that to their parents when young and feeling rebellious. A cry of independence and defiance that we were no longer dependent on...
Interplanetary
Dari flew over purple forests, darting between breaks in the clouds to let the sunlight warm his fur. He was finishing up a last survey run of the planet. It wasn’t strictly necessary, there was no essentially new information, but he was there to get...