Just Breathe - Introduction
Dying Breath Inhale. God above, the pain is unbearable. Exhale. The relief is slight and I cringe despite myself. My broken body doesn't want to listen to me anymore. It's so hard to breathe. Inhale, cough up blood. Exhale, hear the rattle of...
A World Apart - Prologue
There has always been something about this time of year that has bothered me. I have never been able to put a finger on exactly what it is that makes me so upset with it, though I know a few of the contributing factors. Something does not add up. I...
The Double Life - Chapter 3
The Road From Hell It's going to take more than the mediocre beer and a few smokes to calm myself down from that horror. As soon as I can move my own arms again instead of whatever fake thing I was appearing as in that weird as hell hole in my...
The Double Life - Chapter 2
Sweet Freedom It feels like it's been ages since I was able to feel my physical body stretch, joints in tail, spine, and arms all creaking and popping where needed, getting me to let out a very contented purr. The idiot is still asleep, now in the...
Jingle - Chapter 1
A soft jingle rose above the silence that ruled these empty halls. As I walked across the smooth floor, I bounced a little with every step to make the chains on my pants clink together, causing the only noise around me. I smiled to myself, swaying my...
Four Minds - 1
A gust of wind whipped down a sparsely forested mountainside, howling wildly as it made its way through the trees unhindered by the thin branches on the hardy plants. Scars pockmarked the hardened soil and scorch marks adorned the trees that still...
Malevolence - An Introduction
Ideas flowed through my mind as my eyes darted between the vixen standing before me and the door just behind her and the .357 revolver held firmly in the paw of the female. Tears streamed down the vixen's cheeks as she faced me with her ears pressed...
What is it to Love?
Loves now past flash through my mind People now gone to my heart I bind Friends and family, strangers and foes To all of them a simple question I pose There's so many words we use every day Each one unique in its own special way But certain...
Hive Mind
A sleek head raised up from the underbrush to the far off harmony of cracking branches; the noise reaching the slim creature's auditroy senses as it turned it's eyeless head towards the origin of the disturbance. A guttural rumble escaped the...
Just Breathe - Chapter 5
Return to Form It is a very informative winter. Even just that night, with the maned wolf curled up at my side and the genet sitting across the fire from us, so many of my questions have found answers. The horrid truth of it is, though, that they...
Just Breathe - Chapter 4
A Real Eye-Opener I've always been the adaptable sort. From early on, even in primary school, I've been able to roll with the changes to my surroundings, whether it be new faces or new places or new experiences. This ability was uniquely useful for...
Snow
I hate moving. I don't like leaving behind people that I've only just gotten a chance to get to know; friends that I've just made. I should be used to uprooting at a moment's notice by this point, but it's not natural for me, not even in the slightest....