Going Concerns (Chapter 10)
And if there are any buyers we get records of in ranea, they'll at least be questioned. i suspect most of the furs didn't stay in country, though. we'd ask too many questions. overseas, or better yet through the gate."
Indigo Rain (Part 1)
Roulette, a young raccoon dancer, dreams of moving to ranea's capital city-state and marrying into a better life.
Going Concerns (Chapter 6)
None of them stay in ranea. a lot end up making a big circuit back to raneadhros and out through the great gate to entirely different worlds." "that's still terrible!" "yeah. terrible. that's why i came to you in the first place."
Going Concerns (Chapter 8)
Mustels were one of the least common races in ranea--all the evidence suggested they weren't native to the world, although current theories held that only humans and melifen had supportable claims to be native--and badgers were uncommon even among mustels.
Going Concerns (Chapter 1)
It's a comic suspense story set in ranea, a "low fantasy" victorian era world that mixes humans and several animal-people races, including the l'rovri and melifen--wolves and felines--that annie and gibson, the story's main characters, belong to.
Going Concerns (Chapter 3)
Whatever else she thought of Gibson, Annie couldn't accuse him of coming unprepared. He'd brought a better lockpick set than she owned--well, than the one she _had_ owned, before she'd had to sell it--and had let both of them into Union's office so...
Going Concerns (Chapter 2)
Before last year, Annie had been in Guard stations perhaps once before in her life. After last year, she'd hoped to never be in one again. They'd been unfailingly polite throughout that investigation, which she'd started out appreciating but ended up...
Shattered Stone (Part 2)
She woke up to the sound of a soft tapping at her door. She blinked sleep out of her eyes, and looked at the clock; the hour suggested it should be twilight. Sitting up in bed, she arranged the sheet around herself and unlatched the door from across...
Going Concerns (Chapter 9)
Sinvy had reached the hotel room before they did; as they walked down the hallway toward him, he had his own pocketwatch out. "There you are!" he exclaimed. "You're five minutes late!" "That's it?" Gibson sounded surprised. "We made better time than I...
Going Concerns (Chapter 7)
"So you're saying _you're_ our original informant." They guided him inside, Annie only letting go of his arm once he'd been guided to the couch and forcibly sat down between them. The Rilima nodded, readjusting his shirt collar and glaring at Annie....
Going Concerns (Chapter 5)
"They did a good job cleaning up." Scava had dropped into a crouch to examine the floor right after entering Annie's apartment, just three steps ahead of her. She managed not to trip over him, but made a point of walking around him with exaggerated...
Going Concerns (Chapter 4)
Annie couldn't remember when she'd managed to get to sleep. It was before sunrise, at least. Betteridge and Ayalin hadn't asked too many questions of her, and had asked even fewer questions that hadn't already been asked--and answered--with their...