A Dinner Date for Hunter
A Dinner Date for Hunter By Jenny Harlow The van stopped outside the restaurant, Tim again walked around to the other side of the van. This time Hunter was able to carefully ease himself out from the seat. He landed, gently grabbing Tim's arm to...
I Dream of Trees
I was happiest when I could wake up and see the trees. I would get out of bed and dig my claws into the grungy carpet, open the bedroom door and stand in front of the living room window, stretching and unfurling my wings. The trees in the park across...
A Tuesday for Hunter
A Tuesday for Hunter By: Jenny Harlow Tim woke up, Hunter was shaking in his sleep. He would make a small whimper every now and again. "Hunter?" He shook the wolf gently. Hunter sat up on the bed, staring out into space, his eyes open but...
What is a Man?
"Don't you miss anything about being a man?" Raichu asked Gardevoir. "As fun as it's been, I still don't really feel like a girl." Gardevoir narrowed her eyes with a raised brow, Raichu looking into her coffee to avoid meeting her gaze. It had...
A Burger for Hunter
A Burger for Hunter (Also called: The Day A Burger Changed A Life). By: Jenny Harlow Hunter didn't know what else to do but swallow his pride and beg, his stomach was cramping so badly despite the fact that he didn't seem hungry. He just figured...
A Heartbreak for Hunter
A Heartbreak for Hunter By: Jenny Harlow Hunter stood up after dinner was finished. There was little conversation during dinner, save for Jackie passing awkward compliments on to Tim, who smiled slightly and made faint sounds of acknowledgement....
Sand in the Gears
It wasn't easy to meet people. First you wanted someone who'd get past all the things that most people couldn't get past about you. That was already a big one, especially for someone like Rakim. Then you needed someone who'd be willing and able to...
Concerning Flight
Like the other teenagers at his high school, Rakim took an interest in video games. While the lower middle class meant his range of access could be somewhat limited, it became something he'd spent spare money on as soon as he had it, at least, for a...
Bat Outta Hell
Rakim and his mother moved to the West when he was but a child. He only remembered bits and pieces from those days, the way one tends to half-remember things from early childhood, before one is even of age for kindergarten. Buildings, landscapes,...
Saltwater
Mano had tried to have been just as optimistic about them moving from the Middle East to Brazil as she'd been about them having moved from India to the Middle East in the first place. Cephalopods were relentlessly curious creatures, always exploring...
Idle Hands
Rakim had sort of told himself ahead of time that his date probably wasn't going to work out to guard against disappointment. He discovered that he didn't fully have a plan for if his date actually did work out, that he wasn't sure if he was even...
Lemmings
Rakim had flown to Ogun's for their gaming night this time - in the wake of what had happened, they'd become afraid to walk outside. "All right... Let's see, let's see, what do we have here..." The chimera sifted through his games absent-mindedly,...