Those Two Loose Screws
### Chapter 1—CHIPEWYAN In the year Samuel's sister had twin cubs and the housing market crashed again, north Saskatchewan caught fire and burned for a whole summer of smoky red skies. The spring after, a dozen new fire lookout positions were posted...
Let's Go Looking for Horses
### Chapter 1—DIVIDE The five of them had gone foxtrotting into the woods in search of horses every summer since they were cubs. Originally it'd been the eight of them, but Lev was dead, Jesse had fallen off the face of Saskatchewan a few years...
Dead Doves and Bad Decisions
### Chapter 1--HUGO After he'd been banned from _Vertigo_ for letting some wolf hike his scut on the dance floor--it wasn't that kind of club--Lyle figured out what his problem was. The deer had shitty taste in men. All it took was a firm grasp on his...
Who's Good?
### Who's Good? You asked who's good, I think it's me I barked real loud right at that tree It smells like someone else, you see A someone who's not us or we! You asked who's good, it's hard to say Let's find out in the park some day You'll...
Please Stop Reading Now
please stop reading now by charles michael averin * * * Hello? … Is someone there? … Can you hear me? … It's dark in here. … I don't know where I am. I was at the _Saddle-Up_ and—I don't know. It's dark and my eyes aren't used to this....
Client-Attorney Privilege
Client-Attorney Privilege by charles michael averin (for @seriouslysollux and @GeorgeSquares on Twitter) * * * Hot. Real hot. We're in the middle of one of _those_ summers. The ones where the first step outside is like walking muzzle-first...
Rabbit's Feet
### Rabbit's Feet A bunny of footpaws so sweet / Each touching of theirs was a treat / He calls up his flames / For such sordid aims: / To get lucky with his rabbit feet / With twitching articulate toes / He works away all of their woes...
Hunting Ground
### Hunting Ground I prowled the forest grounds alone, In search of meat and hearty bone, With mercy gone and out of sight, A thirst within to hunt and fight, I scored a bear of mighty pelt, A twelve-point buck of grace and svelte, A lynx who...
Why I Went Back
### Why I Went Back Ask why I went back Frown while prodding fresh bruises Doubt my drunk doorknob Judgement gavels land heavy Crushing not the abuser Count how many steps Call into question my...
Writer's Bloc
### Writer's Bloc Now write! Unwrite! Undo the line! Unfix the fix and realign! Punctuate—which punctuation? Where the fuck is its location? There's Em and En, but used in lieu, Are hyphens—and in pairs of two! Brackets broken, squarely...
Academic Probation
### Academic Probation The Prof was a lecturing rat, The wolf was a trust-funded brat, An upcoming star, In the league he'd go far, But off of the field, he fell flat, A student imprudent with nerve, The rat often dreamed he deserved, Some...
The Lunatic
“I need it," she whispered. “Kill him." It didn't need to be the fox, Rafael knew—but the fox was ideal. With that vermilion coat, and with his ears and tail tipped like charcoal, he was already burning. Each time he slipped away from the bar, someone...