Buried Alive
Keith couldn't decide who was more deserving of his disgust: the inept gang of stoned Programming 101 dropouts responsible for coding SnowGoer, or himself for trusting his travel plans to a free app. The intermittent morning flurries the program...
Make Him Feel Pretty
Logan pushed through the large double doors that marked the entrance to the nightclub, releasing a gust of warm, humid air that accompanied him onto the sidewalk. The scent of bodies swirled around him--a potent miasma of sweat and cologne and musk...
Kid Game
It all started out as a game, you tell them. Jeremy laughs and says, "Doesn't it always?" You tell him no, it doesn't always, but it did this time. And it's your turn to tell a story, so keep quiet and listen up. And yeah, you assure the pair of...
Locker Room Fantasies
Celden groaned as he stretched to slip the loose-fitting pajama top over his head. Nearly two straight hours of homework had left his brain fried inside his aching head, and the casserole his mother made for dinner sat in his stomach like a lead brick....
Protesters
The towering grizzly introduced himself as Brian Rowe, Chief Security Officer of the Newburg Mall. From across the wide expanse of oak desk, Richard Olson timidly raised a hand in greeting, unsure whether or not the action was appropriate given the...
Tortoise/Hare
Nestled discreetly between a pair of snowcapped mountain peaks, the collection of shingled rooftops revealed themselves gleaming with all the brilliance of gold as the light of dawn spilled into the valley. The residents of Eposa rose with the shining...
Compulsive Behavior
_CUM SLUT_ _FUCK TOY_ Brandy whined in frustration as she worked fruitlessly to clean the obscene writing off of her fur. Each clump of wet paper towels clutched in her fists tore to pieces after accomplishing little more than smudging the...
The Dark Arts
Muscle memory guided the fox's hand as he moved the paintbrush across the surface of the old oak stump. The experience of having drawn the same star on the same circle of wood more than a dozen times enabled him to space the points an even distance...
Backroom Deal
Just my luck. Three degrees colder and I could be walking home under the first snowfall of the season. Imagine soft, white flakes spiraling through the air as they float down to a fluffy carpet of ice crystals that compacts with a satisfying crunch...
The Purple Crown: Part 1
Fatigue spreads a pulsing ache across Eric's forehead, the glare of the monitor suddenly becoming uncomfortably bright. He blinks moisture over his eyes, the grid of faces briefly blurring into smudges of color. The details return a moment later, and...
Voice Mail
_You have six new messages. First new message, sent Friday, April 22nd at 6:05 PM:_ "Hey. Hi there. This is Alden, the otter from the other night. I... You remember, I'm sure. We had a couple drinks and... Yeah. You remember. Listen, I had a...
Scouting Mission
_Heartthrob_. The sign seemed to speak its name in the absence of a voice, the looping neon tubes pulsing steadily as if jetting blood through a network of veins. Each letter burned a garish shade of red that pierced the moonless dark, shining like...