Next of Kin
Next of Kin The phone rang for an agonisingly long time. Finally it clicked, the other side jostling with the sound of plastic – an old fashioned landline receiver, not a mobile. The voice that...
House of the Rising Son
HOUSE OF THE RISING SON New Orleans. July, 1929. There was a house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun. It had been the ruin of many poor a soul, and now, Julian's father, was one. The lithe dingo stood at the gates to the great...
Communal Pool Usage
Tommy sat slumped against the headboard of his bed, legs crossed, one paw resting gently over his belly as he stared out the window of his bedroom, watching the sky go from black to purple. His eyes hurt slightly, his toes kept twitching at the end of...
None So Vile 01: The Common Dead
NONE SO VILE # 01: The Common Dead Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The peasant dead were full of hate and petty grievances. Alabaster felt them through the soil – rotting corpses buried in the cold ground, the...
Servant of the Nile
**Servant of the Nile** Seth dipped the front of his spear to the sand, circling back. The two other boys shuffled forward, tiny clouds kicked up by their bare footpaws. To his left was a fennec, the right a hyena, each of them wielding a single...
Nightworld 01: Arriving Somewhere
NIGHTWORLD One: Arriving Somewhere Rural Hungary, 2003 Make the choice that scares you. Jaro blew sour air from his cheeks, the buffeting gale from the window of his 4WD rental snatching it in an instant. It was a two hour drive from the nearest...
None So Vile 02: Guns at Dawn
NONE SO VILE # 02: Guns at Dawn Zolfreun, Losaile, 1802. A tactical retreat was a difficult, but beautiful thing to execute. Leon Valoisier stood by his command tent at the edge of the woods, admiring it from afar as his army broke on the Zolfreun...
None So Vile 04: All Things to All People
NONE SO VILE # 04: All Things to All People Zolfreun Manor, Losaile, 1802. Seventeen was too young to lose a leg. Leon sat by the boy's side, the young fox babbling softly to himself, half lost in the...
None So Vile 05: Vultures Above, Lions Below
NONE SO VILE # 05: Vultures Above, Lions Below Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The sun vanished as the gondola passed beneath the bridge, a millennia worth of layered strata rippling past, shadows sinking into the filthy water as they left the light behind....
None So Vile 06: There Will Be Blood
NONE SO VILE # 06: There Will Be Blood Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. Crimson petals rained from the sky. Leon leaned back in his saddle, riding easily as he watched the crowds filter by. The officer corps marched ahead of Leon, his marshals behind. The...
None So Vile 11: New World Order
NONE SO VILE # 11: New World Order Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The air had a freezing chill to it, misting Marshal Deuxmoise's breath before his muzzle. The Church of the One God blotted out the sky before...
None So Vile 03: Wrong and Ruin
NONE SO VILE # 03: Wrong and Ruin Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. “I truly ought to prepare you for what you are walking into here." The badger's bejewelled outfit rustled and clinked auspiciously as they walked the...