Master's Request
The desserts were just coming out as Vincent proposed the unthinkable question, "What do you think about putting more weight on?" There were no words that Owen could think of that would make his master happy, so he gave a weak smile and said nothing....
The House in the Desert
The car had broken down on the side of the road half an hour ago and the five teens had decided unanimously to try to walk to the nearest house to find somebody who might would be able to take a look at it or at least let them borrow the phone. In all...
Chef Jo
"Look, Jo... all I'm saying is that you're a big boy and it's not good for your health. Especially since it took you what... a month? A month to put that weight on; and you weigh upwards of 400 pounds now, right?" The voice was deeply concerned, but...
ChAInged
Like everyone else he was talking to lately, he too had Skyrim. And like everyone else he had talked to lately, he was glued to the game for endless hours since it was released. He had not really bothered to do much else this week, actually, and now...
Lab Accident
Hal Love had been a lab assistant for a couple of decades but he had never had a problem with that. What he had a problem with was his patience. If something didn't get done immediately, he found a way to do it himself. That appeared to be the case...
Merry Christmas, Puppy
It didn't really feel like Christmas much, but it was just around the corner. Two days away, in fact. But I wasn't really in the mood for it, I was too busy trying to sort things with my own life out this holiday season. If I was going to enjoy the...
Spring Brew
Spring break. What more did you have to say to a college kid to get them dropping everything so that they could listen to you? Apparently, not very much. Just saying those two words would be enough for anyone to hop in their cars and cruise on down to...
Dr. Change's Next Subject
This is another fine mess you've gotten yourself into, Rodney. Just another fine mess you now have to explain to the press and your agent. Where are the lights? Rodney Ginger had been searching for the lights to his own living room for a few minutes...
Dr. Change's First Subjects
Sky was sitting at the table with a quiet, perplexed look on his face; across the table the smile was broad, toothy, and extraterrestrial. He had to think for a moment because the man across the room was patiently expecting the answer. The man across...
Bear's Legacy
Legacy By Wolfie Braxton They used to call him Slim Jim back when he was in high school. He'd been like a beanpole then, always shoved in the corner of a busy corridor or elevator because he was the least massive person in the room at all times,...
The Gift 2: Love Changes
Ian was ready for his first day of culinary school, but he was also nervous. He had been up almost all of the night before worrying that he would not be good enough, that they'd laugh at him and tell him to get out of the school just as fast as he'd...
The Gift
He looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help but smile. Dustin had surely put on a bit of weight over the last couple of years, but this last month or so seemed unusually better than all that had come before it. He was actually starting to show...