Solstice
The longest day of the year also has the shortest night. Strange, you'd think, that it should affect me so much at this time, because the legend has it that we only come out at night, usually full moon nights. But so much of the legend is wrong. Most...
Homecoming
The state highway wove gently through miles and miles of incredible foliage, even for so late in the year. Many trees had lost leaves, but not all, and many of the leaves - yellow, gold, brown, red, purple, orange - were piled up in huge heaps along...
Night's Good Night
Setting the stylus aside, the young tiger grunted as he flexed his forepaw carefully. He'd been at it for a little too long today, and even though the art commissions were doing well for him these days, he knew that he should take a break from them...
The Punishment, Part 3
Kevin sat a upon a stool near a bar-like countertop, watching Fannar move expertly about the kitchen, preparing several dishes simultaneously. The little white wolf had come to wake him perhaps twenty minutes ago, giving him time to don his new...
The Punishment, Part 2
The large outdoor mall celebrated the arrival of new spring fruits and vegetables by becoming a virtual farmer's market, with temporary stalls and swiftly erected tents supplementing the shops and buildings long established in this section of town....
The Punishment, Part 1
The bar was only half full that evening, which was more than enough to ensure that its patrons were enjoying themselves. Pool tables were occupied, but not overcrowded; spaces at the bar ensured that one could get whatever libation might be desired,...
White Nights
_For Gabriel Clyde and Seth Drake, who know all too well_ The tall white Borzoi sat at his midnight table outside the café, enjoying the strange and magical sensations of the fragile light all around him. It was and it was not like twilight; it...
Squirrely's Nuts
**(Read the above, or this won't be nearly as much fun)** So here's the transcript of our bit of bawdy roleplay, as I tell the hoss a bedtime story... Gabriel Clyde: hehehi wuff Gabriel Clyde: sleepy stallion abut to go to bed Gabriel Clyde: how's...
Found Time
"The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." --Marcel Proust,_À la recherche du temps perdu_ "Right on time, Zachary. Please come in." The great crimson dragon welcomed the young Akita...
Dispatches
Benedict Spenser, Personal Notes Re: Zachary Parker Session 1 (Tuesday) Mr. Parker made his appearance at the Dean's office yesterday, as requested. After a remarkably brief bit of finagling, I managed to get him to agree to two sessions per week,...
Control
_"All right, LISTEN UP!"_ The sharp command caromed off the walls of the gymnasium, bringing a swift silence from the hundred or so students seated on the bleachers. All were part of the varsity and JV teams spanning all disciplines, called in for a...
FlashFic: Roadside Assistance
Not from around here, are ya? I can always tell. You hear the calling of the wolves out in the canyon, and you get a kind of look in your eye, as if you're too civilized to have to worry about it. You're right, at one level, of course; unless you're...