Feeding the Clothes
Klein had been a weird kid. He didn't have a 'type A personality,' whatever that was. He was never going to be an 'alpha male.' He didn't enjoy team sports. He wasn't a team player. He was the strange, weird kid who would sit in the corner trying not...
Sources
Eli had always had body issues because of her shitty upbringing. Half sea turtle, half hermit crab, she suffered from the intersecting stigmas of fish, reptiles and hybrids alike. She needed to breathe but also to stay moist to be able to stay alive,...
With The Flow
_'I hate this.'_ Afternoon. Cold skyscrapers hid the setting sun with their straight lines and right angles. Mano missed the reassuring ocean depths around her, the protective cocoon of her sub. The bus station was a river, the swarming masses,...
Saved
'Who survived, anyone new, anyone else but you?' (Porter Robinson, Sad Machine) It was on their way back to Rakim's place on that night that they first heard the alarm. "Oh shit!" As their brisk walk turned into a frantic run, they got near...
With Strange Aeons
_'That is not dead which can eternal lie,_ _And with strange aeons even death may die.'_ (Abdul Alhazred, Necronomicon) Irshad was not easily shaken. She'd been through enough that it took a lot to faze her by then. Rakim had only seen her cry twice....
Sands of Time
'Alternate dimensions don't count!' (Gimpy, Undergrads) "Mikra, it's you!" Klein threw his arms around the bat wantonly. Rakim's eyes widened, taken completely off-guard and unsure of whether or not to return the hug. The skunk had never broken...
Spheres of Influence
The whole country was in shock. The world reeled. How could this have happened? "Mandrake, are you awake?" The otter awoke to pick up his phone groggily. "I am now, what's going on, Klein?" At this hour it had better have been important. "It's Mano....
Lemmings
Rakim had flown to Ogun's for their gaming night this time - in the wake of what had happened, they'd become afraid to walk outside. "All right... Let's see, let's see, what do we have here..." The chimera sifted through his games absent-mindedly,...
Gaslight
Her breathing grew heavy. They had chased the rat into a corner. Mnemos had just fallen down a hole that RNG had opened up under her like a trapdoor. Bringing out her great big pigeon wings to slow her fall, she retracted them after having reached...
For Sore Eyes
Rakim had met Dana after he'd already gone out with Ogun, Soma, and Scylla. He'd still been pre-op at the time. Fortunately, they hadn't had any hang-ups about it. They were an... equal opportunity employer, as far as such matters were concerned....
Only In Dreams
Eli rolled off Mano, lying back in bed to grab and light a cigarette from the nightstand. "That was good," she said simply, drawing in and blowing out smoke as she spoke. The poet had always had a minimalistic streak to her. "I hope you liked that."...
Yet The Reed Bends
"And when there is an opportunity, 'I' do not hit... 'It' hits all by itself." - Bruce Lee "Aw, man!" The weasel almost wished that his portable phone had offered him some kind of equivalent to old school phones you could slam down, but he had no...