The Duel
The "meeting" between Sheng Lee and his girlfriend, who had been in disgusie this whole time as a male this whole time had been productive for both parties involved but now the sun was rising over the mountains and the time had come for the two of them...
Afterimage
Suddenly the fox was gone from all the lives he left his mark upon... Chester was always a good friend of mine so it hit me like me a thunderbolt when I heard the awful news. Chester Rohan, fallen at the age 31, as the result of injuries sustained...
Workin' Them Angels
"Through with the second semester," the wolf exclaimed as he received his grades- all A's, with the exception of a withdrawal from a math course. (Math was unimportant to a History major like the wolf and he was math-illiterate so what did it matter to...
The Trapped Bird
This is my song- the song of a trapped blackbird. I long for the days when i was free, free from envy, free from jealousy, free from these artificial proscriptions the higher-ups and the faceless guys at the top put on me. Instead, I find myself...
The Betrayer
"See that fox right there, the Roman magistrate! His name is Decius Commodus is the one who must be killed. His death will scare the Roman occupiers and give us back our country!" The wolf spoke sternly and mercilessly and yet Eliezer knew Jonathan's...
The Three Jackals
"Tell us the secrets that you have learned in your many years," the trio of jackals would ask the esteemed lion whom they held with a mixture of reverential awe and envy. The lion would speak at length of his many commissions of bronze, silver, and...
On Seven Hills...
In his mind, Daniel Barbarossa could hear the sounds of trumpets and returning generals' triumphs as he came to his wife's hometown. The wolf was respected here as he would be- the wolf had a special bond with Roma as he would truly understand later....
Soul Makossa- Part Three
Malcolm knew that someday this would happen to him. Between appearing as the guitarist for Mamadou Dikhango's band, receiving payment for his services in English literacy classes for his fellow immigrants, and his ten-hours-a-day job at the cannery,...
Natural Science- Permanent Waves
As much as Terry Barnhurst enjoyed his nice government job focusing on endangered species which allowed him a house in Charlotte's privileged side of town, the otter would need to engage in the kind of light-spirited play the species was known for. So...
Seven Days- Part III
Day Three After the second day, Joshua was getting used to the thought of this rather strange religiously-mandated "house arrest"- the rooms were dark and clammy, the entire building felt like a prison, but the point of such austere conditions...
Peaceable Kingdom
A wave towards the morning sky... For Alex Lee, this new job had proven to be stressful. There, he was dropped in New York City after years in Minnesota and soon this fox had discovered that there was far more to this job as a consultant in this...
The Return to Moscow pt. 1
Moscow, 1961 Only six months had passed since the mad serial killer wolf by the name of Shabbethai Zwei had been sentenced to Siberia, a terrible God-forsaken place reserved for some of the worst prisoners in the Soviet system. And for the...