Commission: Full Contact
Entering the college gymnasium at precisely 7:20pm, Rave Raccoon once again experienced the sensation of being in some sort of prison-break movie. He had watched carefully, and from an appropriate distance, until he was certain that the nearly...
Impossible Things
_For Seth Drake, who made me rise to the challenge_ I looked up at the moon, my human skin itching and crawling, wanting to subsume itself into my true form. I forced it aside. I have had to wait for this night, this particular moon, to do what I...
Give and Take
I seem to be getting a bit of a reputation as reasonably good purveyor of written yiffery. [ 122x1](https://122x1.sofurry.com/ "122x1")...
Scenes from the Movie of My Life -- Hotel Lobby
As I have mentioned elsewhere, I will sometimes post things that are mere scenes, not quite whole stories. Things that are more autobiographical than not will appear under the heading of "Scenes from the Movie of My Life." What follows is a piece of my...
Recon
Three dark-clad canine figures, their features obscured by their masks, worked feverishly in the blackened alleyway. They were assigned Company authorized sobriquets of Tinker, Tailor, and Soldier. Tailor stood at the alley's mouth, his eyes fixed on...
Dispatches II
From the _Northwest Florida Daily News,_ Section C (Sports), below the fold: HARRIS OUTED Niceville High Star Athlete Subject of Controversy Local-boy-made-good star quarterback Bobby Harris figures prominently in a series of photographs put onto...
Housewarming
"Feels like Witness Protection." Mal looked up sharply at Bobby's comment. The handsome lion quarterback stood to the side of the front window of the apartment, peeking through the curtain like a spy in the old thrillers of the sixties, doing all he...
Chapter 6: Rescue and Recovery
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... That was how I remembered it. The fact that I was remembering it meant either that there really was something to this whole life-after-death thing, or I wasn't...
Chapter 5: Night Delivery
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Let me explain something about surveillance for you: It's dull. I was going to use an obscene gerund in that description, but even that overused "F-bomb" doesn't...
Chapter 4: Set-Up
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Betty Lou's _maneki neko_ waved at me when I entered the Really Good that evening. I was always amused that a Japanese cat adorned so many Chinese restaurants....
Chapter 3: New Client
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... I read somewhere that it's inaccurate to say that sleep is ever "dreamless." The REM cycle is all about dreams, and you definitely dream every time; the question...
Chapter 2: Maneki Neko
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... I've been accused of being the sort of guy who "doesn't get out much." That's probably more true than even I'd like to admit, but I counter the argument with good...