Let it Ride Chapter 5
The traffic banked up coming into Sydney. I fumed silently, waiting in the endless procession of cars, as we crawled our way towards the city. I hadn't thought through things much, not at all really, and I was hitting Sydney now late in the day. I...
Bros Plus
Toby woke with a headache that would kill a rhino. Thankfully he was an equine, so instead of killing him, it merely made him wish for death. The throbbing stabbing lancing pain made him wince and even moving his eyelids seemed like a bad idea. He just...
Let it Ride Chapter 4
My fuel gauge began to get low at about the time my bladder began to get full; a happy coincidence I guess. I had managed the border and the long stretch of Hume through Southern New South Wales without major incident, except a guy in a Landcruiser...
Welcome to the Night
You looked so fine. I've told you that so many times tonight I know, but it's true. I saw you that day playing with your mates, grinning and fooling around as you played soccer in the park under the lights. You had such an easy way about you, how you...
Goldenmane Chapter VII: Diplomacy for Dummies
The Leader was at his desk, as he tended to be at this time of day. His screen was full of the drooling figure of Number Seventeen, the stallion finally and completely broken and reduced to a quivering drooling mess with wide open eyes. At the moment...
North Head - Chapter 2 - Caroline
_Caroline._ The drive down the coast was soothing, though I normally hated driving. For some reason, the long straight stretch of road was like a balm for my nerves, and the further I drove, the more I left the cares of a wrecked life behind. The...
Trust
"Trust me." Your look almost makes me weep, the uncertainty, the love. Your muzzle open, a short length of pink tongue sampling the air as if to find in it the answer. It isn't there though; it is in bodies, and hearts, and minds. You look into my...
North Head - Chapter 1 - Margaret
_Margaret_ I stood on the verandah for a moment, the still summer air alive with cicadas as I shook my mane to dry it. Opening my nostrils, I could already smell the scents of the ocean, the peculiar mix of ozone, brine and seaweed that always seemed...
Cowpoke
The room smelled of sweat, and smoke. A small room, simple as befitted its purpose. The town didn't believe in spoiling its law enforcement. "Well young'un. You're in a real tight spot aint ya." The soft mocking voice came from behind a plume of...
Civil Disobedience
"Officer, I'm sorry, really..." "Save it kiddo. Hands behind your back like I said." I obliged, not wanting to make it any worse than it already was. Rough hands gripped mine, the sharp 'clack' of handcuffs prepared, then the pain hit as my wrists...
Chain of Command
"Status report?" "Nothing on the scopes lieutenant. All indications are nominal. All barrier probes reporting systems online." "What is the current ETA on the next supply shuttle?" "It is scheduled to come out of hyperjump at 22:15 tomorrow Terran...
Hell has River Views - New Brother Chapter VIII
I kept writhing hoping that would do the trick, but the pony tied me off pretty well the bastard. Eventually I gave up moving and just lay there panting, my wrists and ankles raw from pulling against my bonds. _Think you stupid wolf._ My pucker still...