Chapter 1: Going to the Dogs
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Jeremiah Pym is a private detective - not the flashy gun-toting gumshoe of old, but a quiet, respectable shamus of modern day who earns a modest living on...
History Lesson
"All right, class," the lady cheetah clapped her forepaws smartly, smiling. "The bell's already rung. In your seats, time to begin." With the various grumbling complaints that befitted the rebellious hormones of adolescence, the class of some...
Rejection Slip
Dear Mr. Black Wolf... Thank you for letting us read your story "In Space, No One Can Hear You Hump." After careful consideration, we're going to have to decline publishing it in "Fire Plate." The characters are good, the futuristic setting is cool,...
A Place for the Stranger
"Food?" "Check." "Family?" "Check." "Plates, utensils, napkins?" "Check, check, check." "Appetites?" "HELLS YES!" _"Then dig in!"_ The Lamar family Thanksgiving dinner was underway. Bobby took his cue from the rest of the family...
Restless Spirits
_"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana_ _"I've got news for Mr. Santayana: We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive." -- Kurt Vonnegut_ "Can I help you?" The...
Trust and Betrayal
The Sunday evening after Thanksgiving found me grading papers that I should have tended to long before then. As you might have expected, the long weekend gave me and Aleksandr lots of time to spend together; let's say simply that he was most assuredly...
The Sexiest Fox in Pouncefield
This began as a role-play between myself and a very sexy fox on FA; you can tell, since the perspective changes frequently between Tommy and Morgan, as the story continues. Even so, it's a pretty good bit of M/M yiff, if I do say so mayself. It got...
Dialog -- You Have Stayed Too Long.txt
As I have described in my profile, some of the writing that I put up here comes from writing exercises, drafts, vignettes, and so forth. Following is a dialog, overheard illicitly, quoted here to give some tiny bit of hope to those of us who think that...
Exercise -- Write about what's under your house
As I explain in my profile, I may upload snippets, pieces, writing exercises that have a small life of their own. This is one such exercise, sparked by the idea of writing about what's underneath the house that I live in. Not what I...
Story Segment -- Impossible Things
In a smooth place in clean grass, I visualized what I needed. I took off my clothes and set them neatly to one side. The breeze around me was chill; it helped me to cool my emotions. From one pouch, I poured corn meal into a secure circle around...
A Sweet Lesson
----------------------------------------------- # A Sweet Lesson _(This one's just for you, my favorite little 'coon!)_ No one could ever get a description of him, short of the words _black, brown, raccoon,_ and _fast,_ apart from an entire...
Sauna
He sat on one of the benches outside of the sauna room, wrapped only in a towel, his sleek panther's body already the object of more than one salaciously raised eyebrow, crooked grin, or openly lewd wink. He had merely smiled and tried to look very...