Trouble Shared
Benedict looked up in surprise at the knock on his open office door. "My dear Dr. Wind Runner!" he offered with quiet yet sincere enthusiasm. "Whatever are you doing in this chilly if venerable building of what we hope will be education?" The...
Because We Have Wings
**_Monday_** There is nothing better than waking up naturally, rising slowly from the depths of sleep because of the clear, slowly growing dawn bringing golden light into your bedroom windows -- or, in this case, into the high windows set into the...
Dreams Take Flight
**_Sunday Night_** The storm was strong, but not violent. What thunder there was stayed at a respectful distance, and after it passed, all that was left was the firm, steady drumming upon the roof high above. The horses seemed content to stay in...
The Late Train
The railway platform hadn't changed since the days that it had first come into being. No matter the time of day, no matter the weather, the season, the year, the century, it still felt of necessity and enforced patience. It wasn't "clean" in the way...
The Rooftop Muse
My name is Naomi McLeroy, and I'm part of the county's CSI department. I'm a vixen therian, a creature whose mere existence is a mixed blessing in the world of humans. I can perform a special service that few humans can do: I can see and speak to...
The Day After
Eoin McCracken was dreaming of being pampered, until he woke slowly and discovered that it was actually happening. He murred softly, feeling his fur being minutely stroked and caressed by his great crimson dragon lover. Benedict seemed to be massaging...
The Day
Gabriel lay on his back, staring up at the ceiling, trying to let his mind drift. Beside him on the bed, curled up and facing away from him, lay the beautiful cremello mare who had shared with him delights he wasn't even entirely sure he could have...
The Soaring Gryphon
"Hyromaq, would you please play for me?" "Of course I would, my little princess. Would you like something special?" "Would you play the windsong again?" She could hear the smile in his voice. "With pleasure." The strings came alive before her,...
I Shot an Arrow
Quote: When you look into a night sky, you see the stars far away. You're seeing them because of the light which travels from them to you. Now, it takes time for light to travel here, so what you're doing is seeing the stars as they were in the past -...
The Eve
As a flit-wolf, who (as a species) had his wings from birth, Colter Dark Claw flopped onto the living room sofa automatically adjusting his wings so that he didn't sit on them, lean against them, or otherwise damage them. Frankly, he mightn't have...
Slightly Foxed, But Still Desirable
TO: Harrison Burkholder-Barrows 84 Christchurch St Radcliffe-on-Pontisbright, Suffolk ENGLAND April 27, 2015 Dear Mr. Burkholder-Barrows: I am a bibliophile and collector, interested in the occasional rare volume. Your name and address...
The Road to Barcelona
Amid the usual hustle and bustle of the Wildfire Labs corridors, the tall black ram in the starched white lab coat stood just outside the main flow of traffic, consulted his clipboard yet again, not quite believing what was on his schedule today. He'd...