A Night at the County Fair: Part III
Part III: Buns in the Oven The convoy moved non-stop down the highway day and night only stopping at regular intervals to refuel the big, thirsty engines. Rascal didn't know how they went without sleep, though later he figured that they could be...
A Night at the County Fair: Part II
Part II: An Unfair Exchange Rascal felt like he was falling, but straight up. It was sort of like flying, but in a terrifying, uncontrolled sort of way. He felt very numb and cold, as if he were traversing in the upper atmosphere, but only a...
A Night at the County Fair: Part I
A Night at the County Fair (Part I) By Shalion It was an amazing whirl of colored lights. Music, the chimes and bells and whistles of games, laughter and screams filled the night and brought life to things overpriced and typically of low...
Stranded Part VII (Final)
Einstein spread himself out on the loamy jungle floor, panting. It broke his heart to admit it, but it was useless. Betsy was trapped. The three dogs sat around her large prone figure. Ferns reached up to swaddle them all save for a fairly...
Stranded Part VI
Bruce trudged through the jungle as fast as his overweight body would allow. He needed to make as good a time as possible, but he also knew he mustn't exhaust himself anymore than he was already. Others were going to need his help before the day...
Stranded Part V
"Do you remember, back in the lab in New Zealand, there was a researcher there by the name of Luca Smith?" Einstein's question surprised Betsy and brought her over from where she had observing the ring pattern of a nearby felled tree. She...
Stranded Part IV
Waking up that morning was almost painful. The absence of a feet thick coat of fat was a void that left the tigress feeling unprotected and un-buffered against the world. The reduction of weight allowed her to breathe easier, but it was a...
Stranded Part III
For all of the tigress's mistakes and mishaps so far on the island, she was right about one thing: the cow did not last long. The carcass, despite having obviously weighed more than a ton (2800 lbs in fact), was eaten so swiftly that new meat was...
Stranded Part II
In the time she had spent with the dogs she was thinking ever more as "The Scientists," the tigress almost missed the departure of the hunting party. It was still early in the morning, but many of the wolves had already ranged far into the jungle...
Stranded Part I
| Shalion Phoenix AZ [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) | \<$wc100\> words. | STRANDED by Shalion Dawn on the beach was an explosion of light and sound after the...