The Thorned Rose: Part III
A Clydesdale was stood perched at the bar behind which a white tiger, with vibrantly dyed neon blue headfur, handed him his second drink of the night, the horse promptly downing it before it had even had the chance to clink against the varnished wood....
Logan's Acceptance
It had been almost a month since I'd finally come clean to Robin. It had been gnawing away at me like some kind of diseased rat inside of me, and I'd finally had enough. Inviting him to the beach that had was one of the hardest things I've done in my...
Platform Zero IV
As the truck powered through the desert at a cruising speed, with dusty winds whipping and fluttering over buffeted metal, Arthur sat numbly in the passenger side staring with dead eyes out the window. Part of him had wanted to scream, to break down...
Platform Zero V
The cell of processing was less a welcoming environment and more akin to an interrogation room. The furniture was cold steel, its floors and walls made of panels of obsidian oblations, the ceiling nothing but a screen of harsh, unnatural light that...
Ice Cream At The Pier
Dear Peter, Every detail of your face was breath-taking in the dying light. I know it sounds cheesy, but how else am I supposed to describe it? You're the wordsmith, not me. I'm just the dumb jock who comes down every year for his summer vacation to...
Left Breathless
Imagine a world without oxygen. No... A _universe_without oxygen... and then imagine a rundown vessel chugging along through the vastness of space looking for its next supply of air for its crew. You can pretty much guess how that goes... It's total...
Another Round?
Zwoosh was led to the back room in his befuddled stupor. It had began like any other night; go to a bar, have a few drinks, see what might become of the evening. Most times the mutt left empty handed, only sated with a gutful of booze and a heavy head....
Beau's Trepidation
Samantha was pissed, and she was on a rampage. I was tucked away, hidden in the kitchen as I stooped over our toaster that was well past the date where it belonged in the trash. Inside it desperately tried to incinerate the slice of bread I'd put in,...
The Night Before
Emeryllis paced uneasily back and forth, only wearing her fluffy white dressing gown as the early morning sun crested the horizon. The shafts of pale golden light cut through the blinds that were barely drawn, and the vibrantly coloured wolf casted her...
For Royalty
For Royalty A crisp chill hung in the air as the remaining flints of night were pushed back in the sky. Bird song called out across the camp, reaching a young mutt's ears as he sat atop the branches of a withered oak tree. Sighing, he took another wet...
Night Light
The night held an unfathomable darkness that seemed to swallow the lake whole, brightened only by the starkness of the moon. An orchestra of stars accompanied tonight's act, where two lovers ran along the beach towards the solemn pier that clung to the...
Father-Son Bonding
Derrick opened the door for his son, stepping just off to the side to allow his brooding son inside. Inwardly, he sighed, wishing that Peter and he had a better relationship instead of the cold, shell of a one they pretended was alright; things had...