Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 18: Dinner, Part 3
Ben was withdrawn into stillness. Positronic Neural Nets. Nanite Fibers. Plush Companions. He didn't remember anything like that, but he remembered nothing before the Store and the plush pile. It could be true. It might not be. Did it really...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 24: Biology, Technology
"What does it say? Leather patch made in China?" Luke grinned, hitching up his pants as he came back into the living room. "I wish." Nathan waved at the screen. **(FOIA) DARPA Biotech, ID: 34098fho3245 Lutra Lutra 3%, Pteronura brasilensis 2%...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 34: The Morning After
Luke lay quietly, eyes closed, as the early morning light sneaked in around the curtains. He did not want to get up. Remembering the dream was much more interesting, and it was not fading quickly. Its conclusion was the best part: a very large, very...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 25: Plush Reawakening
Ben woke gradually to a dimly lit room. The world around him had changed again. The last thing he remembered was Nathan stuffing him in the box. He'd liked the box as soon as he saw it, but maybe that had been a mistake. He knew Luke shouldn't have...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 23: IDs Galore
The trip up the hill to Nathan's house was relatively uneventful. Luke had flinched when a small yapper belonging to one of Nathan's neighbors came rushing out to challenge them, but it hadn't dared come out of its owner's yard. "You can just ignore...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 33: Plush Dreams: Explanations
Through thickening clouds and fog, a low sun dimly lit the grey tundra. Frost had been unkind to the tiny flowers: their withered petals were scattered across the stiff, grey-brown grass. What must be a chill breeze quietly rattled dried reeds against...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 31: Saturday Afternoon
Withdrawn into stillness, Ben was whimpering inside. Luke was angry. Luke didn't trust him. He hadn't said a word when he'd grabbed his shirt and left. What had happened? Why was the box so attractive? Whenever he was put inside it, he didn't wake...
New to the Force Ch.6: Friends, Old Renewed
I stared in disbelief at my friend sitting just a few feet away from me in my uncle's house, unable to speak. Suddenly a look of concern donned on Sarah's face. "Mark are you okay? You're covered in blood!" She said, quickly standing up and walking...
Plush Love Volume 1, Episode 32: Saturday Evening
Nathan was tired. The bedroom was cleaned, the porn was hidden, the bedclothes were changed, the bath was scoured and mopped, and windows were open at either end of the second floor so a breeze would blow straight through; what had he forgotten? Should...
Plush Love Volume 2, Episode 4: Homework and Hotels
Luke was awakened the next morning by his new alarm clock. Ben was snuggled against him, purring, and nuzzling Luke's cheek gently. He could feel the rumbling vibration the full length of his body. This was much more enjoyable than the raucous bell of...
Plush Love Volume 2, Episode 11: Security Monitors
"Sybernetic Security, LLC," the boxes proclaimed in bright letters. "Makers of the Finest Security Monitors on the Planet(TM)!" Cross-legged on the living room floor, Nathan groaned at the pun and hoped the phrasing was a coincidence. He wasn't sure...
Satyr's Glade
From the moment I first heard the music, I knew I would have to follow it. The convention was noisy and full of people but the notes somehow stood out, a bright spot like biting into a fresh blueberry baked into a muffin--which is actually kind of how...