Every Night by the Lake
The otter never did return. Despite going to that lake nearly every weekend, nobody came. The nightly shifts into a wereotter were getting harder to bear with nobody to play with, and Joel's life and studies suffered as a result. He'd have to lock...
The Mascot Factory
As you were eating yet another bowl of porridge for breakfast, owing to the lack of a regular pay check, you found your eyes wandering over the wanted ads in the free newspaper. Wrapping your thick blanket around yourself, you struggled to focus in...
A Chance Encounter
I was sitting at a nightclub, all alone. I don't even remember what the club was named, but it was pretty damn full of people. Yet, I couldn't muster the courage to try to flirt with any of them. Not yet, anyway; that's why I was sitting at the bar,...
The Were-Curse, part 7 (final)
When we woke, none spoke a single word about last night's happenings. Not even Kevin, although even in his human form he had a smug grin on his face when speaking with me. He looked like an average hacker like this; slightly out of shape but not fat,...
The Were-Curse, part 6
My own pack welcomed me warmly when I returned. The wolves I had met at the training; I had what I can only describe as an aura of confidence around me now, still feeling the afterglow of my first turning. It meant I was _someone's_ alpha, now, even if...
The Demon Hunter, part 2: The Journal
Existence as a demon wasn't mindless. Not even close. If anything I'd say my mind was more active than it ever had been as a mortal, supercharged with fel. It was disorienting at times; I could focus on several things at once and give them all equal...
Shipwrecked
It was the third day with almost no food, beyond the few coconuts the badger and cougar had managed to find. Even that had probably burned more calories than they had gained; first, the cougar had to climb up into a tree and shake it until the coconuts...
Your Otter Life
You wake up, flailing for the alarm clock. They stopped sending radio on the FM band a year ago, so instead, you once again wake up as the infernal device plays you the song of its people, an extremely loud rapid series of _beep-beep-beeps_ that...
Any Escape
It was another rainy day in the megapolis. Jace walked the waterlogged streets on his way home, heavy messenger bag hanging on his shoulder. His head hung down, only keeping his eyes on the asphalt to keep from stepping into any puddles. This hadn't...
The Demon Hunter, part 3: The Warming Light
It's another beautiful evening in Lakehearth. The wind is still and spring is fast approaching, coming to revive the earth with its warming light. It's a small town, with only one merchant and one temple, and some hundred-odd inhabitants, most of them...
Experimental Trials
Ari woke up, bleary-eyed, entirely too early. Maybe not, he realized, as he glanced at his phone; actually, it was just in time for his classes. He stumbled out of bed and into the small kitchenette in his shared dorm room. The coffee had been left...
Stud Service
Jolene finished her session, having worked up enough of a sweat that, if it wasn't for her sports bra, would've left her modest chest rather obviously on display through her thin t-shirt. Stiffly, she said goodbye to her students, and equally stiffly -...