The King's Contest
The three had heard the royal decree of the great king of Parthia- he was a lion without an heir, long since a widower, very old and unable to produce a son, and about to pass away. Sensing the nearness of his impending doom, the lion set out for a...
The Curse of Immortality
It was the curse for Etzev to live for thousands of years, a witness to all the world's pain, shunned and alone from all his friends who he knew he would outlive. The lion had always wanted to enjoy the ability to live for centuries, even more than a...
Dream Operator
And so the circle was complete as Caleb the wolf looked into his cub's golden eyes after his wife's delivery at Virgil Orthodox- he was like this at one point in the past. He was just a cub once, suckling on his mother's teats, becoming bipedal and...
The Bike Ride Home
At last, it was ready. After months of time-consuming chemical tests, dozens of delays to get the raw materials, theJuly 16, 1938 Basel, Switzerland At last, it was ready. After months of time-consuming chemical tests, dozens of delays to get...
The Three Jackals
"Tell us the secrets that you have learned in your many years," the trio of jackals would ask the esteemed lion whom they held with a mixture of reverential awe and envy. The lion would speak at length of his many commissions of bronze, silver, and...
The Return to Moscow part 2
Two years have passed since Part 1. "I can't believe this. Please, just let me go!" the rabbit said running as his life really did depend on it. He was being chased by a hungry lioness, intent on eating the other creatures. He had seen the furry...
The Return to Moscow pt. 1
Moscow, 1961 Only six months had passed since the mad serial killer wolf by the name of Shabbethai Zwei had been sentenced to Siberia, a terrible God-forsaken place reserved for some of the worst prisoners in the Soviet system. And for the...
Sierra Nevada
The coyote looked down on the foolish humans. They had been accumulating there at the foot of the mountain range on foot and in their wagons, poking at the earth in hopes of finding something here. The coyote had no idea what these humans were after...
The Phox
I believe that you will find this ode about a frolicking young fox cub to be a "golden" example of poetry arranged in an interesting manner that some of the more astute Yiffstar visitors might be able to comprehend. (I'm not holding out much hope...
Billy the Kid
The goat looked at the poster which listed a $5,000 reward for his capture dead or alive, in the dusty New Mexico town where he was to sleep for the night. "If you find this goat height 5' 8", 140 lbs. please report him to the police. He is one of the...
Kaspar Hauser
Translated account of the wolf Captain Hans von Vessenig, June 5th, 1828 I remember the day that I saw him- the 26th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1828. The shoemaker Weimacker had told me about a vagrant teenager in ripped clothing...
The Betrayer
"See that fox right there, the Roman magistrate! His name is Decius Commodus is the one who must be killed. His death will scare the Roman occupiers and give us back our country!" The wolf spoke sternly and mercilessly and yet Eliezer knew Jonathan's...