SY 09 - Dinner and a show
About forty-five minutes later the doorbell rang. When Venn answered it, he found his arms full of overly excited raccoon. "Sorry, honey, traffic was hellish!" Those agile little fingers slid into his mane, and he found himself being expertly...
Freshman Year: Chapter 3 - Girly Mags? WTF?
Chapter 3 - Girly Mags WTF!? Sliding his key in the lock gave him a horrible foreboding feeling. His Dad's car was in the parking lot so why was the door locked at all? The last time this had happened was when he'd had that skunk woman over and was...
Freshman Year: Chapter 4 A Little too Far
Chapter 4 - A Little too Far "Hey!" A girl's voice rang out over the general din in the crowded hallway. "Hey Kris, wait up!" Several students made protesting sounds as someone pushed their way through the tightly packed bodies in his direction. Kris...
Grinding your Gears - Commission for Tamarack
It was a cool night, just on the cusp between spring and summer, the kind of night that begged him to find someone to race. He was sitting at a stop light, idly revving the engine, when a black Charger pulled up behind him. It was late enough that he...
Freshman Year: Chapter 2 - Swim team tryout
Kris fingered the little slip of paper again, listening to the crinkle and watching the bold writing shift in the light. He'd taken extra care with his appearance today, wearing one of the new tailored school uniforms that his mother had had delivered...
Freshmen Year: Chapter 1 - First day at a new school.
Chapter 1 - First day at a new school A black suburban vehicle pulled up to the curb and spat out a tall rangy figure, dressed in black from his head to his hindpaws, with dark gray hair that hung down to cover most of his brown eyes. The black and...
SY 08 - House Guests
The doorbell rang. Venn set down the basket of laundry he was taking to the loft at the foot of the stairs, looked at the time, and headed for the door. He had to pick up his sister and Gareth at the airport in a few minutes, so whoever it was at the...
SY 07 - The Interview
"When we spoke before, you mentioned that some bad stuff happened last year. Would you tell me what happened?" Tristan tried to keep his voice even and his body relaxed, just to make the boy feel more comfortable, but if the reports on this young man...
SY 06 -The Play is the Thing.
Kittara was waiting outside the auditorium when Kris came down the hall from his hour with the counselor. "Oh thank goodness you're here! I was starting to think we needed to get together a rescue party! Was she horrible? Did she ask you all kinds of...
SY 05 - Daddy's boy
Tentatively, Kris knocked on the door with "Counselor" engraved in black on a brass plaque centered in the wood. He held his breath for a few moments and let it out slowly after hearing a soft "Come in" from the other side before he could make his paw...
Lesson #1
"Hey man you got a minute?" MythicFox the digital editor for his videos asked as he rounded the corner toward his dressing room. "Sure what's up?" His tentacles coiled and shifted around on his back a little, partly in anticipation of going home and...
SY 04 - Actions and Consequences
Still distracted by his confrontation with Duke last night Kris didn't pay much attention to where he was going as he walked into the boy's locker room. He didn't display any outward signs of the frustration and anger he was feeling as he stowed his...