Todd's Senior Prom (Part 2)
I found Colton at the skate park a day after Courtney made me her date. He'd been alone and practicing, just like I'd hoped. Rocco had told me bravery started with a small step sometimes, so here was an idea: just get Colton talking to me. He stopped...
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 1)
I knew my senior prom was going to be a disaster when the most popular girl in the school asked me to it. Courtney Vincent was a fox. Silver fur, tail with black tips, eyes that said 'you kiss these lips and you'd better be brave.' She wasn't a...
Akio's House (Part 1)
Never make a bet with your fox boyfriend where if you lose you have to tell him how you discovered one of your fetishes. And if you do, don't forget about it only to lose it at the worst possible time. How Colton even won was beyond me, considering...
Todd's Coming Out (Epilogue - Part 2, with afterword from the author)
I sat down, grinning from ear to ear. 'You remember that something I was going to tell you, last time we were here? Before I got all caught up in a moment about what you said to Felix? It's them, for sure. You see Shiva over there? She's Mum. She told...
Todd's Coming Out (Epilogue - Part 1)
I tried to move back home after Dad said the first stage in saying sorry was to tell everyone I was welcome again and put my room back as it was. He'd started boxing all my stuff up and packing down my bed and furniture that same weekend he'd sent me...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 11)
The whole family were waiting for me, as if wanting to applaud me after spectating. Except Felix, who wasn't there at all. Mum saw me looking around and said 'Colton took him to get a soda and have a little talk. Are you okay?' So much for Dad...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 10)
I didn't know when we got to sleep, but when I woke up I knew we hadn't finished the jug. I was wet all down my front and in my lap, and I could smell the alcohol. The clock said it was half past eleven. 'Aw jeez,' I said, waking Colton up as I...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 9)
Perhaps Mum hadn't known how I'd react at all, because she hugged me like she'd never expected to see me again. The whole family looked relieved I was there, and pleased to see Colton again as well. Except Felix. He got up and moved to a chair right...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 8)
Colton's good health insurance meant that he got an appointment that same afternoon. He asked for a double one and still ended up over-running by ten minutes. I barely spoke, but all the time he kept looking at me, glad I was there. Dr Comfrey was as...
New Prologue for Todd's Senior Prom
Prologue - Two years ago I wanted someone to set me on fire. Not literally though. The night I dreamed someone doused me in gasoline and lit my fur up, turning me into a screaming raccoon-shaped firebomb, I discovered what my worst fear really was. I...
Akio's House (Epilogue, with afterword)
Two Days Later I lay in the hammock thinking about what Akio had said that morning. 'There's something I need to ask you,' he said. 'It's like this. I made my will years ago, leaving everything I have to Kaede and Ayala between them. But if you're...
Akio's House (Part 6)
Deke's gravestone was brand new, marble white with black lettering spelling his name, and a quote underneath it. _'You were going you way, I was going mine.'_ Akio looked at it for a moment, then at me. 'I know that one,' I said. 'It was on that CD...