Homecoming (Prologue)
Ten years can seem like a long time when you're young, can't it? When you're an adult with all kinds of worries and responsibilities the days seem to last an eternity, yet the weeks, months, and years are but a blur. When you're a kid however, a week...
M.I.A.
"Geostationary orbit achieved, sir!" "Excellent! Maintain position during final checks." "Sir!" Apart from seeing off a lone pirate in the Toriga System, it had been an uneventful two-week journey. In fact, we hadn't even needed to fire any more...
Breakfast In Bed
Waking up on a chilly winter's morning, all wrapped up in your blankets, and safe in the knowledge that you have nothing forcing you to get out of bed is truly wonderful, isn't it? I was fortunate enough to be just ascending from the depths of a...
Cassandra (Chapter 2)
More than eight years had passed since that tearful farewell, during which time a great deal had changed in Shaun's life. While still living in the same town as ever, he'd found himself a place of his own within walking distance of the office job he'd...
Change of Plans
_Rustle, rustle...CRRRRRRRRRRRUNCH! CRUNCH! Crunch...rustle..._ "Come on, Mika," Apollo said gently, arriving in the doorway separating the kitchen and living room, "Put the chips away so I can take you out to that fancy Italian place on the...
Homecoming (Chapter 3)
The pair emerged from Melissa's bedroom at the first shout from downstairs, Freddie in front with the lanky cat attempting to flatten the fox's hair to hide any evidence that they'd done more than measure each other as she followed along behind. The...
A Grand Day Out
What a beautiful day it was! The sun had woken shortly after six o'clock that morning and had now climbed steadily higher in the heavens to illuminate the world with hardly a cloud about to obscure its golden smile. Everywhere it looked it could see...
Homecoming (Chapter 1)
It would have been rather poetic had Freddie made his return to the home that embodied his childhood ten years to years to the day of his departure, but he had to make do with arriving a few weeks earlier than that particular anniversary. It was still...
Homecoming (Prologue)
Ten years can seem like a long time when you're young, can't it? When you're an adult with all kinds of worries and responsibilities the days seem to last an eternity, yet the weeks, months, and years are but a blur. When you're a kid however, a week...
Homecoming (Chapter 2)
Freddie was utterly bewildered by what he saw before him: it was true that the cat he had known was tall for her age and, as he hadn't grown in the slightest since he had moved away, the chances were that she would have become taller than him. However,...
A Record Attempt
I have a confession to make: I'm an addict. Not a day has passed during which I have not needed to satisfy the burning craving inside me. Yes, I'm seeing someone about it, but I can only last so long before my will cracks and I cave in to the...
Winston's Weight Gain
"Order up on table twelve!" "On it!" Winston hurried to the serving window where three servings of dessert were waiting to be delivered. Balancing two of the dishes on a small tray with the third sitting snugly on his other palm-up hand, he wended...