Faux Fur
It was their anniversary in a week, and Carla had to get her girlfriend something nice. Okay, so, they weren't exactly married, but they'd been together so long that if they were a straight couple they'd already be common law married, so what was the...
You Huff Like a Vixen
"Sunflower, what's wrong with you? You look like hell." The vulpin saying this didn't look much better. He had a forked scar across the side of his muzzle, dark flesh showing through. Golden teeth glinted in the dim, dim light. Rain was falling all...
The Christmas Fox
This was their first holiday season since Ricky Tebrick's wife, Silvia, had become a fox, and, to tell the truth, Ricky was somewhat worried. He wouldn't have even gotten the tree if not for how last Christmas, before she became a fox, she expressed...
Corncob and Milk
When Olote Altozorro had taken this job for Don Huelgo he didn't know that the tracker he was going to be paired with was Leche. He couldn't tolerate Leche. They had worked together before, and when he'd come back to the region after a few seasons in...
Generous Prince Goldengrin
The lamp's wick was as low as it could be and still be alight. Kesta was trying to conserve oil. She couldn't afford it. She was effectively squatting in this hovel, but finding it had been a miracle, especially now that the weather was getting bad. It...
The Fox and the Berries and the Mushrooms
Marmalade in jars, Preserves of summer's sweet fruit, Recalled on sour breads. It would be disingenuous to suggest that times were always hard for Sunflower. He kept all his fur and he kept his sword arm strong. He had not just unwavering...
Correspondence
Every morning since Sunflower left the fortress, Reive woke up in his new (well, it was new to him), comfortable bed, warm in the keep, hidden from the autumnal alpine cold. Every morning, he'd look around the room, where he'd added his own bookshelf...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E1
Buckshot beat holes in the brick wall behind me. What didn't stick bounced off in a shower of flattened lead coins. I hugged the concrete barrier that was my castle wall. The damp stink of garbage and mold was suspended in the humid post-rainstorm air....
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E10: Halfway to Port Smith
It got on the news. The explosion, the raid, everything. Thanks to Verne, they had no footage to show, and the private security company that had been running the show couldn't offer a definite description of any of us. Miss Songdog, Verne and I managed...
Damn You I Loved You
Cyrus Krauley: Your cruel heart's sooty, Cracking, popping, embers lit Clean fire in my heart. Heavy on my mind Your deeds and your words reside, Heavy on my life Your shadow hangs like thick smoke, You have gone away And I still wish you were...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E5: Payment Plans
I was on Miss Songdog's couch for days before I could finally sit up without feeling dizzy. Eventually, I was hobbling around her flat and making a mess. It helped that I was out of my mind on one potent course of painkillers. It was a hell of a way to...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E12: Love Saved Us Once
The storm was just like they said. Outside Miss Songdog's apartment building, knee-deep snow blocked the road. The city was locked down and the plows had given up, emergency services were suspended. A quarter of the city was experiencing a...