Lateral Move
"_[T]he machine masturbated and we had to take it or die."--Harlan Ellison,_ I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream \* \* \* Candice had worked at Rocketjet Aerodyne for going on three years now. Working as a defense contractor certainly hadn't been her...
The Mongrel, part III
"So tear me open but beware "There's things inside without a care "And the dirt still stains me "So wash me ... till clean "I'll tear me open, make you gone "No longer will you hurt anyone "And the hate still shapes me "So hold me, until...
The Trial But With Pig TF
"_t is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance."_ --Franz Kafka, The Trial (the one without pig TF) "Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to...
On the Torment of Scylla and the Cruelty of Glowcow
_She stood there rooted to a rock, in her unutterable misery hating and destroying everything that came within her reach ..._ _--Edith Hamilton,_Mythology _Hasa Diga Eebowai_ _--Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez,_ The Book of Mormon Gods...
Broken World: Desire (Part II)
The Broken World: Desire (Part II) "_Home is the nicest word there is."_ _--Laura Ingalls Wilder_ Lura woke on the cold floor of her shack. The first thing she became aware of was the frantic pounding. The second was how very cold she felt, likely...
Lair of the Bat People
"_The bat that hangs upside down laughs at the topsy turvey world." - Anonymous_ "Okay, this is really cool but also incredibly stupid." Jake looked over his shoulder at his girlfriend of two years. "You know you didn't have to come on this little...
Broken World: Desire (Part I)
It had been four days since Lura buried her mother. The other villagers were nice enough about it. Lamyra had cried and told her she could come live with her family, which caused the young girl's own mother to shush her and quickly leave for home....
Cold
Gabriel had met Nora at an art exhibit downtown. Normally he wasn't the type of person to frequent art exhibits, but a friend of a friend of a friend had a piece on display. Instead of ducking out or coming up with an excuse--an excuse called Breath...
Pox Party
"This isn't going to be anything weird, right?" Eric shifted uncomfortably from where he was perched atop the uncomfortable exam table. These things always hurt his back and his ass. Also, who exactly did they think they were fooling with the...
Hello My Name is Jolene (Woman > Opossum Anthro)
There was a fire in Jolene's swamp, and she couldn't be happier. A fire meant change. A fire meant excitement. A fire meant something different was happening, something interesting in the least interesting place in the western hemisphere. A sodden bog...
Invitation to the Blues (Woman -> Were-Tiger)
"She's a moving violation, from her conk down to her shoes "Well, it's just an invitation to the blues." --Tom Waits, "Invitation to the Blues" --- Tom waited for the arrival of his new life in a tired bus station in Chester, Pennsylvania. If...
The Mongrel, part II
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." --Mahatma Gandhi --- The doors of the city opened before them like the lid of a coffin revealing the rotting corpse within. Two figures waited in line, shuffling slowly one weary half-footstep at a...