The Witch Doctor - teaser
"OK, sucker," Marty growled, brandishing the kitchen knife. "Only one of us gets out of here alive!" The pumpkin stared insolently back at him. Marty had drawn a scary face on it, with narrow, slit-pupilled eyes and jagged teeth, but he had yet to...
Passing Trade
"You want me to do _what_?" Joko's eyes bulged in his black mask, and he twitched his ears. "That's sick!" "But think of the money!" The gibbon stretched his lips into an ingratiating smile. "Don't worry, I'll deal with all the messy stuff. You...
Loganberry Hits a Hrair
Loganberry sighed and ran his paws through the tuft of fur between his long ears. He was tackling a particularly thorny passage of Old Lapine this morning, and even the plate of chocolate digestives at his elbow wasn't helping. The thought that he...
Sunset
The red sun rolls towards the sea Its last glow tints the tower above The war is done. The land is free. The lion girds himself for love. Helmet and armour laid aside The heavy mane hangs splendidly He licks the blood clots from his...
The End Bed
There wasn't much to look forward to at Number Five Casualty Clearing Station. Even if there had been, Nurse Becky's round would still have been the highlight of the day. The VAD uniform was designed both for hygiene and to make its wearers as sexless...
Compromises
"Oh Flink," Krister breathed. "This is cool." The husky let out his own breath in a relieved pant, and his ears lifted from their semi-erect position to a pleased prick. "Told you!" he said cockily, and bounced out of the car. Flink stretched and...
Bentley's Peace: III
The Cousin Wilberforce who appeared at the dinner table was a different creature to the one who had arrived at the front door. Spruced up, bathed and brushed, he was a presentable fox indeed. He was wearing a tail spat with his evening dress; it was an...
Bentley's Peace: II
Bentley's first thought was to find Grace, but she had already left. Schützer was alone in the kitchen, drying up the tea things. When he saw Bentley's face he put down the tea towel and pulled out a chair for him. "Vhat ist?" Bentley sat at the...
Bentley's Peace: I
On that first morning of peace, Bentley Pringle ffox woke from a dream of running across No Man's Land to a sunlit bedroom. He was wearing striped pyjamas that smelled of mothballs. A sporting print hung above the bed. He was home. He had seen his...
The Truffle Hunters
The 2CV bumped and skidded along the farm track, past olive trees and fields of lavender. Brioche trailed a paw out of the window and sniffed the smoky autumn breeze. "Aupres de ma blonde, qu'il fait bon, fait bon, fait bon! Aupres de ma blonde, qu'il...
Rodentia
Tuco-tuco, marmot, mara Guinea pig and capybara The paca and the pacarana With all the seeds their cheeks can garner. Bringing fruit and other booty Woodchuck, coypu and agouti. Hopping dusty deserts o'er Go the springhare and jerboa Crossing...
Ground Control to Major Ward
"All systems check. Shutdown complete." Major Conrad Victor Ward snapped the last switch closed and took a deep breath, ears pricked in the sudden silence. Lights stopped blinking; air stopped humming. There was only a tall, white-haired lion squashed...