The Last Caress of Victoria Jones
Her final breath was a moan. But, because the significance of that statement is lost without context, perhaps I should start at the beginning of her ending. Millennia ago some four legged beasts became two legged beasts. The predator and prey...
Scumbag Confessions
Dear Playmouse, I write this letter to you not to boast about my conquests, say how in awe I am of my fateful encounter with the female form, or even just to make something up to see it in print. Instead, I send this to you because of guilt. I...
Comfortable Sins
This much he could tell from where he stood: Mahira was in trouble. With her tail tucked against the backs of her legs and her ears lying over her head scarf, Mahira could do nothing but dart her eyes from one to the other. The quartet before her...
Embers After 1 AM
Hera drained her wine glass. After swallowing she lapped over her lips and peered into the empty glass. Temptation to get another glass rose up, but she shook her head and set the glass down. Sighing through her nose she looked up. Staring back at...
Smoking in the Stacks
Nova-white pages, glaring in their intensity from the nearby lamp, started to blur together before Nathan's eyes. Sitting back, he began to rub his face while silently cursing the instructor who demanded pounds of research for each paper. Without...
Fanservice
"This is bad idea. It's a disaster, and I look ridiculous." Thankfully no one was in the ladies room to hear Robin talking to herself, let alone see her, but it was two hours after everyone else had left the office. Everyone except her and Dean. Dean...
Fireworks
"You must be kidding," I said. "I've heard some crazy requests, but-" My manager's voice remained as dry as leaves in November. "I never joke about clients." But then she didn't joke much period. "Desiree, are you turning it down?" I took a deep...
Missed
The click-clack of Miss Pendigrass's riding boots echoed down the hall in her wake, the sound helping to transform her walk from a stately stroll to the confident, no-nonsense prowl more suited to an executive. She passed a hall monitor, and instead of...
Phoning It In
Holding my breath, I unlocked the door and pushed it open. The room was a copy of every other room in the motel; boring and unremarkable, except for one the plain cardboard box sitting on the edge of the bed. Just seeing it set my heart beating...
Welcome to My Parlor
A jolt along the web stirred the spider from her torpor. Waking in the heart of the ruins, she caressed the delicate weave of energy that traced the stones, feeling for the interruption. There. The trap near the southern tunnel entrance had gone off....
Extra Curricular Activities
The rabbit narrowed her eyes. "She _what_?" "Has her own room," Regina repeated. "She's on my floor." Ava watched Cynthia all but give off steam as she glared at the classroom wall, her black ears trembling. The rabbit hadn't managed to get her...