This Tall to Ride
Looking around with bewilderment, the mouse stopped to rub at his cheeks. Melted snow had gathered on his clear, stiff whiskers, making them glisten with wintry wetness. Drying them off, he picked up his bags and approached the check-in counter. He...
Joyride
An October afternoon. Blue skies and a blustery breeze. Removing the steel hitch pin that connected the soil-caked plow to the tractor, Emerson climbed back into the cab and slowly moved the big, green machine away. The gold-and-cream harvest mouse...
Extension of You
In front of a painterly backdrop of alfalfa fields and telephone lines, the harvest mouse glanced over his golden-furred shoulder. Off to the west, where all harbingers came from, the pristine evening was coming to an end: a wall cloud, dark and...
Super Squirrel
"Sonar confirms the target! Lock acquired! Shipshape and Bristol fashion, men! This might be our only chance!" Charlie announced. The bronze-and-silver fox squirrel was on her knees on the tiled bathroom floor, the sleeves of her oversized plaid...
Worth the Wait
**ZOOM!** **Zzzooooom!** It was muggy Thursday night in Miami, and open-wheeled race cars flew through the streets like fighter jets, wings glistening, the sounds of their fine-tuned, million-dollar engines echoing far and wide. Speed to take your...
Day For Night
_I hate weddings._ _But I love croquembouche! _ Meadow exhaled through her pink, sniffy nose, smiling happily as she chewed on a gloriously flaky dough ball. "Mm-f." The perfect French pastry. _Almost as good as an orgasm._ She swallowed and looked...
That's So Us
Summer was in full stride. Barely noon, and the sun, high and mighty, ruled the sky with fiery confidence. A light breeze came from the west, fluffy, white clouds acting as roving islands of shadow (but providing no lasting relief from the...
Here Comes the Sun
The short, supple harvest mouse, glancing at her gold-and-pink reflection in a full-body mirror, adjusted her sports bra before wriggling into a navy-blue sports t-shirt. She took a slow, cleansing breath. It had been a long, cold, and lonely winter....
Headfirst
A crisp, repeating melody jarred Astrid awake. Dreams dissolving, she groaned into her downy pillow. What ... Sky-blue eyes peeked open. The bedroom was still dark, indicating it was sometime 'before sunrise.' The sound persisted. That couldn't have...
Four's Company
"What about these?" Adelaide asked. The pink-furred bat stopped at a rotating display of seed packets, spinning it around. Field's big, dishy ears perked, and he pushed the rickety shopping cart over to his mate. They were in the garden center at...
Hotel Room
All the way in. So deep ... "Oh ... " The moan almost didn't make it past the mouse's throat ... so light and shy it was. ... and the squirrel pulling back, only the head left inside ... and sliding back into the other rodent. With a gentle...
Strength of Signal
_ _ Meadow stared at the ceiling, bright blue eyes unblinking. They all but fired lasers. The harvest mouse was tense. _No, not tense. That's too clinical._ She huffed. _I'm steamed!_ There were knots in her back. They throbbed, making her shoulder...