The Last Day
_Thoom._ An echo ricochets off the maze of walls, the deep booming unstoppable as it invaded every corner of the metropolis. The noise bounced from building to building, leaving a startled populace in its wake. Life in the city paused as the wave of...
Love in Plain Sight
_Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!-Bzzt!- **WHUMP!** _ _ _ The heavy slam of a great, meaty palm silenced the bleating alarm clock. Beneath the lumpy, hilled mass of sheets and comforters, a deep groan rumbled forth. The low...
A Single Act (Gift for TripleL)
A ripple coursed through the fields of dusty wheat, a steady breeze rushing over the land. The rush of the morning air gave way to wisps of dried soil, dirt flung into the air as topsoil lost its battle against the wind. The wheat itself nearly toppled...
More Dessert?
The wet, thick smacks off the barn walls, reverberating in his ears even as he heaved yet another wheelbarrow of baked, sugary treats forth. It was always another, never, ever enough, a race to sate the behemoth for a few hours before that monstrous...
Preserving the Balance
Ebb and flow. Action and reaction. Growth and recession. Life shifts constantly, on every level, at every point on the entire planet. With every minute alteration, something is gained and lost. With each shift in climate, one species thrives as another...
It's a Hit?
"This is Blackclaw One! I'm making my attack run...now!" Mark's grip upon his controls increased to white-knuckle intensity. With his ears folded back he flicked rapidly through the array of blinking knobs and switches winking in readiness upon his...
The Scavenger-King
Within the den only thunderous snores could be heard, echoing off the rocky walls of the cavern before erupting back into the early morning air. The floor was strewn with perhaps a half-dozen feline frames sprawled in relaxed postures, heads lolled...
Descending on a Feast
Over the rustling of the grasslands and the whisper of the winds, the cries sounded. Tinny and weak, the yips and yowls converged upon one another, building into cacophonous orchestras as each little being rummaged through the tall stalks, the scent...
Make Ready By Seven
His ears flickered with each ponderous, booming word, the distant thunder roaring to greet him even as the familiar fog muddied his senses. As his vision grew dim and his head grew heavy, he turned his eyes back up, up towards the immense smile that...