A Breath of Spring
# Chapter 1: A Breath of Spring The wind tossed a few stray snowflakes across my shoulders. I may be snug and warm under a fur coat, but the chill air still made me shiver. Perched on the exposed rocky crest of this steep ridge I could see the...
Food. Food, The Problem Is Always Food
# Chapter 7 Food. Food, The Problem Is Always Food James and I spent that night at the plant, after first gulping down all the water we could hold and ransacking the place for anything of value. The first was just short of heaven, the second...
I'm Getting too Old for This
# Chapter 1: I'm Getting too Old for This "Out of the way!" I nearly tripped over a rat out in the alleyway. She was doing nothing more offensive than hanging up her laundry. It was I who burst upon the scene, nearly trampling her and sending her...
A Growl in the Darkness
# Chapter 1: A Growl in the Darkness The fur on the back of my neck stood straight up. We were racing down the mountain as fast as English's jeep could take us on the cracked and worn asphalt. The road was already a hundred years without any...
Inbreeding
# Chapter 8: Inbreeding _June 10'th 1988 07:15 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ Taking a step back from the door, I readied myself for when the Dog would step in. He simply stood there. At long last the door tentatively opened. ...
Why Hide When You Have All the Space In the World?
# Chapter 8 Why Hide When You Have All the Space In the World? Watching Crit flounder around in the shallow pool was enough to release at least some of the stress that had been bunching at the base of my neck. He still hadn't seemed to have...
Damnit Crit, I'm a Mechanic, Not a Killer!
# Chapter 9 Damnit Crit, I'm a Mechanic, Not a Killer! We made it the rest of the way around the pool without any more creatures surfacing from its depths. A stream cascaded down from the wall was fresh and clean, its crystal clear water that...
I Hate My Life, and My Boss Hates it Too
# Chapter 3: I Hate My Life, and My Boss Hates it Too The sun came up again like it always did; a Tuesday doesn't look all that different from a Monday from where I'm sitting. Somehow during the night I'd succeeded in wrapping myself around the back...
A Private Breeder
# Chapter 5: A Private Breeder _June 9'th 1988 04:30 Hours Somewhere beneath London, England_ I came to slowly, like surfacing from a deep, dark pool. It felt as though someone had stuffed my head with cotton batten, like I was awakening from...
The River may be Running, but I have no Urge to Chase it
# Chapter 1: The River may be Running, but I have no Urge to Chase it The sky was glorious. A bare and stark blue, wiped clean this rare day by the coastal winds. There was nothing but the blazing...
The Kennel
Chapter 3: The KennelAugust 18, 1982 05:54 HoursSouth London, England I opened my eyes, as always, a few minutes before the harsh fluorescent lights above us flared to life. I was never sure what woke me. It wasn't as though there was even the...
Examination
# Chapter 12: Examination _August 18'rd 1995 12:15 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ "Forty-Seven." The lady running front desk for the Final Exam never even looked up. He was nothing more to her than just another Dog. She hadn't heard a...