First Family
We were always the first family to arrive at the supply store for farmers, so that the tractor equipment, and the seeds would not all be bought before we all came- our car must have been quite a sight for the people in the city, seven foxes of varying...
Point Nemo
Isolation. Hermitage. Remoteness. Solitude. All these words and many more came to mind for the anthropomorphic animals who lived in the city of Nautilus. There is a growing civilization there that has been based there for two centuries and we humans...
Europe After the Rain
Series of excerpts from the Diary of Max Ernest, a fox who took to living in a shelter to escape the fires of a war which ravaged his homeland: "I have not left this shelter for years- it is my last refuge in this time of great and tremendous...
The Strangers
Somewhere in suburban America... A young boy is riding a bicycle in front of his parents while his brother is playing baseball with some friends. A little girl is wearing her mother's oversized hand-me-downs for a tea party with her dolls. A young...
The Three Thousand Heroes
This is but one of the many legends spoken of by the wolves in the Kandai region: The wolves of Kandai knew that their town was doomed to be destroyed. A large invading army had been sighted in the villages to the west, destroying everything in...
SPQR- Chapter 9 + Analysis
Before entering the arena, the wolf and his lion cellmate were given white robes known as candidae to wear, a sign of innocence most often worn by politicians. The whiteness of these garments was a symbol of purity and innocence as they faced the most...
SPQR Chapter 8
The voice came from the back of the cell, puny and cracked. Martellus thought he was in solitary confinement but there was indeed somebody there in that foetid cell. When Martellus first heard it, his first thought that it was some puny creature like a...
SPQR Chapter 7
No sooner had Martellus Lisenius entered the Senate than a feeling of dread encompassed him. The wolf looked out across the seats and saw other Senators who had just been sworn in (elections were out of the question, one of the new "reforms" the new...
SPQR Chapter 6
The next few months for Martellus passed by joyously as the city of Rome itself was guided by the twin lights of republicanism and civic virtue. With Emperor Titus at the helm, the city itself became a paradise. But like all visions of paradise, this...
Scars of Pleasure, Scars of Pain
Osuwan stood upon the mountaintop and shouted at the sky- only this time it was much different than at the earlier times. Life had changed so much since the lion left his father's people in Africa to live in America. During the day, the skies were...
SPQR Chapter 5
It was obvious at this point that Martellus was now beyond frustrated with the city of Rome for its bloodthirsty ways, which at this point seemed to be as much a part of the city as the color white was to the salt the wolf received as payment while...
SPQR Chapter 4
Years had passed since the incident at the arena and the wolf Martellus had learned and experienced much. Martellus had given some thought and realized that the Empire which he had fought for was indeed violent, and it had no right claiming to be...