Colyn & Colton: One Winter's Night
**One Winter's Night** ** ** _By Colin Leighton_ It was frightfully cold that evening. And not only cold, too - the wind howled, and snow fell in big, wet flakes, the kind that cover the ground so swiftly that the inches climb by halves of hours,...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Eight
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT NED News anchors were chattering; dozens of cameras flashing; a crowd of thousands buzzing as the city of San Fernando prepared to put Senator Johnson on trial. Even with police clearance, Ned could hardly find a place to park,...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Seven
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN MIKEY At that moment the crocodile was feeling very smart indeed. Mikey's hotel room had evidentially previously sheltered a female guest, because the room smelled strongly of perfumes, so much that his nose twitched and he...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Six
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX NED "It wasn't Dr Rath. Couldn't possibly have been." The speaker was a Lycaon surgeon called Edmund DuBois, and they were sitting in one of the hospital's conference room. Dr DuBois was trying to sound professional, but there...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Five
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE NED The Prius was parked between a blue van and a red Corvette convertible, reminding Ned of the American flag. The back door was down - Justice Johnson had closed it, he said, after finding the body. The call had come early:...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Four
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR NED At SF Metro headquarters, Ned was feeling low. They had failed. The Prophet had outwitted them yet again, drawing all their attention to Van Holling, when in reality, Wilson must have been his target all along. That made...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Three
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE MIKEY Mikey was elated. He could still hear the shrieks of the crowd echoing in his ears. Oh, the chaos, oh, the hysteria! It was insane, insane beyond imagination. His stub tail wiggled against the car's seat as he reflected -...
Identity: Chapter Forty-Two
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO NED That was a scene Ned wanted instantly to forget; watching the kid collapse, dead, but with the expression of horror petrified on his muzzle. Killed in cold blood, defenceless, by the very coyote who Ned was beginning to think...
Identity: Chapter Forty-One
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE NED Garrett and Olympia were waiting when Ned's Ford pulled into the hardware store parking lot. The store was closed, so he knew the black Mercedes had to be their vehicle. Certainly a less conspicuous car than Garrett's Mustang,...
Identity: Chapter Forty
CHAPTER FORTY NED "This would be the fourth copy-cat killing" Arkady said. Ned felt his good mood wilting. He'd came in happy that morning, after another night over at Garrett's house, during which they'd watched the airing of episode 22 of...
Identity: Chapter Thirty-Nine
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE NED Ned and Scarlett were waiting when Garrett's yellow Mustang pulled into the SF Metro parking lot. At first Ned thought Garrett had come alone, but then he realised that Olympia was in the backseat. She and Garrett were...
Identity: Chapter Thirty-Eight
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT CASEY The afternoon sun was already high as Casey Goldsmith turned his back on Westover High. Even in mid-June, the heat was already stifling, so the young coyote panted heavily, now that he was out of class, without Mrs Kraft...