Serval and Sheep (Chapter 5)
When I was born, my parents didn't know what to name me. They ended up picking the name Brian because it sounded nice. But for the first five minutes of my life, I wasn't Brian. I was a nameless animal, naked and crying, overwhelmed by a world I didn't...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 8)
"I said, how was the meeting?" Molly's annoyed voice falls on deaf ears. Even though a serval's hearing is superior to all other felines, Hafsa is out of business. The past two weeks have proven themselves to be one of the most miserable and shameful...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 7)
Hafsa couldn't get out of that room fast enough. She wishes her breakneck acceptance of Solomon's offer is read as a fledgeling's earnest enthusiasm to help her upperclassman rather than the desperate escape she wants. The two wave goodbye to the...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 33)
Ever since reading the feline behavior textbook, Desmond began to notice things about Hafsa he hadn't before. Like the way one realizes how many red things are in a room once they start looking for them. Slowly, day by day, he secretly adds more...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 26)
Miraculously enough, spring break did arrive for the students of Noah's Arc Academy on the first week of April. The annual exodus of animals from the school left only a few dozen stragglers still staying at the dorms, including Hafsa herself. With her...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 18)
The crowd explodes into applause as the fireworks go off. Animals rise to their feet violently enough to rattle the worn bleachers, whooping and hollering, drunk on the energy that only exists in a pep rally. The whizzing roman candles and fountains...
Solomon Talks: On The Subject of Diet
Good afternoon, all. This is Caracal Solomon, speaking to you at the behest of one "Malaise Soup" (what an odd name). It is my understanding that the world you inhabit is quite different from my own, so there are certain social principles that,...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 20)
As a child, my favorite days were Sunday, because that's when my father was home. As a renowned anesthesiologist, he worked six days a week and only came home after I had long since been tucked in, so I never really got to see him. But he would always...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 24)
Last year, when I became student council secretary, I decided to take the new treasurer Brian out to lunch on a Saturday. As we were both sophomores, and new to the council, it seemed like a good opportunity to get to know each other. This was a...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 19)
Desmond is engulfed in a massive group hug two steps into the training room. As soon as the rams found out about his brother's assault, it's been a non-stop barrage of worried texts, calls, video calls, surprise barging-ins his doom room, etcetera....
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 22)
Desmond wonders if somehow, his wool has secretly smelled of catnip his whole life. Or maybe, he had been a cattail in his past life. Why else does he attract such complicated felines? He reminisces miserably on these existential doubts while...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 16)
The members of the student council, in Desmond's eyes, range from bad to worst. While being collectively in each other's presence whilst whittling the time away doing paperwork and planning isn't too painful, Desmond becomes painfully away of the...