Against the Wall
Beautiful sunlight streamed in through my kitchen's open window. I stepped up to it, unable to help a broad smile as I caught a bit of that wonderful spring breeze. It carried the scent of tulips and lilies, fresh baked bread, and the sweetest...
One Night with the Werewolf
From four stories up, Cassidy had a pretty good vantage point of the street below. Saturday night - plenty of people continued to go about their day as if the sun hadn't already set. Everyone down there was oblivious to her presence, but the vixen...
A New Family - Chapter 3
A New Family - Chapter 3 KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. Marlo kept his eyes closed. He sat stiff. His hands held tight to his knees. KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. The train jolted, clanged, then began to slow down. KA-THUNK... KA-THUNK... That...
A New Family - Chapter 2
Washington Fellburg was a nobody wolf who, unfortunately, found himself both at the wrong place and the wrong time, and had done something incredibly stupid. Had it been anywhere else he probably would have gotten off easy with nothing but a sour...
A New Family
A New Family -- Chapter 1 _What isn't said is known._ Marlo caught himself staring down at the ivory tray he was holding on to with a tight grip, whereupon he'd deftly balanced two small cups of green tea. Then he caught his reflection on a...
Gift for the Land - The Sacrifice
Sacrifice Night. The air trembled in celebration. Bonfires roared throughout our village, places for our people to gather and tell stories that had been passed down generation after generation. Once upon a time I had been one of the...
A Room Fit for a Prince
"Calvantes!" My entourage of guards perked up as a distant voice called my name. In an instant I saw excitement, hope, and a lingering sense that everything would be okay painted in the movements of all the three jackals that surrounded me. To my...
A New Family - Chapter 4
The room was filled with a low thrum as overhead lights struggled to stay on. An engine kicked itself awake from somewhere overhead and, in a moment's notice, the room got a few degrees cooler. Water from a distant faucet trickled to the beat of every...
Thorough Breeding
Everything was dark but unusually warm, like an embrace that covered her entire body - head to toe. Something was wrong and strange, moving was sluggish at best. Mina opened her eyes to a dark room. It was a compact room meant for recovery rather than...
Morning Maintenance
Sunlight just barely streamed through the window, it gave his small apartment just enough natural light for Marlo to work with. Despite its tinted surface, he could very clearly make out the surrounding megastructures, busy with the unseen life that...
Garden on a Roof
It was well into the afternoon by the time the young fox stepped out into the busy streets of Botha. Almost instantly Marlo was bumped into, slapped, and pushed aside until the flow of the crowds finally coerced him into going in one direction or the...