Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Author's Note: This is another of my older submissions to FA that I'm transferring now over to SoFurry. I really liked this one and I hope that you can enjoy it as well. Peace. Synopsis: When a teenager returns home due to his father swtiching jobs,...
The Long Road Home - Chapter 3
# Chapter 3: The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance The following morning, I awoke to a silent house and packed without breaking that silence. Mom was already off to work, yet another six-to-six shift to conquer. My boss was already informed by my...
The Long Road Home - Chapter 2
# Chapter 2: The Night "Jackie, you can't keep fighting with Richard." Mom chastises as she bangs a plate down onto the tabletop. "I know you don't enjoy being around him, but, we can't be turning down his kind of help. Especially in this...
The Long Road Home - Chapter 1
# Chapter 1: . . . And a Criminal "That was At War With the World, an oldie by Foreigner from their self-titled debut album, Foreigner. And, it is that time of the hour again, and we'll head on over to Alicia at the 98.5FM Weather Channel weather...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 14
Chapter 14: I'm not thrilled when Jackie jumps behind the wheel of my car. But when he smiles this sly, suave smile, and insists that what he wants to show me has to be a surprise, I button my lips up. My concerns are soon revealed to be unfounded...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Happy Town. I've always thought that 'Happy Town' had to have been a mistake. And it sort of was a mistake. The neighborhood was originally named Highland Terrace, back when it was being constructed maybe sixty or seventy years ago. But...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 8
Chapter: 8 The Aries sign rises bright through the night, it's red and yellow neon tubing cutting through the darkness: A-R-I-E-S, hung vertically, flashing and then lighting up sequentially. Below it, a movie theater-like board lists the upcoming...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Quartz, oh, so helpfully, finally suggests hitting up a few bars in the area to try to scrape up some leads, since the precinct couldn't provide us anything more, which is an idea I had as well. He says that everybody needs to socialize,...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 6
Chapter 6: It's so hard to think in here. The bullpen back at the precinct is supposed to be the officer's home base, their home-away-from-home. I've never once felt that way, that this is a home-away-from-home. This place feels more like a high...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 5
Chapter 5: The station is all but dead when we get there, just a half dozen blocks east of the apartment building. The docks and riverfront businesses are all but closed, so all of the evening traffic has dispersed. And because it's still much too...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Voices begin to sing out and camera bulbs snap and crack as the remaining force of police officers exits the building. The captain raises his hands above his head to gain their attentions, his antler-dominated silhouette towering above...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 3
Chapter 3: "He wants _what_?!" The captain bellows down at me. When I came out and told the captain that I had gained something, he was impressed. But when I informed him that the coyote wouldn't freely give up anything until he had certain...