CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 6
**HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE (PT 1)** The door at the end of the hallway opens up to an ordinary looking conference room with a long wooden table by the windows. The seats are high and big enough to support most anthros, and the walls are decorated...
Chapter 2: A Nick and Knox Story
— Knox — I jolted awake, sitting bolt upright and knocking the knit blanket that someone draped over me to the floor. Three thoughts hit me in rapid succession, along with the ghost of sensation; warm breath on my cheek, a tingle in my lips. I...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 5
**KEEP TALKING** Lotte, like most mornings, wakes up before you do. Last night was...different, so you were both in bed even earlier than normal. She let you hold her last night. You took a chance and wrapped your arm around her chest. She didn't...
None So Vile 19: The Leper Affinity
NONE SO VILE # 19: The Leper Affinity Albedo, Rennaire, 1804. Alabaster watched the leper across the square. The Undercity locals flittered back and forth, collecting their goods from the market stalls and hauling them off in small,...
None So Vile 32: Death of Empire
NONE SO VILE # 32: Death of Empire Albedo, Rennaire, 1811. Leon stood alone atop the barricades, the city of Albedo at his back. Thousands of Rennaire’s best soldiers surrounded his dais, and yet still he felt as if he were the only man on the...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 3
**WELCOME TO THE MACHINE** Out the door you leap into a fresh snowdrift as deep as your waist. As a husband on a leash you have next to no power over your life. What you can do is get the fuck away those anthros. CPT Obmeyer stands stoically against...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 16
**THE FINAL CUT (PT. 2)** _"Then suddenly the phone rang. I never had the nerve to make the final cut..."_ You stare down at a mostly lukewarm bowl of beef stew. SSGT Beckett has raided the pantry and invaded the kitchens again to produce something...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 4
**COMFORTABLY NUMB** You hate this You honestly, truly hate this life. What immediately followed your surrender to husbandry was frankly worthy of suicide. Your mother's freedom? Worth it. Your elder sisters' acquittal? It had to be done. The...
None So Vile 10: No Gods, No Kings
NONE SO VILE # 10: No Gods, No Kings Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. Leon used his knees to push Jacques's legs further apart, grunting as he thrust himself deeper into the rat. For his part, the naked assistant moaned, arching his back as Leon leaned...
None So Vile 31: The End of War
NONE SO VILE # 31: The End of War Albedo, Rennaire, 1811. Two months later. Alabaster winced as the knock came at his laboratory door. A small shiver ran down his back, and the moisture in his mouth suddenly turned sour. “And lo, the Emperor...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 14
**ECLIPSE** An unlit cigarette drops from Lotte's hand. "Excuse you?" Growls Colonel Honore. She takes a puff from her massive cigar, then grinds it furiously into the ashtray. "Yekaterina Koslov has, ahh…died, Colonel." Says Inspector DeWitt...
None So Vile 20: The Right to Rule
NONE SO VILE # 20: The Right to Rule Albedo, Rennaire, 1804. Leon flinched as knuckles rapped on his bedroom door. “Just a minute," he growled, blinking back into focus. Vest. He was buttoning his vest, of course. He shot a glance back...