Bull Frontal
"And here's our herd of bulls! None of em' were here back when you were a kid, eh, son?!" Henry said with a chuckle as he patted Dylan's shoulder. Dylan groaned. He had not seen his uncle in over 5 years when he had been a teen. At 22, he...
Call of the Moon
Eli looked out at the setting sun, feeling the apprehension he'd been struggling with all day rising. He was sitting in his buddy's passenger seat as they drove out towards Samy's summer camp. They tried to get out there a few times a year, and this...
Banjo'd
Nat looked down at his prize and smiled in delight. He absolutely loved the look of the bear tooth necklace in his hands and couldn't wait to put it on. It was just the thing he had been looking for for years, and now that he owned it he was eager to...
An Inhuman Experience
PART ONE \*\*\*\*\*\* "Good to go?" My colleague Joe asked, that hint of concern not lost on his face. He thought I was crazy for doing this. Hell, I couldn't blame him. It was an experiment that no sane man would willingly undergo. If it...
One Man's Burden, Another's Pleasure
Eagerly, Denver surveyed the dimly lit bar, the air thick with the scent of smoke, sweat, and alcohol from the other patrons. Bars like this weren't his typical scene and he was painfully reminded how out of place he was. Several men had come over to...
The Dragon Dance
"Come on, man, just one more time!" Theodore whined, fatigued from their efforts but not wanting to give up when the two of them were so close. Calvin looked at his friend with tired eyes. He didn't have an inclination to try again, not after...
Temper the Wind
Not the first time in recent days, Bill found himself browsing the internet, looking at fan art of some of his favorite dragons. There was no shortage of generic dragon images, though the subject of his latest interest was a dragon known as...
Song of the Tulkun
"Should be about twenty minutes out sir," came the pilot's voice over his headpiece, and Sam nodded, going back over his pad. His workload was far too much that even a trip to their research site left no time for relaxation. Though he preferred it that...
New Year, Same Moon
"Happy new year!" Alister, Sammy, and Eli called out in unison, raising their glasses in cheers. Though it was hardly New Year's yet, they were celebrating the get-together all day, the former two men having arrived at Eli's late that morning. Having...
A Permanent Countryside Vacation
The warm spring air sat well in his lungs as Darren stared out into the lush fields of the farmland he was being driven towards. Though it was relatively remote, that didn't matter to him, all...
Getting over the Hump
The camel statue was hardly the strangest thing Michael had seen on his trip so far. Such things were on every other street corner in the villages outside the city where he had been vacationing. Even seeing one of them glow was hardly out of the...
With This Hoard, I Thee Wed
Breathing in the cool autumn air, Leo let out a contented sigh, loving being out on the trail that he had come to travel almost every weekend he could get off from work. Though it wasn't the easiest hike, the sight of the outcropping overlooking the...