Black Ice

**Black Ice** ** ** _By Arian Mabe_ _ _ _ _ @arianmabe [[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90f1e2f9f1fefdf1f2f5d0f8ffe4fdf1f9fcbef3fffd) Cover artwork by...

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Revenge

**Revenge** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _A monologue._ _ _ The cogs started turning with the bloody apple. No, no - the apple wasn't bloody, but the blinds, the blue blinds, were splattered with the stuff. Those painted bricks, the...

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Encounter

**Encounter** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ Fog writhed in a great sweeping mass across the beach, twisting and coiling with the wind as if it were alive, sentient. The sea could not be seen by everyday eyes, but the feel of it was...

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The Dying Game

**The Dying Game** **SAMPLE** ** ** **_Written by Arian Mabe_** ** ** **[[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)** [**[email protected]**](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f697849f97989b979493b69e99829b979f9ad895999b) **...

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Mirrors

**Mirrors** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare_ ** ** Some would call me crazy, to turn a mirror to face the wall. Ears back, mane messy - a mare must look a right sight without a mirror, but there is no one here to bear judgement, so what do I...

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Maintaining the Bond

**Maintaining the Bond** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare for Salun_ _ _ The city thrummed with life, encased in tall, stone walls that many claimed were impenetrable. The ladies of the city treated it as a private joke amongst themselves,...

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Taming Him

**Taming Him** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare for Kingman (trade)_ _ _ Resting his elbows back upon the hotel bar, the black feline surveyed the room, a smirk tugging at the right side of his lips. The buzz of alcohol relaxed his muscles,...

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Recovery

**Recovery** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare_ _ _ You make me _angry_. Not just tail swishing angry. This is raw, screaming, fists pounding against the wall angry. Have you ever screamed so long and so loud that your throat turned scratchy?...

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Hemingway's War

**Hemingway's War** _Written by Amethyst Mare / Arian Mabe_ _A diary entry by Mary Welsh Hemingway written after Ernest Hemingway's untimely death._ _ _ \* _ _ _July 20th, 1961_ _ _ I have neglected my penmanship in the days after my late...

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Submit

**Submit** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare for Daniel Yote_ _ _ Heads turned one after the other as the snow leopard stalked to the parapet, muzzle slightly upturned to the bright sunlight, which cast a warm glow over her patterned coat. Her...

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Midnight Interlude

**Midnight Interlude** _Written by Arian Mabe / Amethyst Mare for Razak_ A paw between my thighs woke me. Inhaling sharply, I rolled on to my back from where I had been laying, facing away from my wolf in sleep. I blinked, fighting to come back...

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Our Little Secret

**Our Little Secret** _Written by Amethyst Mare / Arian Mabe for Fyrdrgon_ _ _ The old barn creaked in the early afternoon sunshine, warm wood expanding and groaning like a creature rising from winter slumber. The red paint was cracked and peeling,...

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