SPQR- Chapter 3
When Martellus was young, there was nothing that cheered him up than seeing the arena where the gladiators battled. The strongest of all the species in Rome would do battle here, often to the death, with all manner of dangerous weapons. Chariot races,...
SPQR- Chapter 2
A splash of cold water and soon Martellus II had woken up in his father's home. It had been such a long time since the wolf had left and while not much about the scenery had changed, Martellus himself had changed immeasurably since his earlier days in...
SPQR- Chapter 1
And so the day had finally come for Martellus the Second, the wolf who had more than earned his salt in several provinces abroad to return home to his father and mother to tell of the brave and glorious stories of his legion during their tenure in...
SPQR (Senatus Populesque Romanus)- Intro
All of the civilizations in the known world had fallen- all of them except for one, and that was the civilization whose advanced technology and superior tactics in the art of making war had brought Asia Minor, Judea, and Thracia and Gallia to their...
Bastille Day
"Laissez-les manger le gateau"- Marie Antoinette. (Did she have a good head on her shoulders or what?) Bastian had always hated the rain as it washed through the city. This young fox farmer, a peasant whose home lay far to the north by the shores...
High Water
Water. It forms the backbone of all life- the first choice of those dying of thirst, and an essential building block for any ecosystem. For scientists like the wolf Jonas Neumann, the chemical and physical properties of water had been studied and he...
Tai Shan
It had been a long and arduous journey for Emperor Li Po, but the fox knew he had a sacred and important pilgrimage to accomplish on this beautiful mountain known as Tai Shan. This was where Li Po's father had gone as had his father before him and so...
Nocturne
There the otter was- sailing a boat on the night on an endless sea. This was not a large boat; no it was a canoe, an infinitely-small structure on an endless sea that stretched on forever. There was no way that he could swim back to the shore (and...
The Trees
There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas... It wasn't everyday that Raccoon dared venture out into the big city yet this time he had no choice with his...
That Darn Dragon!
Eliwood Pratt was a superhero. Eliwood Pratt was also a college professor at Hogtown University- both posts he had served since 1974. His everyday job was training the young citizens of Hogtown (mostly pigs but really all kinds of species) to be...
Afterimage
Suddenly the fox was gone from all the lives he left his mark upon... Chester was always a good friend of mine so it hit me like me a thunderbolt when I heard the awful news. Chester Rohan, fallen at the age 31, as the result of injuries sustained...
War Paint
The vixen before the mirror took one last look before her night out on the town. That mirror had always held a special place in her heart- it was the same mirror that her mother had used when she was her age, in heat for the right fox who it turned...