On this New Sea
_A group of scientists and explorers set their sights on the End of the World, an impassable and chaotic tempest beyond which no sailor has ever ventured._ _This is the first chapter of_ There Shall Be Wings_, which is my Guaranteed Novel of 2016 in...
First Impressions
_The cruiser Dark Horse responds to a distress call to find some fierce aliens and an opportunity to learn from different cultures. As you do._ _Well it looks like _Madison May of the Star Patrol _has been picked up for a second series, or something...
The Trouble with Coyotes, Part One
_Coyotes! One is a problem. Two is just, well, asking for it. Dr. Miguel Ribeiro ought to know that, but when an old friend shows up with a risky, coyoterrific proposition he has to think things over..._ _Let's kick off December with some coyote...
A Few Minutes of Darkness
_On the weekend before a total solar eclipse comes to Cannon Shoals, Danny Hayes, Allie Navarro and Joan Findlay find their way... some rather differently than others._ _Here have an Eclipse Story. This is a story I wrote for myself for my birthday so...
The Dark Eternity to Come
_In the distant future, genetically engineered 'moreaus' fight for a new home on the battleground where they first gained their freedom._ _The first chapter of a short novel--book one of two--that takes place on Jericho, the site of_ [Steel and Fire...
For Always Roaming
_A husky and her coyote lover try to settle down. But how long can they go without getting into trouble? Life may not let triangles stay still, but at least it's exciting._ _This story takes place eighteen months after Annie Janssen and Keetso Edison...
The Most Famous Jackal of All
_2021's Christmas Story sees Casey and Dev on a special mission_ _It's a Very Casey Christmas Story, although she doesn't manage to shoot her eye out? But still: she gets to play dress-up, gets to be the Right Stuff doing the Right Thing, and gets...
Collateral
_Brit Kendrick collects on a debt and incurs a new one._ _Well, we haven't had a Very Cannon Shoals story in a while, now have we? This is a 'check the tags' story about a mechanic small business owner getting fucked over by big business. You...
...and Curiouser
_The Mirror Universe reveals a few of its secrets. TJ makes First Contact._ _I guess it's time for something like plot development! And also time for TJ to be a good otter, because TJ is always useful at being a good otter. We learn a bit more about...
The Wardrobe
_An exit from the mirror universe, a big reveal, and Some Fun Happens._ _The last episode to take place in the mirror universe that has occupied this season. It's partly plot development, I'm afraid, but there is some surprisingly important smut...
The tough guy
_Stuck in a coffeeshop during a winter storm, the policeman Clint Kendrick settles a teenage lover's quarrel between the barista and her football-star boyfriend._ _You know how I sometimes write bittersweet stories about mostly decent people? This is...
Take the long way home
_Allie left Cannon Shoals four years ago -- not by her choice. Now the ocelot makes her way back, finding that everything isn't as it was and her attempts at reform might be self-defeating..._ _This is the first part of a four-part series of...