Identity: Chapter Fifty-One
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE NED Garrett did not answer Ned's call, but this failed to dampen the wolf's spirits. The drive back to SF Metro headquarters was thick with rampant tail-wagging, long-muzzled grinning, and irresistible relief. Finally, the...
Identity: Cast of Characters
CAST OF CHARACTERS: PRIMARY CHARACTERS _Ned Parker_; Wolf; Rookie cop at San Fernando Metro Homicide _Garrett Dyckert_; Coyote; Actor _Scarlett Lewis_; Coyote; Ned's partner at SF Metro _Olympia Rogan_; Wolf; British socialite _Mikey Ross_;?...
Identity: Final Chapter
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN WILLISTON The prostitute was a white ermine who called herself Wanda, although Captain George Williston doubted that it was her real name. These whores always had some fancy name for themselves, which they seemed to think...
Identity: Chapter Thirty-Seven
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN NED The phone call from the San Fernando Daily Press came in shortly after Ned arrived at work. The wolf was in moderately good spirits. Yes, every so often the sneaking realisation that he was dating a member of the Chinese...
Identity: Chapter Thirty-Six
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX NED Ned could not help but notice the fleeting flicker of hope that passed across Garrett's face after he'd answered Ned's knock. He hadn't even been sure the coyote would be home at this hour, if at all. He could have been off...
History in the Making
I noticed the glances the third week of class. Or was it late on the second? I don't know, the class was on Friday and sometimes the end of one week runs into the beginning of the next. Class blends with class, and the only thing you really remember is...
Emotion vs Logic
Emotion vs Logic _by Colin Leighton_ That spring, Roy and Eric always began their days on the balcony of Roy's apartment. Reckless, perhaps, for a couple of guys to fuck out where you might possibly be seen, but they always did it on the floor of...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Two
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO MIKEY St Anne's Memorial Hospital was a sprawling, modernist building, mostly glass and steel, with the hospital's name spelled out in large red letters. Mikey had been there a few times before, but only so far as the parking...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-One
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE NED "You have to tell Garrett" Scarlett insisted. Ned looked up at her from the table, glancing around to make sure none of the other bar patrons were listening. "I'm not sure I should." Because that was what he'd torn himself...
Identity: Chapter Twenty
CHAPTER TWENTY NED Blood was literally everywhere. It had dried for the most part, so at least it wasn't dripping, but dark crimson stained the top of the coffin, the alter, the carpeted floor around them. The fennec's head stared in open-eyed...
Identity: Chapter Nineteen
CHAPTER NINETEEN NED Garrett's bed was pleasantly soft under Ned's back as he lay there panting, feeling Garrett's paw on his sticky sheath, his own arm wrapped around the coyote's shoulder. The bedroom window was open, allowing the scents of...
Identity: Chapter Fifteen
CHAPTER FIFTEEN MARVIN The usual manager at the Tiger's Tail Nightclub was down with some kind of flu, so it was the assistant-manager, a slender white fox named Frank Thomas, who was giving Marvin Feeley the rundown of the month's business. The...