Another Brother
"It's not sneaking you in! It's like, I dunno, carrying a genie in a lamp. You can take stuff in without having to disclose everything!" A trip to the movies was usually like a huge day of indulgence for the three of us, me and my brother and my...
The Rookie's Catch
I always said my nose would never steer me wrong. I'm a beagle; we're born to scent things out. There are a few life paths where a sense of smell will serve you well, but I always wanted to join the police--all the stories about good cops when I was a...
And Be Merry
It's hard to guess, sometimes, the things a fellow will do when he's under a curse. I mean, there are the obvious kinds of curse--you turn green, you turn into a chicken, you start thinking it's a good idea to get your lunch from the midden--but...
Yasha's Visit
I told Dad he didn't have to come pick me up at the airport--I'm a big boy now and I've been doing more than well enough to afford a cab to his place--but he was excited enough for my arrival that he came anyway, the older tiger greeting me at the...
The Naughty List
Like most days where it was too cold to even _think_ about making dinner, Mattock and I were at the local all-you-can-eat Feed Trough. It had been snowing for most of the week, and our waistlines were starting to show it. Thank heaven for...
Becoming the Toy
I started out by telling people I'd been in an accident. It was the only explanation that didn't entirely freak people out, aside from a few _very_ intimate friends online who knew the real truth: I hadn't lost my good arm in an accident--I'd had it...
The Hog's Head
Another night in the bar, another blind Internet date. All right, another attempt at a hookup. The slimmer young man sitting opposite me had moved as far away from me as he could manage while still sitting at the same table, and the disdain on his...
Drinking from the Firehose
One of the side effects of having a big snout is that it's easier for you to take in the smells around you. Sometimes this can be good--as my waistline can attest, it makes food smell better. Sometimes it's a little more of a burden, like when you...
Broken In
“You look like you're ready to be broken in, fucker," said the message from a guy who had definitely not earned the privilege. I'd spent most of the pandemic offline from the hookup apps for the obvious reason and I was starting to think I should've...
The Castoffs
It was just starting to snow when I got to the mall, just a few minutes before I was due to service one of the vending machines. Business had been unusually brisk this season, and the machines had all been in place for a few years now and were starting...
Game Night
I'd been starting to wish I'd never signed up for urinal duty. I mean, it's still a kink for me--it turns me on to no end when I get my order to kneel and serve my roommates--but sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. Said roommates had...
Musky's Lucky Day
The trouble was that Rocky was very _good_at mind control. If you weren't expecting it, he'd just slip in and take over, and you wouldn't even notice; and if you didn't notice, you wouldn't even think of resisting. Sometimes he played with a light...