Nothing Else Matters chapter 17
Card 17: The Star I awoke to the sound of rain. Only a heavy downpour could make a sound like that. Rain bouncing off the roof, bouncing off the boarded-up skylight . . . The noise was loud, yet somehow peaceful. I was in bed, I realized,...
Nothing Else Matters chapter 14
Chapter 14: Temperance Julia was the first to react. She rose from her chair, gracefully, and she stood up. Whatever emotions she was feeling, at that moment, she kept them hidden. Inscrutable Julia, the slender Greyhound. Without a word, she left...
A better world 6
**A better world 6: Take me in and dry the rain** \*\* In the dream, I was in the shower room at the rec center. I think it looked much the same as it did in real life - except for one very noticeable thing. In the dream, the walls of the room...
Nothing Else Matters chapter 15
Card 15: The Devil July became August. Somehow, the hot summer turned even hotter. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, considering July’s near-inferno levels of heat, but, that was what happened. One night, Gunnar and I went to a party. As...
Crossing the Rubicon ch. 2
**Previously -- ** Three anthros, an elf, a human, and a feral dog (a talking, feral dog) walk into a bar . . . No, wait, that's the start of a joke. This . . . this is something different. Our heroes have gotten into a van, and they have to get...
A better world 3
**A better world 3: Strength in numbers** _Society has fallen, after a plague killed many anthros. Jack, an anthro Lion, believed he was the only one living in his village. (Not everyone in the village died - however, the survivors all left, most of...
The wave inside chapter 1
**Chapter 1: "We gotta get out of this place."** \*\* What I _had_ to do was take a piss. What I _wanted _to do was go back to sleep. You see, there was a good chance the day ahead was going to be both strange and stressful. Well, now, wait,...
Crossing the Rubicon ch. 3
_{"Who knows? Not me. We've never lost control. You're face to face with the man who sold the world." - David Bowie}_ \*\* I started giggling when I saw the van. Like a twelve year-old. I couldn't help it. I tried to hide it, put my hand over my...
Crossing the Rubicon 6
“Hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands.” Led Zeppelin {1970. The king of America dies, suddenly and unexpectedly, from a heart attack. According to the rules of America’s confusing system of government, the next king or queen is...
Crossing the Rubicon 7
“Send lawyers, guns, and money. The shit has hit the fan.” - Warren Zevon. They came an hour or so before dawn. They were twelve in number, and their group was an even mix of anthros and humans. There were two leaders - Clyde and Bert. Those two...
I will give you my finest hour
A bubble of spit sits perched on his puffed-out lower lip, and his eyelids softly flutter. The young Dalmatian sleeps, dressed only in a pair of ancient boxers that once belonged to me. Just a bit - just a hint - of his sheathe pokes out from the...
Crossing the Rubicon 5
_"Everybody wants to rule the world." - Tears For Fears_ \*\* "No one knows what's going on in Pennsylvania, anymore." Duncan folded up the newspaper and placed it, casually, under his soda. "We knew they had roadblocks along their border," I...