Drive Me Batty
It wasn't easy working at an orchard. The job was seasonal. The pay wasn't great. And autumn, with its assorted pumpkin and harvest festivals, became a busy, stressful blur. But there were some saving graces. It wasn't corporate. You got to be in and...
Sweet Tooth
Field slowly strolled through the aisles, golden paws gripping the red, plastic cart-handle, trying to keep it steady. One of the wheels was wobbly. Creak-clunk, creak-clunk! Making the metal frame rattle every second or so. He tried to ignore it,...
2.3 - The Further Shore
Squinting heavily, the snow rabbit raised a white-furred paw, shielding her ice-blue eyes, getting a better look at her surroundings. It was hard to fathom. Such bright, vivid colors: lush, leafy greens, neon blues, with a splash of gold and juicy red....
1.9 - Never So Clean
Herkimer shielded his vulnerable eyes with a grey-furred paw, squinting as he peered out the shuttle-pod's aft airlock. The sun was fierce, unrelenting. High and hot, blazing white. The mirage-laden landscape that surrounded them had been beaten into...
Seven Days
DAY SEVEN "Sometimes, I can't tell if you're an angel or a siren," came an airy, passionate confession. It belonged to a male harvest mouse. His pelt was golden, butterscotch. Like ripened wheat. Attired only in navy-blue boxer-briefs, his...
Federation Aside - Initiation
"He's not talking. The drugs are having no effect." A swish of ringtail. "I don't know what else to do." The lieutenant commander nodded, crossing her arms. "Everything has a weakness." He was a shape-shifter. Caught last night in a restricted...
1.8 - A Few Little Repairs
"What happened?" "We were hit by something." "Damage?" "Small hull breach." Seldovia's black-furred paws flew over the controls. The shudder hadn't been too violent, but she'd definitely felt it. "A few decks down, near the central core." A...
4.3 - Gone Rogue
"Guess they found our escape pod on the second moon, just outside an Arctic fox refugee camp," Ketchy explained, repeating what she'd overheard through the comm channels. "A few miles from a downed wasp cruiser. The High Command dispatched a rescue...
4.2 - Head Rush
"Did we win?" Wren asked, sinking into the captain's chair. He closed his eyes and stretched his limbs, making frustrated chitter-noises. "Well." An uncertain pause. "There's no easy answer to that ... " "Didn't think so," he sighed, quietly....
4.1 - Havoc
"Are you sure you're up to it?" Field whispered, nuzzling his nose against Adelaide's bare, pink-furred shoulder. They were sprawled together in bed, in the dark, a ruby-red glow pulsing rhythmically in the background. Red alert lights. The alarm...
1.1 - Fancy Meeting You
The comm channel chirruped, gently piercing the darkness. No response. It sounded again. And again. Followed, finally, by an impatient voice. "Aria to Sheila. Are you there?" Sheila stirred, grumbling weakly. The sheets strewn. Clothes on the...
4.5 - Such Good Luck
"We have a new mission." "You mean besides saving everyone's tails?" Rella asked, taking a seat on the couch. They were in Wren's ready room. He'd just gotten done speaking with Admiral Flint and had called her in to discuss it. "Besides that,"...