Another Shade Darker in the Moonlight
Maggie would disappear at night, and I rarely questioned her on it. If I wanted to know where she had been or what she had been doing, all I had to do was consult the newspaper. It might have an answer in the police blotter, but more...
Life Has Its Ups and Downs.
My friend Bob is a strikingly handsome and extremely lucky guy. He works for the law firm of Cheatem, Steele and Howe, on the 14th floor of the Redrod building downtown. It was the hot place to be, if you were anyone with any kind of...
Waiting for Boredom
Two weeks passed and with it seven changes in form for Sybeele. That meant seven new bodies for her husband to run through their paces. He took it like a man every time. Overall, things had settled down a bit. They had nearly forgotten about the...
A Cold Blooded Thing to Do.
Mudge wasn't too happy. Traveling alone was his preference. He certainly didn't want to feel like he was responsible for someone. It was hard enough keeping his own skin intact. Looking after a know-nothing member of his own species was ridiculous....
Scaled Down to One's True Self
Jon-Tom couldn't help from staring. His eyes did a little sideways glance to his friend collapsed on the ground. He was breathing, so he was still alive. Alma was apparently back to her normal self. No one alive today had seen her as she was meant...
Shell Shocked and Loving It
When the sun rose in the morning, its rays shown in on two very tired humans wrapped in each other's arms. A few seconds later that changed entirely. It was now one human male, and in the place of the female, there was a rather hard shell. Inside the...
Alma Mater
Jon-Tom's former room at Huntchy's, now solely occupied by himself and Alma, was devoid of furniture. As equines, they hardly needed it to be comfortable. However, both stood there assessing each other. Despite the urgings of the flesh, he refrained...
The Day is Just Dragon By
The next morning, there was a bit of a scene at Huntchy's place, though no one could really tell. Jon-Ton and his lady had a wonderful night, after a fitful start. It seems she was reluctant to transform him, and only did so after stepping outside to...
Resetting the Perspective
Huntchy was wishing for a downpour, or a tidal wave, or just about anything that would have cooled his scorched hide. He felt like a hunk of meat suspended over the fire. He was certain he looked awful. He felt awful. He was beginning to see where...
Revelation
It was late in the day before the dragon was sighted flying in from the sea. His wing beat was uneven and he looked tired and defeated. When he collapsed in the sand just where he had taken off, he looked as though he would perish on the spot....
Shell, Skin and Fur
Morning leaked through the windows with cheerful persistence. Jon-Tom instinctively pulled his head into his shell. His muddled brain told him he should probably get up when she did (which she was now) and change back, but he was too comfortable. He...
In The Blink of an Eye
"Jon-Tom?" "Yes Alma?" "You can do mathematics, right?" He twisted his mouth up in a grin. "Certainly. If I put my brain to it, I can do relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, chaos theory... Did you have something in mind?" She smiled and...