Outpost
**Outpost** Fox was angry. He had been watching old video tapes and security records for the past six hours. Twenty minutes into the study his legs developed a cramp, so he stood up, which just made the cramps travel to a different place. He was...
The Sparrows Keep Coming Back
**The Sparrows Keep Coming Back** Sometimes when I wake up before Vixy, I like to just lie there in our bed and watch dust motes floating through the beams of golden light above us, cavorting and dancing about to the slightest hints of...
What I Want
I want to surf the Great Barrier Reef I want to see the sunset in Paris I want to go skiing up in Sweden I want to kill Snooki and blame it on Charlie Sheen I want a lot of things I want to talk philosophy with John Wayne I want to dance with a...
The Beginning of A Bad Thing
**The Beginning of a Bad Thing** Shannon's walk was brisk and determined as she marched down the hall, clinically white, holding the yellow package tightly to her breast. Her formal purple dress clung to her like November frost to a car...
In Misty Pools Way Down Below
In Misty Pools Way Down Below Rose-fingered dawn falls on earthly shadows Darkness slinks away to its lightless home Where liquid things spit and twist Where fungal minds cast fungal glow In misty pools way down below Lights unseen prowl and lurk...
The Sky That's Never Blue
**The Sky That's Never Blue** The whiskey was bitter, but it wasn't as acrid as the cigarette smoke or the tang of piss, or the stench of sweat. I cradled my glass in one hand and my head in the other, listening to the dim world around me, this...
Blessing
**Blessing** The people living in the little rural town of Blessing will tell you that their problems began back in 1953, when the MacGunn gang broke into nearly every shop there was and stole all that they could carry, painting profanity on the...
Discorporated
**Discorporated** I wandered through the uneven streets, savoring the cold night wind as it blew against my body, enjoying the way it ruffled my black and white fur. I looked down at the remains of my trench coat. The sleeves were merely...
Like a Cauldron Burning [Prologue]
**Zootopia: Like a Cauldron Burning** **Prologue Turning Burning Pages** A cockroach scuttled between the massive and heavily polished shoes of the guard. Unnoticed and undeterred, it scuttled past him waving its long antennae, its legs a blur...
Hot Pink
**Hot Pink** Scattered stream of Bubblegum dreams Snapping, popping Dropping Plopping Hot Pink Shit And there I sit In the middle of it Sleeping
Sharpen Sticks
Sharpen Sticks Sharpen sticks They're not going to stop us They're not going to change us They're missing the big picture Because they're all poisoned And blind Sharpen sticks We're all out of ammo And the tea kettle's run dry One leg...
Foundations
**Foundations** Miles let out a long, drawn-out sigh. He had finally finished unpacking! He looked over in the corner of his new room at the assortment of empty boxes and sneered at them. Over the years, the sight of empty...