The Eve
As a flit-wolf, who (as a species) had his wings from birth, Colter Dark Claw flopped onto the living room sofa automatically adjusting his wings so that he didn't sit on them, lean against them, or otherwise damage them. Frankly, he mightn't have...
Collar 3 -- Self Discovery
"He's in a spot o' bother, isn't he, little 'un?" "Very much so, Master, very much a spot of bother." "Quite the pickle, wouldn't ye say?" "A particularly large gherkin, Master, a prize-winning dill." "Kosher, d' ye think?" "It would not be my...
Returning
The ride back to campus had largely been quiet. At first, nether Bobby nor Malcolm really wanted to say too much, since they'd been talking all weekend, to each other, to Mal's parents, to his brothers (Daniel had insisted on taking them to lunch...
Associated Student Bodies -- Don't Cry
---------------------------------------------------- # Don't Cry # _June 1999_ Tina sighed, trying one more time to get into the infamous "Benjy Section" of Faulkner's _The Sound and the Fury,_ wondering why in hell American literature...
Film at Eleven
"All right, folks, if I could have your attention please..." The compact, uniformed coyote looked around the bare anteroom of the local sheriff's office, almost biting his lip to keep from expressing his delight that the group was so small. It had...
Greetings and Felicitations
Few things, in Eoin McCracken's not so humble opinion, compared to the sheer bliss of being awakened slowly by one's sensitive nose becoming aware of a veritable orgy of delicious food scents wafting into a warm bedroom from what he knew to be a huge,...
Associated Student Bodies -- Do No Harm
# Do No Harm ## November 2003 "Another drink, sir?" Steven Paris shifted his tired gaze from the airplane window to look at the stewardess. The tigress might have been his own age, and in another time and place, he would have been much more...
Preoccupied
_ What's the worst thing you've ever done?_ _ I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me... the most dreadful thing..._ --Peter Straub,_Ghost Story_ The deep crimson blur that took up so much of Parker's...
What's Past is Prologue
The deep crimson snout that poked itself through the open front door of the less-than-modest house sniffed both purposefully and whimsically, detecting scents of Saturday on the crisp morning air and, satisfied that the morning was the correct one and...
Associated Student Bodies -- Tiger By the Tail
------------------------------------------------- # Tiger By the Tail ## Winter 1999-2000 ## "Hey, Danny!" Daniel King paused in his walk down the hall of Hillard 2-E, grinning at the deer who waved him toward his room. "What's going on,...
In the Moonlit Mist
In Latin, the moon is_luna,_ which is where we derive the term "lunatic." Originally, it meant to be "touched by the moon" or "moonstruck," because it was thought that the full moon affected people's minds, perhaps the way that it affects the tides....
Family Treasures
"I can report with confidence that Niceville, Florida, is just that, but that there's one house that should not be allowed to stand." Bobby Harris could only nod in agreement as he welcomed Duncan and Daniel Lamar back to their familial home with as...