Four Dogs in Exile 2
Ares stood and looked out the window, at the city which sprawled and spread before him. "Ares" is not his real name. It's just what he calls himself, these days. The city sprawled on and on, miles and miles of it, into the distance. There were tall...
Albion chapter 7
Five animal folks rode their feral horses at a steady pace towards the small village. The village was called Two Oaks, and it lay directly ahead - just down the hill and across the lush valley. Behind the five riders, the road (it was more like the...
Albion chapter 5
_Who or what were the old gods? Some believe they actually were gods, while others believe they were powerful mages pretending to be powerful gods. The second theory tends to make more sense, because no one lives forever - and thus we can explain how...
Albion chapter 4
_For some initiates, the most difficult thing about joining the Sisterhood can be finding a balance - a balance between one's individuality and the Sisterhood as a whole. A balance between the needs of one's Self and the needs of the collective group...
A better world 5
**A better world 5: those days are all gone** _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...
Albion chapter 2
_King Alaric the Just was more than a warrior. More than the bravest of Tigers. More than the most merciful and wisest of Kings. He was also a mage - a fact known to only a few of those closest to him. He only used his magic in battle, and only rarely,...
Crossing the Rubicon (prologue)
{_"All the nightmares came today, and it looks as though they're here to stay." _- David Bowie.} \*\* "You're twenty-five," Duncan pointed out. "Too young to be a cynic." "I don't know about that." I shook my head. "The way the world's falling apart...
Albion chapter 3
_The Wolves of Norseland first came to Albion more than three hundred years ago. They came from the north, from across the Narrow Sea, sailing to Albion in ships they call longboats. At first, the Wolves were content with brief raids along the northern...
Albion chapter 6
The smoke from ten identical funeral pyres rose up and up, into the cool morning air. High above, in the sky, the sun slid gracefully behind a cloud, as if to impart a sense of gloom on what was happening far below. Sister Victoria, abbess of the...