Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.2)
_"Hello, Shana? It's Howard."_ "Ah, hello Howard! How's it going?" _"It's going well, everyone's basically in good spirits. Spring break was actually very good for Kira, she's been much happier in the month or so since then than before then. Give...
Ode to the Pirate Queen Jezebel
She lived by the sea and never knew What a fateful day might bring But twenty years past she first met the crew Of the buccaneer ship _Daring_. Her house, ransacked, herself, besnatched While her parents were out for the day She soon beheld a...
Ember Tails side story - Firedog the First, end notes
Kyle blindsided his parents when he came out to them after coming out to Shana. They said all would be fine, though were very uncertain about it, largely from the surprise of the situation. Things were awkward for a few days, the three Kinsleys a bit...
Ara's friends
Pieter walked back out into the living room, a little uncertainly but still much more confidently than Sky. The young king cheetah was shuffling along behind, obviously caught between trying to distance himself from the lion and trying to hide behind...
On the Flipside - prologue
The troops were retreating through the forest, weary from a second night of travel after an unsuccessful battle. "_How many did we lose?" "Better to ask **where** we lost. There were only several hundred dead or taken captive; I think we did more...
Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.4)
Zane, Marcus, and Sam piled out of Marcus' car in front of the Sune's house. Zane and Sam both were holding wrapped presents, Zane's two with checkerboard wrapping while Sam's was beach-themed. "You think Keith will be moving today?" Marcus...
Ember Tails, ch3 (pt.2)
The rest of Christmas break flew by rather quickly. The Sunes spent the rest of the weekend as family time with Mr. Sune's brother and sister-in-law; Zane's mother used that Saturday to take her two boys shopping in preparation of the upcoming...
Ember Tails side story - Firedog the First, pt5
A banner reading "CONGRADULATIONS!" spanned the main hallway of the community center two doors down from Westside High as over half of the senior class, some of them still sporting their graduation caps, filled the building for the all-nighter. ...
Ember Tails side story - Firedog the First, pt4
The Westside Warriors gridiron team was having their best start in years, winning their first four games straight, and one of the tight ends was having a big party that Saturday night. A few gridiron guys invited Kyle and several other battle team...
Making Tracks (full version)
I noticed the footprint the other day. It wasn't like any I had seen around here before, and piqued my curiosity, the print having crushed some of the underbrush down into the mud very clearly. I started paying a little more attention each time I went...
Making Tracks (edited version)
I noticed the footprint the other day. It wasn't like any I had seen around here, the print having crushed some of the underbrush down into the mud clearly. I started paying a little more attention each time I went out, and a few days later I found...
The sights! The sights!
My trip started on Ireland's south coast, as that's where my sister has been doing her dig these past two years. I got a good walkthrough of the dig site last year, but we went through it again this year for our parents' sake. It was an old fort/prison...