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...
Even 'Keepers Can Score
Soccer was king in Marco's hometown. If felt like half the town made the two-hour drive for each of the nearest pro team's home game, or to the state university's home game. Heck, they even made the trip for the women's college team there. Youth teams...
Ember Tails, ch1
_"Hello? This is Howard speaking."_ "Hi Howard, this is Shana." _"Ah, hi Shana. How are things?"_ "Pretty good, actually - the little company I'm at has grown to the point that I'm being sent out on a business trip at the end of the month." ...
Cross (AiT extra #2)
Nate's "big kiss" may have been that one day in eighth grade during lunch, when I flipped something on inside him, but mine was several months before that. I actually consider it our first kiss, even though I guess technically it wasn't. It was our...
Nate (AiT extra #1)
I was a little worried with my mom's tone when she started "the talk" with me that night before dinner. As if 'sex ed.' in school hadn't been awkward enough. I'm not sure if it was made more or less awkward by the fact that, at the time, I wasn't...
Realization
"Bye guys! Thanks for coming!" "Bye Nate, bye Cross!" "Thanks for inviting us, Nate, happy birthday!" "Yeah, happy birthday Nate!" The two otters followed their mom to the car and waved to the golden lab and lion still on the porch as they...