Losing My Religion - Preview
**Night 3: Begin the Begin** Staring out at the darkened parking lot through the windshield, I kind of wished someone would walk by as I came in my paw with a pretty solid grunt. Not theatrical, not like I was trying to draw attention; just the kind...
Helfer's Busy Day Chapter 9
The sparkle in the wolf's eye was a familiar one. So it really was just all about sex. Well, he could think of worse ways to work up an appetite for lunch, truth be told. He drained the rest of his ale and said, "All right then. Lead on." Stark's...
Shadows
The jackrabbit turned the key slowly, but the lock still slid back with a loud thunk. He flicked his long ears and winced, waiting. No sound came from inside the apartment. He took one breath, then another. Slowly, he eased the door open. _I met this...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 5
The sun was getting rather warm, and Vin's rear was nice and shapely under his too-tight pants, and so why not? Helfer got up, stretched, and padded after the other weasel. Once Vin heard him coming, he chuckled and sped up, weaving through the crowd...
Highs and Lows
She checks the seat row, leans over. Sharp weasel muzzle a foot from my nose, bland smile. "Could you come with me, sir?" My ears and whiskers twitch. "Is there a problem?" "No, sir. Just come with me, please." The seatbelt light dinged off five...
Love Match Prologue
Let's assume you've got a job. Okay, you're a call center employee or a concession stand worker or a guy who makes tennis balls in a factory or a system administrator. That's a real thing, right? My agent was talking to one when she was getting my...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 7
Helfer glared back. "Are you threatening me, cutie?" he said. The badger drew up short and blinked. "Wot's 'at mean?" Behind him, the rat broke into a chuckle. "Reckon it means yer his type, Hensley." "Look," the badger said, but his...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 3
He'd never been one to waste too much time on decisions. An open door across the hall from him beckoned; quickly, he slipped inside and pressed himself to the wall next to the door, listening. Dereath had indeed been coming up to the stairs, and to...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 8
Helfer sighed. As soon as he started toward Vin and the bear, the wolf released his wrist and followed him. The rest of the tavern had turned to watch, some laughing and talking quietly between themselves. They quieted somewhat as Helfer passed...
Helfer's Busy Day, Chapter 10
"Well," Helfer said aloud, to nobody in particular, "events certainly seem to be conspiring to make it difficult for a bright-eyed weasel to maintain his sunny disposition." He tried the door again and then kicked it ineffectively. The lack of any...
Helfer's Busy Day Chapter 4
"I really don't know," Helfer said. "Honest." Alister pressed a paw to his head. "Who else would know, if not you?" "What about his wife's family?" "I wasn't aware he spent any time with them, since Lady Vinton is living down south." ...
The Silver Circle, excerpt
This was not an isolated cabin in the woods. It was a cabin in name only, a tidy little one-bedroom house in a small cluster of similar cabins, on the western shore of a narrow lake near the south end. The nearest cabins, barely visible from her front...