A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 9
The on base cafeteria was small considering the amount of people it had to feed. The room itself was larger than the average school cafeteria, though and had enough seating for about one hundred people at...
Meridian Prime: Chapter 5
The noise from the weapons drowned me out as I kicked the windowless door across the hall open. Thankfully, this door only took one kick. Metal flew past my head and torso. All it would take was one lucky shot and I would have been dead. I winced for a...
Meridian Prime Draft 2: Chapter 1
The door to my office creaked slowly and I opened my eyes, annoyed. A woman stood in the threshold as if deciding whether or not to enter. Sighing, I contemplated lifting my feet from my desk and straightening my tie to look presentable, but afternoons...
Hunting Arcadia Chapter 1: Delivery Service
Beads of sweat rolled down Alan's neck under his fur; making him even more uncomfortable than he already was and the 90 degree weather wasn't helping. He was once again sitting patiently in the booth at the Sunny Side Up diner just like she had told...
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 8
I had been napping in darkness while the transport took us out of the city. The empty void that I was so very used to was never comforting. Luckily, I seldom remembered it when I awoke. This time, however, I did not...
Eternal Blue 11: Divine Intervention
Quint woke up in his bed; unable to move. His crew had strapped him to the mattress and braced his neck with makeshift bandages and what felt like spare pieces of wood. Tireal was across the hall from him; sleeping. The hyena sighed and closed his...
Meridian Prime: Chapter 7
I am being dragged somewhere. Rough hands are holding my arms above my head. It hurts, but I can't protest. My mouth muscles aren't working properly. The hallway is made of stone, I can tell that much. Details are hard to discern in my current state....
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 5
I stared at the five playing cards in my hand, glancing at the panther and tabby cat across the table from me. My canine nose twitched as Airman Richards, the tabby, upped the anti with a handful of bills. My eyes dropped back to...
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 3
Joel's alarm went off first this time. I opened my eyes slowly and looked over at the stirring lump that was the cheetah. He reached out a yellow hand and slapped the alarm clock silent. He had showed up at Natalie's as...
Consummation
In the month that followed, I practiced keeping my emotions in check. My eighteenth birthday came and went with little fanfare. Sam tried to bake me a cake and though it didn't go well, I still appreciated his effort. Many of our daily practice...
Meridian Prime Draft 2: Chapter 2
The inside of the club was filled with animalized humans of every type, though there were a majority of canines. I guessed that figured. I had never actually been inside the club before and it was a lot nicer looking inside than I had expected. Instead...
Meridian Prime: Epilogue
"Now we have some more news from the tragedy that reared its ugly head at the Domingo residence last week. To recap: outside of town during a police raid on the home, twenty seven were killed and thirty five were arrested. Police received a tip from...