The Good Diplomat
It was just after ten, now, in the valley. A hot summer night. Starry, and flooded with pale moonlight, the stagnant air shrouding pungent scents that stirred poignant memories. The kind of...
Squirrel Your Stuff
It's 9-o'clock at night. A narrator welcomes you. "Thanks for watching Mouse Your House and Mouse Your House: Apartment Edition! Now, stay tuned to SCURRY-TV for even more 'programming to gnaw on'! "Up next, from the creators of Mouse Your House,...
How to Spend a Quarantine
Ketchy waited for the front door to open. It'd been a month since the virus had gotten bad enough to institute 'social distancing.' The library she worked at was closed for the foreseeable future. Kody, her mate, was an electrician/handyman. The...
2.4 - No Return
They were on the upper level of the Promenade, overlooking the still-sparse pedestrian zone. The friendly otter, Dobson, purveyor of sundries, was setting up his place down there. He was the only permanent civilian resident on the station so far. He...
1.5 - Acceptable Risk
The docking arm extended. "Reversing polarity of the mag-lock," the pilot said. Mirabelle, a lieutenant. Her white-furred, black-clawed fingers flew over the controls with practiced ease, bobtail sticking through the tail-gap in her chair. She was...
1.6 - The Thaw
"You're of the snow?" Assumpta tilted her head, blue eyes sharp and unblinking. "Yes." "You're a predator," stated the snow rabbit. He had a soft, white pelt, looking like the ivory ice. "It would stand to reason," was her reply. "Yet you serve...
How to Have an Ear-gasm
\*You press the 'play' button on your video player. Preparing to watch the show you taped (late) last night. Finally, a chance to watch it! There's a moment of static, and then the picture clearly shows, proceeding to cycle into motion. You're greeted...
Wrapped In a Bow
Forgetting, for the moment, that it was pitch-black and frightfully cold outside, three degrees above zero (without the wind chill) and icily approaching midnight, with the naked trees starkly swaying. Paying it no heed. The bashful mouse, safe...
Walk With Me Quiet
An unsteady, off-guard squeak, and Ross teetered, falling ... ... right into Aria's arms. He twitched and sniffed, flushing hard. Ears burning. "I, uh ... tripped." They were in a corridor on D-deck. "I noticed." She steadied him. And...
4.8 - Horizons Beyond
_What should we do next?_ The cat took a moment to find her tongue, torn between answers. She wanted to loot the place, obviously. And while Advent had the sense to realize Aurora had gone through the wringer, the horny jaguar hadn’t gotten any dick...
Excuse the Fire
"Ross." "Yeah ... " Whiskers twitching, looking up. In that familiar ... so familiar. Ever-willing, wide-eyed way. Sitting at the kitchen table, his long, pink ropy-tail sticking through the 'tail-gap' in the chair-back, casting itself...
1.7 - Black and White All Over
"When Sheila mentioned you were interested in me, I wasn't sure what to think." "Oh? You weren't flattered?" "I was. Of course," Seward amended quickly, glancing at the skunk. He paused for a moment, politely adding, "I just don't know much about...