Microscope - Chapter 4
# Chapter 4 - Suicide Mission Quillan Lock Quillan was half-way up the close to pitch-black cliffside. He started to feel the effort in his muscles, but his grip was still stable - the thimbles worked as intended. He shifted his weight and made an...
Chapter 16 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell IV
From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell I have always prided myself of being the master of control. From a young age I had learned that control can come in many forms and bring about many things, including blame. Being in control was not...
Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed
**Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed** I hated the cold. I work in the heat of fires and homes, so usually I'm sweating my bollocks off even in the dead of winter while working in the chimneys and the homes of people who could afford me services. ...
Chapter 12 - London Bridge's Falling Down
**Chapter 12 - London Bridge's Falling Down** "It was real!" I screamed into Gideon's chest, gripping him and turning him so I could see back the way I had come. "It was real, it was real!" I repeated, trembling. Gideon's eyes were wide with...
Chapter 9 - The Little Things
**Chapter 9 - The Little Things** My face hurt after being hit by that oaf of a badger. It took almost a week for the swelling to go down and my anger to simmer. Anger generally wasn't my thing, but this badger, this Duncan, had hit a spot in...
Chapter 5 - Walk about Town
**Chapter 5: Walk about Town** I like Sundays. Sundays were the only day I officially had off to do my own thing. I was supposed to go to church like a good honest Christian, but ever since I fell asleep and started snoring up in the...
MY HUSBAND'S A BUTCHER
You know, being a vegan isn't as bad as other animals make it out to be. It might just be the fact that a wolf woman like me is a vegan. That's probably not healthy in the slightest for a wolf to disregard meat! I only became a vegan for my husband,...
Seeing White, Part 1
Juniper smoke, heavy with spice and turpentine, hovered over the three hunters, clinging to Onja's fur and gambeson alike. The scent brought blurry memories of her grandmother's funeral; they'd burned it until she never wanted to taste one of the...
Chapter 5 - Finding Work
**Chapter 5 - Finding Work** A week had gone by but I still couldn't find a job. It wasn't that there was no work--other people were getting hired ahead of me. Work, it turns out, is all about who you know, and I honestly didn't know too...
Venturing: Releasing Formers
Venturing: Releasing Formers Throwing my claws out front, they contacted into the frontal doors. Pushing the flaps away as I headed inside. Darkness and silence loomed over me as my feet were planted upon the solid grounds underneath me. The...
Venturing: Race for Zero
Venturing: Race for Zero Upon the streets once again, southward from where the station was, me and Zander were standing around. Silence was between us as we kept an eye on our surroundings. Dragons were moving about. The majority kept silent,...
Microscope - Chapter 3
# Chapter 3 - Fourth Estate Arwi Lervia Arwi's morning routine went by on autopilot - getting out of bed two hours before her husband, taking a lukewarm shower, donning her outfit, taking a celery sandwich from the fridge, and eating it while...