The Battlefield (part A)
**The Battlefield (part A)** The Battlefield of Sin. That's what we call the place that used to be The Decc. In its time, The Decc was a huge multicomplex devoted to plays, concerts, and conventions, sort of Duluth's answer to the Hollywood Bowl....
Horizons II
**Horizons II** 1 "Are you friend or family, sir?" "Friend," the gray wolf said. He was wearing tan khakis and a rum-colored t-shirt, the kind of color you would rather not see in a hospital. He was scratching at an itch on his left forearm; it...
There's A Leak in the Boiler Room
**There's A Leak in the Boiler Room** "So you see, ladies and gentlemen, because of the mineral's unfortunate location, theoretical speculation had to be disbanded. We uprooted our labs and moved them down two thousand feet below the surface. The...
Horizons
**Horizons** 1 Alex woke up painfully to the hot morning sun stabbing its blinding rays into his light brown eyes. He had been sleeping on his right side, which was numb and ached stiffly as he trounced up and down in the passenger seat. He sneered...
Blessing
**Blessing** The people living in the little rural town of Blessing will tell you that their problems began back in 1953, when the MacGunn gang broke into nearly every shop there was and stole all that they could carry, painting profanity on the...
The Things We've Seen
Dakota stared at the television, a blank look plastered on his lupine features. The canned laughter from nostalgic sitcoms and the bland movements of the stereotypical characters blended into a grey atmosphere of dullness,...
Foundations
**Foundations** Miles let out a long, drawn-out sigh. He had finally finished unpacking! He looked over in the corner of his new room at the assortment of empty boxes and sneered at them. Over the years, the sight of empty...
Discorporated
**Discorporated** I wandered through the uneven streets, savoring the cold night wind as it blew against my body, enjoying the way it ruffled my black and white fur. I looked down at the remains of my trench coat. The sleeves were merely...
The Beginning of A Bad Thing
**The Beginning of a Bad Thing** Shannon's walk was brisk and determined as she marched down the hall, clinically white, holding the yellow package tightly to her breast. Her formal purple dress clung to her like November frost to a car...
The Old Man
**The Old Man** "Do not leave me alone." I stared hard at these words, written in decorative cursive that the old man had given to me on a paper that had been torn out of his notepad. I was flabbergasted, knowing full well...
Shadows Dance: Part II and Conclusion
**Shadows Dance Part II and Conclusion** _ The lens pans up to the top of the Durer Mountains, which are so high and jagged that they seem to be stabbing the sky itself. A finger appears in the image, tapping the spiny ridge of the dark...
Shadows Dance: Part I
**Shadows Dance** "No. No, this isn't right." But it was right, the evidence was staring Nathan in the face. The thin red fox read the letter again, hardly believing the typed Tahoma-style words. He hoped that reading the...