Small-Town Lies
_Mill-worker Harlan Crow feels like nobody takes him seriously, and he doesn't like being told what not to do. Or who not to do. Better go ahead and fix that..._ _Welcome back to scenic Cannon Shoals, where not-very-good people make even worse...
Tricks
_Devin is a coyote. You can't trust coyotes. Casey is a jackal. Ditto. It's time for rock and roll, space hotrods, and desert dog antics._ _More "Star Patrol" stuff, except this time without a plot. Or rather, the plot is: oh, coyotes, for fuck's sake...
To that fine, fine music
_Ellis Bjørnestad is an Australian koolie, captain of the survey ship Walküre, and he does not have a lot of time for company. But a stopover at the gritty, rundown Tartarus Station comes with its own reasons to reconsider. You gotta count a jaguar's...
Collateral
_Brit Kendrick collects on a debt and incurs a new one._ _Well, we haven't had a Very Cannon Shoals story in a while, now have we? This is a 'check the tags' story about a mechanic small business owner getting fucked over by big business. You...
And what rough beast?
_Julie Verne was bred to be an indentured servant, writing reports for harried businessmen. Now, she's the newest member of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 366th Spaceborne Assault Battalion -- the only one of her kind in a platoon of humans. As her story...
Summer Breaks
_A hitchhiker stops in Cannon Shoals. Why would you even do that? Anyway, you know what happens._ _Not at Anthrocon? Bored at Anthrocon? Have a very return-to-form Cannon Shoals story. You know the drill--read the tags, consider yourself warned,...
Last chances
_The brash, aggressive Star Patrol captain Madison May finds herself a new assignment on an obsolete starship, and leans on her XO to bring a crew of misfits up to speed..._ _A new universe and a new cast of characters. Trying something more active...
Young Americans
_Nick is just another 20-something, chasing the American dream to the edge of a cliff in Silicon Valley. Lost and adrift, he meets a kindred spirit when chance tosses him into a café where they're both outsiders..._ _This started out as a prompt I...
Evening edition (Pledge Drive, Part 2)
_In this sequel to 'The Exclusive,' Sandra decides to confront Dan Hayes and his... questionable views on consent. Unsurprisingly, she proves singularly bad at learning from her mistake :3_ _Okay here's some more nonconsensual smut because I felt like...
-- And be there
_A photographer explores his trade -- and his instincts -- when the wolf finds himself with time to kill, a gorgeous setting, and an unlikely companion._ _This idea kinda just popped into my head and I wrote it over a nice, happy weekend. It's a nice,...
The Day's Catch
_A bored fisherman and a zebra out for a bit of exercise discover they have some interests in common. No points for guessing what ;)_ _Written on commission for...
Courses, Departed From
_Paul, radioman on the steamship Owyhee, has a Strange Experience._ _2023's Christmas Story is also a ghost story, maybe, perhaps. Who knows? Apparently that used to be a Christmas tradition, so I figured I'd try something a little different. At...