Greenhouse
_Greenhouse_ _ _ "So now that the loop is finished, how do I get it to display the result?" Mary couldn't occupy the display while Anthony was trying to code a program on it, so she responded only with her voice. "Erm, first, in this language you...
The Visitor
_The Visitor_ Desmond, a middle-aged fox dressed in plain garb, held onto his daughter after she'd been thrown down onto the dirt in front of his inn. "If you don't have the coin next month," a rough wolf towering above them said, "she'll have more...
Imagination
_Imagination_ The sun had long dropped beneath the horizon by the time I'd parked my car on the street. It had been another long day at work, and I was more than ready for my bit of rest before the routine began again tomorrow morning. The street...
Solace
_Solace_ _Log Entry 126_ _ It's been a couple of months since I first uplifted Anthony from his homeworld. I've been lucky. He's shown himself to be capable of using common sense, being tolerant, and able to learn the basics of universal existence....
Family Part 2
_Family Part 2_ Aside from having an enlightening conversation about the location of a dragon's testicles and the details of a female dragon's heat cycle, Hiosky and Jacob washed in the nearby river which flowed from the channels through...
Giving Back
_Giving Back_ How long had it been? Almost five years? He was ready. Ryan had managed to keep David a secret from his gang for quite a while. He had managed to train the small dragon into an excellent rogue, his size helping greatly, but the wolf...
Charity's Grace
_Charity's Grace_ _ _ David was running as hard as he could. The wolf had seemed like an easy target, but he had turned out to be faster than he looked, both mentally and physically. The wolf was tall, usually meaning that he was slower than...
Family Part 1
_Family_ It was eighteen years ago when it happened. The region around the Nekume mountains was under the protection of a pair of mated dragons, Runalesca and Hiosky, a blue female and a red male, respectively. Human villages dotted the area known...
By Fire or Ice
_By Fire or Ice_ _ _ Anivia was right. The world would end in ice. The flames crackled in our fireplace. We had no more fuel to feed it. It was the only thing keeping us alive. We, my mate and I, had moved our bed next to the fireplace. We kept it...
Winter Illusions
_Winter Illusions_ Roy laughed as he tossed a fireball through a ring of water that his other half, Jonathan, was making. The two were performing their magic act at the Hollywood and Highland Center, a large outdoor shopping mall located quite a...
Hallowed Darkness
_Hallowed Darkness_ Roy plopped down onto his friend's sofa and sighed. His car had sprung another oil leak, and he was sure he'd have to send that old junker to the scrapyard soon. It was an old as hell Celica, a family hand me down after his parents...
To Hell and Back
_To Hell and Back_ _ _ There was darkness. Nothing. And then came the light. It had happened in less than a blink of an eye. We had been on the interstate, but it was a remote part that only had one lane in either direction. There had only been one...