It's a Horse Thing
The two coaches looked at each other with a long suffering frown. They hadn't even got around to addressing the group yet and things were already going pear shaped. It wouldn't have been so bad, except they had predicted this before it happened, over a...
Jerusalem
_So did these hooves in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green, and was the holy lamb of God, on England's pleasant pastures seen?_ The song echoed round my head as the miles of sand went past. Perhaps I had seen _Chariots of Fire_one...
Yo Momma
It was a seriously shitty job. I knew it, and I didn't mind so much. Oh, I knew I got no respect, and my prospects were practically nil and I would go fucking crazy one of these days and my family were embarrassed at their low-rent son and his fucking...
Inkerman Street - Part 1
It was cold, one of those days where your breath comes out looking like a dragon's and you can feel the sting as the wind whips along the road and hammers your face. I shivered a little, pulling my coat around me tighter as I got off the tram and began...
Payment
I woke to the grey dawn, a pale and gibbous offering this early just barely insinuating it's way into my bedroom like an assassin; and to the figure of a real assassin, his eyes wide and staring. I felt the touch of steel, and in spite of my...
Meeting Half Way: Or, Joy of Brie.
The lion stood fidgeting nervously. His mane felt a little too scratchy, and his tail swished with the agitated flick of a distracted kitty. It was this place, of course... As he waited with rapidly increasing impatience, he tried to distract himself...
Reminiscing.........Cody
My husband was perfect, so I felt churlish in the extreme whenever anything he did pissed me off. But I couldn't help it. Like today, for example. He was such a do it yourself nut, always insisting on playing the handy horse instead of getting in a...
Apt Pupil
I remember how he looked the first time I saw him. He had just been purchased by my Master at a slave auction, one of a number of barbarian warriors rounded up in the aftermath of another of Rome's victories. Precisely why my Master thought he could...
Cruel and Unusual
The mare smiled at the deferential knock on her door. She liked deference; it never failed to make her wet. "Enter!" She knew who was coming, of course. Nobody would have dared be late. The door opened, and the little grouping shuffled in wearing...
Surprises
I had noticed them the first day they came; it was impossible not to really. They had a clapped out Volkswagen Kombi camper painted bright pink that coughed and spluttered its way into the parking lot by the beach, before expiring in a cloud of smoke...
Taking Care of Business: Chapter 2 - Net Present Value
It was still raining come Tuesday morning, which made the rabbit feel on edge. He always felt like his fur was standing up when it rained, it made him uncomfortable and more angry bunny than usual. He had almost been tempted to beat the everloving shit...
Lost and Found
I remembered the feel of the breeze on my muzzle. That and the sound of the ocean. The waves roared as the onshore wind built and the breakers sounded like the freeway in peak hour, with the occasional cry of a gull like a horn blaring. It was...