Examination
# Chapter 12: Examination _August 18'rd 1995 12:15 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ "Forty-Seven." The lady running front desk for the Final Exam never even looked up. He was nothing more to her than just another Dog. She hadn't heard a...
Fifteen Minutes (Neon City, Book 2): Chapter Six
Sledge perched on the window sill, twisted the cap off a bottle of Viso Vigor, and let his gaze wander around randomly as he waited for Boiler and Quentin to return from their shopping trip. His eyes drifted from his parents' former apartment...
A Private Breeder
# Chapter 5: A Private Breeder _June 9'th 1988 04:30 Hours Somewhere beneath London, England_ I came to slowly, like surfacing from a deep, dark pool. It felt as though someone had stuffed my head with cotton batten, like I was awakening from...
Looking in the Mirror
# Chapter 9: Looking in the Mirror _July 3'rd 1993 21:00 Hours London, England_ I slept in a hotel that evening. The idea of spending a night in the Kennel sickened me. The hotel was not high class. It was, at best, middling, the type of...
Brothers and Sisters
# Chapter 7: Brothers and Sisters _June 9'th 1988 20:45 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ I wasn't sure where he'd found it, but Handler Llyal offered us some day old Chinese takeout. The little paper boxes even had the traditional metal...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Three
"Rise and shine, Jack. I know how much you hate oversleeping." Corona reached the top of the stairs and found the door to their bedroom open. A guy with a camera mounted on his shoulder--a new guy, since Eddie had today off--stood in the hallway,...
Venom, Episode 1
There's some old case in some musty lawbooks that's interpreted to mean that genetically engineered creatures are considered property.
Desert Desires - I
These genetically engineered creatures were recluses most of the time, but a few of them had taken to live amongst humans, some even had found love with human partners.
The Good Doctor
# Chapter 10: The Good Doctor _June 11'th 1988 03:00 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ Sixty and I stared at each other as the last of the screams died away over the wireless. "What has happened, Brother?" Sixty whispered. His words were...
Cobblestones and Threadbare Shirts
# Chapter 2: Cobblestones and Threadbare Shirts _June 8'th 1988 02:00 Hours The Kennel, London, England_ For just an instant I hung in the air, two stories above the blacktop. Thousands of razor sharp shards of glass sparkled around me in the...
Sutopia, Ch 3
Sutopia Ch 3, Slife: Space Life Logan's mind was left spiraling out of control as his brain fought to parse everything he had come to understand over the course of far-too-short-a-time to process it. Rather than sitting idly by, his body...
A Good Old Copper
# Chapter 11: A Good Old Copper _June 11'th 1988 13:00 Hours London, England_ When next I woke my head rested on something soft. I opened my eyes to see the bottom of a muzzle. Sixty was staring off into the distance. "Good Dog," he...