Teaser: Ping Pong Diplomacy
Tux had never flown first class before. He stretched his white feet straight out in front of him, spread his toes and extended his claws, but he still couldn't touch the back of the seat in front. "You wouldn't think the Commies would have first...
Wolf Break
Eleven o'clock; coffee time. I opened a pack of wolves. Fur white as icing, they surged through the office, staring and sniffing with almond eyes and chocolate noses. Flicking the crisp points of their ears, they crunched across keyboards dunked...
Teaser: Gerbil 07
"Good morning, James!" That meant the Old Man had a mission for me. I sat up and ran a paw through my whiskers. "Morning, Old Man. Gerbil-O-Seven reporting, ready once again to save the world and get the girl. What's the deal?" "I do wish you...
Cold Scent
My name is Dutch, and I used to be the best damn nose on the force. Note: not 'used to have the best nose'. I was the Nose, and the Nose was me. "Dutch can smell a lie at ten paces," they used to say, and while that wasn't strictly true, I could...
A Case for Mr Mao
Paddy dashed through the streets of London's Siamtown, the tails of his jacket flying out behind him. His flame-red fur stood out among the wheaten coats and seal points of the Siamese, and they turned to watch him as he passed. His flight was...
Teaser: Flight of the Fire Dragon
England! England, her patchwork fields glowing green and amber in the golden light of a summer afternoon, ringed by the azure sea that has kept this precious island safe from invasion for nearly nine centuries! Even now, did any of her happy citizens...