The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 8 – Rest and Romance
The first yellow-white fingers of dawn crept into Jak and Airy's leafy bower. One bright ray reflecting off some shiny surface pierced Jak's functional eyelid, startling him awake from uneasy dreams. Panting for breath and his heart racing as though he...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 7 – Escape
The night came, and to Jak and Airy's relief, Bolt was assigned guard duty again. Bolt showed Jak the mushrooms. They were the right kind, and Jak gave him more instructions as to how to prepare what he needed to execute their plan. The night and the...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 6 – Winter Pack
Voicing her displeasure after colliding into Jak's back when he stopped unexpectedly, Airy began, "What the ...", but Jak turned and covered her small snout with his large paw. "We are not alone. Voices. Stay quiet," he whispered harshly into her ear...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 5 – The Pools
Honoring his promise, Jak left the Wolf brothers' weapons behind at the edge of Blackrock territory, and he and Airy continued north through Winter pack lands. No longer near the important trail to the obsidian deposits beyond the pass, the extreme...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 4 - Pursuit
The dizziness that Airy had experienced the day before was gone in the morning. Despite her assurances that she was fine, Jak insisted on examining her closely. He felt the back of her head and parted her head fur to inspect the cut there. She was a...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 3 - The Pact
Chapter 3 - The Pact The earth and the sky were at war, or so it seemed to Jak before he found sleep. The clouds above the mountains glowed a wrathful, bloody red as though the volcano were trying to burn them from existence. In response, flashes of...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 2 - Jak
Chapter 2 - Jak From my forlorn, rocky perch high up the eastern flanks of the Earth Spine, the forested lands that had ever been my home stretched away from my tired eyes for dozens of miles to the hazy boundary where the earth meets the sky. An...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 1 - Airy
Chapter 1 - Airy My name is Airiphryone, and I am a daughter of the Rabbit people of Rikifur. My name is pronounced Air-rif-re-o-nay, at bit awkward I know. Being named after the first queen of Rikifur and the single most revered and important female...
Triumph and Tragedy (A battle ballad)
I, Magnus, am a silver fox, A soldier since age ten; I wear half the colors of my Land, so cruelly riven. A young captain in red and white, I stand here on this day, Partly clad by tri colored flag Eager to join the fray. We stand opposed...
Kurt and the Faerie Queen - Another (not Grimm) Furry Tale
The realm of Faerie is real; even in today's high tech, modern society, it exists. Somewhere, just out of sync with our world is a fantastic place that is both different from and similar to our world. In times long past, the connection between our...
There’s a Stone in My Shoe
You lost them!?" Controller Verrat's voice was loud, high and more shrill than a siren. It echoed off the crystal walls of the House of Protocol. Clearly, Miingle and Saarat's, blunder was not going to be quickly forgotten or forgiven. The Controller's...
Krampus, the Anti-Claus: A Furry Christmas Carol
**Prologue** **Krampus. If that name doesn't scare you, then you are either virtuous, immune to feelings of fear about the possible repercussions of your errant behavior, or simply ignorant. You are not virtuous; pure folk don't read stories with the...