Worlds Apart - Chapter Five
"I don't see why we couldn't have left at a decent hour, that's all." Dan complained, as he muscled his bag out the front door and latched it behind him. Hearing Ken and Jack snoring in their guest bedroom as they left made it even harder...
Filling the Void - Chapter Twelve
Dagen looked mightily confused. "But... It's your birthday! Didn't they celebrate your birthday in the home?" Victus shrugged. "It's not important." Although he was determined not to let it show on his face, Dagen felt frustration settling into...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Four
When Jackson saw Dan at the gym, the gym attendant looked worried. "Take notes!" "Notes?" Dan looked at the concerned bull. "Really?" "Really," Jack answered, solemnly nodding his head for emphasis. "This ship is- hold on." he dug...
Filling the Void - Chapter Nine
"What are we going to do today?" Victus asked, brightly. His tail brushed back and forth with restrained energy. If Dagen had a tail, his would have been wagging as well. He knew that tail control was high on the list of _varius_ etiquette, but the...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine "I can get it." Bo's left hand held one end of his cumberbund behind his back while his other hand fished around for the buckle. His oversized body spun around in a tight circle, ignoring the fact that as far as his right shoulder...
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty
Negin Mal was as perturbed as Victus had ever seen him. "Is this really necessary?" he spat, his single-minded resistance against the inevitable reminding Victus of the time he had given Master Uhlu's cat a flea bath. Leland took his attention away...
Filling the Void - Chapter Six
Back...and forth...Back...and forth... Each pull of the chains sent Victus' swing rocketing higher into the sky. The rhythmic building and release of weight as he swung made him feel almost giddy. He wondered if it would ever be possible to swing so...
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty-five
"No, and that's final!" With that, Negin Rudex Mal slammed the door in Victus's face. It wasn't the first time he'd done something like that. It wasn't even the fiftieth time. Victus thought the man was taking a perverse pleasure in blatantly ignoring...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Thirty-One
After spending so much time with Bo, Dan knew that when his partner became surly for no obvious reason the safest course of action was to wait him out. Even on the best of days, digging answers out of a battle varius was like picking a scab that...
Passing the Flame - a Wolfie Steel short story
Seventeen dollars and thirty-eight cents, he thought disgustedly, then chastised himself for allowing the distraction. Halfway down a rope dangling from the side of the city’s largest skyscraper was probably not the smartest place to inventory the...
Worlds Apart - Chapter Ten
"Relax." "I should be telling you the same thing," Bo said, bluntly. "You look like shit." "I am...aware of that." The Kenzine wished that he could express his frustration, but to do so would have been counterproductive. Had his hair not been...
Filling the Void - Chapter Fifteen
The door to the passenger cell of the robotic shuttle opened with a pneumatic hiss. The lone passenger stepped into a large aerodome that smelled strongly of the same ozone and synthetic lubricants that seemed ubiquitous among spaceports across the...