Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 6
(November 9th) For the first time, this didn't feel like a stranger's home. Mic had been here before, of course. He'd been here the night Hunter had moved in, in fact. And he'd been friends with Hunter long enough -- and Hunter had had reason to...
Sibirskaia: No More Lies Part 2
No More Lies No One Else (November 10th) Sunday afternoon. A breeze rolled through the back yard. His fur shifted. It was cool. In fact, it was bordering on the cold...but Jeffery didn't mind. He didn't even bother to pull his clothes tighter...
Sibirskaia: No More Lies Part 1
No More Lies No Turning Back (October 6th) The last forty-eight hours had been...eventful to say the least. The months ahead would prove taxing. Chaotic. Infuriating. And at times, even laughable and absurd. But it had all begun here. In the...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 4
An Unusual Family Uncontrollably Curious (October 18th) Only now and again is a day especially significant. Only now and again, do events come along that truly change someone's circumstances...events which make a normal day into a milestone:...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 5
Blood & Water Silver & Gold (November 7th) There they were. Orange and black. For two months, that was all he'd needed -- just those two colors -- to set his chest aflutter. They brightened his eyes, they put a smile on his muzzle, they turned...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 2
An Unusual Family Uncannily Connected (October 11th) C. L. Sibirskaia: soldier, leader, explorer...and junior-high-school busy work. To say that most of the world had never heard of the husky would be an understatement to say the least. MOST of...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 3
An Unusual Family Unbearably Close (October 13th) It was nine in the morning when the door bell rang. Later, much later, William and Aaron would describe that ringing bell with their finest hyperbolic flair: the words of consummate writers. It...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 4
Blood & Water Smoke & Fire (November 4th) A red pen glided along white paper...the top page of a slowly diminishing stack. It was Monday, it was lunch time, and all James Callaway would be having today, was a single granola bar. But it couldn't...
Sibirskaia: No More Lies Part 3
No More Lies No Easy Way to Say It (November 10th) His tail still stung as he slipped himself into his briefs. But after such a lively tying, what else could he expect? His fur, after his shower, had yet to dry, and the porous cotton briefs...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 3
(November 2nd) Should he call? One day ago, Elliot attended a funeral. Her name was Dot. He barely knew her, but she meant the world to the tiger who meant the world to him. And today, on this sluggish Saturday afternoon, he lay on his bed in the...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 1
Blood & Water Cotton & Silk (November 1st) Slow and meticulous, Elliot dressed alone before the mirror in his new bedroom. Black slacks with their ever-present pleats, white cotton dress shirt carefully tucked in and double checked from every...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 1
An Unusual Family Unexpectedly Familiar (October 11th) C. L. Sibirskaia: war hero, statesman, politician, and pioneer. He was the most prominent husky of his time. In a 'new world' where huskies were a rare sight to begin with, he lead men...