Chapter 6: Rescue and Recovery
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... That was how I remembered it. The fact that I was remembering it meant either that there really was something to this whole life-after-death thing, or I wasn't...
Chapter 5: Night Delivery
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Let me explain something about surveillance for you: It's dull. I was going to use an obscene gerund in that description, but even that overused "F-bomb" doesn't...
Chapter 4: Set-Up
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Betty Lou's _maneki neko_ waved at me when I entered the Really Good that evening. I was always amused that a Japanese cat adorned so many Chinese restaurants....
Chapter 3: New Client
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... I read somewhere that it's inaccurate to say that sleep is ever "dreamless." The REM cycle is all about dreams, and you definitely dream every time; the question...
Chapter 2: Maneki Neko
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... I've been accused of being the sort of guy who "doesn't get out much." That's probably more true than even I'd like to admit, but I counter the argument with good...
Chapter 1: Going to the Dogs
Quote: Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Maybe there's a reason... Jeremiah Pym is a private detective - not the flashy gun-toting gumshoe of old, but a quiet, respectable shamus of modern day who earns a modest living on...
Housewarming
"Feels like Witness Protection." Mal looked up sharply at Bobby's comment. The handsome lion quarterback stood to the side of the front window of the apartment, peeking through the curtain like a spy in the old thrillers of the sixties, doing all he...
Dispatches II
From the _Northwest Florida Daily News,_ Section C (Sports), below the fold: HARRIS OUTED Niceville High Star Athlete Subject of Controversy Local-boy-made-good star quarterback Bobby Harris figures prominently in a series of photographs put onto...
Natural Habitat Interviews 5: Ophelia, and The Ten Questions
James Lipton: We welcome now Ophelia Featherstone, Esq., whose anthropomorphic form is that of the _caniformia musteloidia mephitidae._ OPHELIA: You can say "skunk." There's nothing the least bit wrong with it. James Lipton: I suppose that I'm...
Trigger Effect
Jerry Bunting knew how to drive, although he'd never owned a car. Something about cars was vaguely unnatural in his mind, as the use of a car contravenes that law of nature which holds that the paws should be in contact with the ground when traveling....
The Kiss
"I still can't believe that I let you talk me into this." "C'mon, it'll be fun, and it's for a good cause." "Good intentions pave the road to Hell." "That's not even your old self talking." The bespectacled and well-dressed giraffe, forepaws...
The Laputan Factor 03
The hyena laughed gently. "Looks like you had your furniture rattled a little, tiger. Think you can sit up?" Carefully accepting the helping paws, the tiger moved into a sitting position on the hot sand, trying to check his flight suit for... His...