Interlude: Meet Nadia
The Draft Brand. Volunteer Corps and Military FamiliesCall me Nadia, your friendly interlude narrator. I thought I would set some things straight about the world before we move forward. There are three ways to join a crew. First there is the...
Time Apart -- Brings Them Together
That night, Aeri lay in her bed thinking of Alexei. She wondered if he would volunteer. If she had known that he could, she would have talked him into coming on board with her. But they might have been assigned to different ships. She couldn't...
Crew Mate Introductions
Tail curling around his ankle, Aelan secured his bag over his shoulder and checked his orders that he was going to the correct assigned quarters before he knocked and opened the door. He was assaulted with a pungent musk that had to be skunk. He...
Kitty Promise
"Promise?" she whispered in the dark cramped bedroom with one tiny bed crammed in with what looked like storage, boxes and crates everywhere. Full of Ale and Cigars, Rum and Toilet paper.. Two glowing eyes blinked slowly back at her. "I...
Litter Box-eteers!
Cocoa woke up with a twitch of Zayvier's ear, as he was curled up close under his paw. Afraid to move but bladder bursting full, he gently got up and made his way to the litter box. His brother Kayvon, Locked and chained in His cage, waiting...
Sweet Bunny Girl
I won her at an auction, my sweet bunny girl But I prefer to think of it as adoption. I had prepared for weeks-- months really, and now her first night home I get to reap the benefits. Having got her all unpacked I put on her a fresh adult...
Adrift
The klaxon alarm that heralded the evacuation of Terra Prime still haunts my dreams. Even though I am a safe colonist on Lunar Prime. The desolate floating of everything on this rock feels like the primal birth of something voidal, gaping,...
Rebirth
Crizerp's exoskeleton grew translucent as the molt began. Hold music in the lobby steadily kept droning on its ambient jaunt as the epidermis grew milkier and milkier and started to flake and curl musky slough spirals around Crizerp's very...
Tales From the Dust District
Zaire came into the saloon holding a bundle in his arms. "Hey, Pierre, I need a juice port." "How many this time?" "Eight" "..Eight?!" "Fine. Six. Can ya at least give me that?" The bartender sighed. "I got my good girls...
Of Lava and Lamb
The shag carpet stretched all along the drafty cathedral-style castle on top of a very steep hill. Light flickering on the highest window, - splashing the glass a sickly green - as the Mistress of the Castle was working on another...