The Voice of Treason
"This is Admiral Smoke of the Voice of Treason. I hereby take charge of your vessel in the name of the Transastria Confederacy." An aged coyote appeared on the screen of the bridge of a Republic freighter, saying these words. Freighters had small...
Fear and the Coyote
They were still laying together in their blankets near a relighted fire under their lean-to, their clothes pulled between them to warm up before they dressed. They held each other and felt each other's life in their bodies, one old and one...
The Second Conception
> > > > "In sleep, we are at our most vulnerable. In our dreams, where every memory, both good and> bad, can lay siege to our hapless minds, we have no defense. We can be tricked into> believing that pain, smells, sensations of touch such as heat and...
Our Mother the Mountain
An old country song was playing in his head as he stoked the fire with a stick, the stars twinkling overhead and the unfamiliar trees around them silhouetted against the spattering of stars that legend has it he put there himself many eons ago. Coyote...
Play Yiff
It was a pleasant early Saturday morning. So early that it was, indeed, just One O'clock. It was all mostly quiet, except for the continuous low roar of the modern world outside. It happened to be a warm, dreary summer night, and most...
A Dog Named Travis, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 \*\*\* \*\* \*\*\*\* Several things happened over the next month, things that were both failures and triumphs, on both Alex's part and mine. The chill of a San Fran spring was beginning to fade into the beginning of the summer...
Last Chance to Choose
A thing cannot be undone. The sacrament was fulfilled in all ways. But there was something, there was just a soft glimmer of hope. No, not even. A rope, held only by a single strand was a man's survival, and that's all he held onto. That thread, that...
A Dog Named Travis: Chapter Three
Chapter Three \*\*\*\* \*\*\* \*\*\*\* It wasn't until I left the hospital lobby that I realized how much time must have passed. It was no longer the dead of winter as when I had gone under surgery, instead it was now spring in full swing. I was...
A Dog Named Travis: Chapter One
[I needed some motivation, so I'm posting this for feedback. If you like where this is going, as inferred by the tags, please leave a comment. This was partially inspired by the song "High and Dry" by Radiohead] Chapter One: Hospitalities ...
A Dog Named Travis: Chapter Two
Chapter Two: After a long two weeks of waiting while Doctor Franksten was in Connecticut, apparently working on another patient of this crazy scheme, I was finally in his office. It was still rather cold, and despite my previous boast I was...
Thieving Little Weasel
THIEVING LITTLE WEASEL “What do we do now?" she asked the Thief. He'd never get used to how his ear twitched to every noise. It was automatic, like the spring of a tumbler in a lock. The muscles in his head, down his neck, he felt them roll...
Lassie 2019
To say things got a little complicated since her wife landed her breakthrough role would be an understatement. Sure, there was celebration, there was much libation to be had; They'd gotten drunk and made all weekend a whirlwind of Sapphic...