Christmas Coda
Sean checked the number on the house one more time to be sure. The coywolf didn't know what he'd been expecting, but an old Victorian house with pointy turrets and a big porch wasn't it. Not that he had any reason to, there were several others in the...
A Certain Class
Light flickered over the windshield as I drove along the tree-covered drive. It was the sort of thing that always made my eyes hurt, but it was nice, too. I kept driving -- I had just cut out of work for lunch and a break was sorely needed. My ears...
Relatively Easy
The train rumbled and roared its way through the tunnel and up into the light, rising from underground to elevated tracks. Inside the car, the swaying bounced the window into Archer's head, jolting the collie out of a daze. Just another dull ache in a...
Ch1: Landing Hard
Respectability sucks, Rhia reflected as she flipped through cargo postings. She was currently enjoying the glamorous trappings of that life, such as being tucked into the booth of a cheap bar a good half hour's walk from the port where her ship was...
Tokyo Tension - Radio Edit
"Ohayo gozaimasu!" The two raccoons behind the front desk bowed in unison. Rick ducked his head as he stepped up to the desk and set his bag down. It was chest-height for the clerks, but as a six-foot-tall wolf, he felt like he was looming. "Uh, thank...
Different Light
The afternoon sun had left Ana's rental car an oven, which she discovered when she tore open the door, tossed her bag in, and threw herself into the driver's seat, slamming the door behind her. The wolfdog squinted through the glare as the engine...
Somewhere In The Cypress
"Ahh, no! No! Not again! Not now!" The beam from the flashlight sputtered and died, and Alex smacked it firmly, as though it would help. It might -- the light had always been a little finicky. He'd never gotten around to replacing it because it had...
This Rock
"Look, John, ain't neither of us gettin' off this rock anytime soon, so why don't you just cool your heels and let me work?" Helena Dunham, coywolf bitch and damned fine engineer, she was not the least shy to admit, glared at John until she was sure...
Going Home
Her sister's new car rolled smoothly down George Street. Jen patted the dash fondly; it was a '52 Ford Victoria, and her sister had made special arrangements to loan her the car for a few days while she was in town. It might have been last year's...
Hostage
Mike woke to the scent of lavender. It was so overwhelming that he had to pause to take stock of what his senses could tell him. Seemed like smelling was out. He tried to yawn and found his muzzle bound shut. His tongue was heavy in his mouth, like...
Red Rider
The sign said twisty road ahead. Mary 'Red' Wilson grinned, that was what she was here for. The first curve came up towards the right, and she shifted her weight into it, letting her grip on the throttle push the handlebar over. The bike leaned...
On The Menu
"Order!" I followed this with banging the bell on the pass through. With all of one table left in the restaurant, a relatively old couple, it wasn't strictly necessary, but people expected it out of a diner, and at this point it was habit. Jenny...