Taste Summer
_'So I'll go, yes I'll go. Yes I'll go, yes I'll go. Oh baby I'll go...' _ The Rocky Mountains loomed outside, dirty snow piled high on the sides of the road. Sandra sighed and tried to forget that in a few seconds she'd have to hit the skip button on...
Like the Moon
Rafa lounged in splendor among the silks and baubles of the Glen Rannoch's great cabin, whiling away the hours at the end of her golden chain until the Captain saw fit to return to her. She regarded the globe on its stand near the bed. Each nation cut...
Better and Better
So close. Any moment now. The breeze is ever so slight, but the scent it carries is maddening. Promisingly familiar yet scintillatingly alien. Demandingly powerful yet frustratingly elusive. But he's getting close. He's sure of it. He passes...
High Places
There once was a coyote who came to a city of artists by the sea in order to escape the cold, dark place into which he'd been born and the cold, dark people who lived there. The new land in which he found himself was full of many wondrous things. Green...
In the Blessed Land
"Ab-" The assistant stopped short and furrowed her brow at the tablet in front of her. "Abrielle... ell-ah?" The lioness smiled and stood. The people on this station all had such trouble with her name, but seemed to work so hard at getting it right....
Caged Birds Singing
"Bonjour, mademoiselle." Bri flinched and looked up, both relieved and terrified to see Chris. She'd been dreading this moment since being led to the mess hall. At least she'd slept well; evidently 'first thing in the morning' literally meant midnight...