Alien Hive
Alien Hive His body provided a subtle warmth - even trembling as it did in his state of near-catatonia. With his breathing shallow and thin - but he willing to respond to my prodding now and then - I was content to leave Hands...
The Barn
The silence. That's what woke me, I think. The stillness and the silence and the faint smell of something that I did not recognize directly, but had caught on the air occasionally. The smell was muted by old leather, and I slowly opened my eyes to the...
It came for me in the dark
It came for me in the dark. Beneath a canopy of crossed trees, and under the last vestiges of summer, in those moments when the night is warm but without the stinging heat of the day, I watched the last embers of my fire die to scuttled coals. Dinner...
Value of a Stone
Quiet, cool, dark. It was a perfect place to strike for the much sought iron ore. Close enough to others, close enough to hear the pitter-patter of feet upon the long smoothed floor, yet far enough to not be swarmed by others of my tribe, I swung my...
Midnight Monsters
A monster sat on the edge of my bed, and stared at me. It was late, probably closer to three in the morning than two. My head throbbed and my mouth was gummy, and I pushed my cotton blanket down, only to encounter the resistance of weight. Grunting, I...
Auditions; The Fox
The couch, black leather, creaked under the slender weight of an arctic furred fox. His fur was well groomed and his ears tall, standing erect with a hint of nervousness spoken of by the way of the flicking tips. He was handsome, if one cared for a...
The Endless
** The Endless** We caught the scent on the air, and knew our doom had arrived. The land was ripe and the waters deep, the air sweet and my eye had been upon a lovely member of the clan who had just come into her spring, when the scent caught me....
Heat Games; Sloppy Seconds
Admittedly, life had not changed much for the girl, Falina. Standing under the heat of a scouring shower, built to blast the day off scales and leave one invigorated, the brown scaled kobold enjoyed her few quiet moments she had to herself. Water...
Self Defense
The Markets are always exciting. Pick-pockets jousting with merchants, and its a toss up between who gives a better steal, black smiths show their wares, and drunks, oh the drunks, it's always a fun experience. Snow paints the blackened stone brickwork...
Miles Away
Another day, another god-damned problem at the Ranch. "Don't worry, I've got condoms." I said, passing by the long haired Mizzandra, the dark elf who liked to play the piano in her skivvies. She shot a purple-lipped pout at me as I stalked into a...
Miles Low
Miles Down The glow of the morning sun, and with an open window in a high rise, was a wonderful way to wake up. I basked as my ancestors must have back in the trees, savoring both the heat and the open breeze. I gave a small grunt, stretched out with...
Miles High
Miles High The 'Miles High' club was a small bar on the outskirts of town. A place that required as much an invitation as it did the right clientele, it was a place for fliers, for the winged and ethereal folk to meet and greet, and rarely opened it's...