Dragon Slayer.
** ** I was tracking a dragon. Female, black scales, green eyes, large wings, and in the midst of mating heat. I knelt down, feeling a compression in the tall grass beneath my fingers—four talons, with a long, usable dewclaw and curved claws. A...
Dragon In The Kitchen.
## **Chapter 1.** **19:15, Friday, the 13th of April, 2028.** **-----** The clunky government website sat open, a long list of apprenticeships I might have once liked sprawled down the page, each one asking to be clicked, promising change. I clicked...
Customer Support.
## **Chapter 1.** **13:44, Sunday, the 4th of March. 2028.** ----- It was pathetic, really, how obvious I was being. Sitting there in the folding chair next to the signal booster, pretending to scroll through some settings on my tablet, when really...
Pedigree.
## **Chapter 1.** **12:10, Tuesday, the 27th of January, 2029.** **-----** “24 Winsted Court, 24 Winsted Court.” It was a chant, one I felt was important. Clad iron essential, practically. Sure, it was the only house I’d seen in almost thirty...
Gryphon Feathers.
## **Chapter 1.** **15:13, Friday, the 13th of April, 2028.** **-----** When I stepped into the restaurant, the smell of burgers and burning oil hit me like a wave of nostalgia. It had been months since I'd last seen my friend, and I was actually...
Olivia.
## **Olivia.** **12:10, Wednesday, the 19th of January, 2029.** **-----** It was a slow day. A couple of drained-looking regulars in for their daily forty of firewater, some kids that tried to steal chocolate and one older man I had to explain...
Dragon In The Cafe.
## **Chapter 8** **08:02, Friday, the 27th of April, 2028.** **-----** My alarm did not go off. I woke up sweating through my shirt with my phone jammed beneath my ribs and sunlight drilling directly into my skull. Everything hurt. My mouth...
Gryphon Feathers - Ch2.
## **Chapter 2.** **20:07, Monday, the 30th of April, 2028.** **-----** Her beak met my lips, cool and smooth, the sharp edges framing the kiss in a way I'd never imagined. It wasn't like kissing someone with lips – there was no soft give – but her...
Customer Support - Finale.
## **Chapter 6 - Part 1.** **19:01, Monday, the 5th of March. 2028.** **-----** They raised a paw to my cheek, claws trailing lightly over my skin. One soft kiss, then they clambered out of the blanket nest, grabbed a small bottle from a drawer, my...
Pedigree - Ch3.
## **Chapter 3.** **20:55, Wednesday, the 3rd of February, 2029.** **-----** It was fascinating, really, just how quickly the night devolved. It had started out almost like a kid's sleepover, with snacks and junk food and whatever looked fun on...
Dragon In The Party Room.
## **Chapter 5.** **15:54, Tuesday, the 30th of April, 2028.** **-----** “Balloons,” I hissed, lurching up to snap at one, my teeth missing the skin of the thing by the barest inch. “Horrible.” Rhys, a ways away, blowing more of the things,...
Dragon In The Suburbs.
## **Chapter 4.** **19:44, Monday, the 23rd of _April,_ 2028.** **-----** Jarys was my brother. My own flesh and blood, regardless of sharing only one parent. Horns the same as mine, scales the same as our brother's. And yet- “Just give him...