Stable Love #4
Darrin fretted about the way the stairs creaked under his feet as he made his way to the second floor. He worried about the cracks in the wall and across the ceiling. The window in the upstairs hall was shattered, littering the wood floor with shards...
Stable Love #2
"What? I'm...fine." Darrin coughed once as he came to. His throat was sore and sticky. His chest and hips ached. His clothes felt like six inches of mud had caked dry on them, heavy and cold. Then the memory of what had happened came to him in a bolt...
Stable Love #1
Soft lips nibbled at Darrin's cheek, pulling him up from the depths of sleep. His groggy brain produced a waking dream of being kissed by Bennett, the butler for the estate where he worked. He smiled at the thought. In his dream, he chuckled and...
The Accident
"I can't thank you enough for what you did back there." Dr. Ross Boxer held open the door for Celia as she walked out of the conference room. She smiled and nodded as she stepped past, and he could have sworn that the brush of her tail against his lab...
Stable Love #3
"Roanoke!" Darrin jumped to stand up on Achilles' palm and looked over the edge. The view was dizzying, his vision filled with the horse's massive bulk and short, thick fur. Below those hills, the ground was flooded with the stallion's lovemaking....
The Bite (Part 2)
"I'm telling you, this isn't normal. I don't feel right." Aaron was sitting at his dining room table for the first time in three days. He had been let out of the hospital late the night before, but he was so tired he went straight to bed. The last 72...
Take Me Out of the Ballgame
The pop of the crowd was immense. Roberto Pampalones, the designated hitter for the Philadelphia Bells, had cracked a nice, juicy fastball sent right over home plate. Everyone knew it was destined to be the latest in a series of home runs in this...
Too Much Universe #1
Rodney bounced on his toes and knocked on the door, trying to keep his tail from lashing too hard. When it opened and the bulk of his friend filled the door frame, he tried to duck into the narrow space between his lats and the standard-issue...
Gift Exchange, Part 4: For The Money
Jakebe squirmed as he felt Rane's scaled fingers shudder and thicken all around him. He clung to the edge of one just to see something other than the dark red talon, but it was quickly extending past his field of vision. It didn't help that his wings...
The Bite (Part 1)
Aaron was a fairly big guy, but even he knew better than to be caught in this neighborhood at night. It seemed like most of the street lights were burned out or broken, any cars that lined the curb were up on blocks or two dilapidated to steal, and...
Too Much Universe #2
Rodney winced, even as his head bumped against the ceiling of the apartment below. The leopard's head caused Cooper's floor to bend and rise, the bookshelf wobbling for a moment before falling through the huge hole in the middle of his living room. A...
Gift Exchange, Part 1: Let's Go, Go, Go!
"You're too big for this," Jakebe said. "Are you sure the tailor got the right measurements?" The jackalope was decked out in his finest dress -- a black three-piece suit over a crisp white shirt, which had sleeves just long enough to show off his...