Noir Neuters
The otherwise cloudless summer day was marred by a plume of black smoke. It rose from a small village beside a river. Bandits. The sounds of fighting had already faded, and the screams of the dying had faded. The bandits had won their conquest....
Calming the Pet
The heavy cellar door squealed loudly as it was pulled open, its rusty hinges shrieking in protest. The slender fox stared down at the stairs leading into darkness below, the last vestiges of sunset casting a weak glow on the first few steps. "Are you...
Three Brothers
The sound of metal scraping against rocky earth echoed through the darkened cemetery. It was nearly 3am and the boneyard was completely deserted except for a single figure. The shadowy figure was toiling with a shovel in a clearing between a circle of...
Sauna Slurping
Jet pushed open the door to the fancy spa's sauna, finding the room to be smallish and cozy. Everything was wood, the floor, the bleacher style seats, the walls, even the little podium that held the hot rocks, though it was just wood paneled, with...
Masquerade
It was late. The waste processing plant was on a skeleton crew overnight, and Lee was on his lunch break. The honey badger had slipped away from the break room on the last 20 minutes of his lunch and back out onto the processing floor. It was a large...
Discharged
"Hup! Two, three, four. Hup!" Vincent chanted in his head out of habit, his boots clacking sharply in rhythm on the concrete sidewalk. The kangaroo stared determinedly ahead of himself, jogging like he was running laps for his drill sergeant. His jaw...
Revenant
Russell pulled his truck up in front of the abandoned hospital and turned it off. The large ram sat in the cab for a moment staring up at the ramshackle exterior of the ancient building. No patients had been treated here for almost a century. Most of...
Rivalry
Ivan grunted as he pushed the door to the cabin open and stepped inside. "Ah, here we are at last!" He exclaimed, his shaggy wolverine features splitting in a toothy smile. He looked over his shoulder at the stag climbing up the porch steps behind him,...
Inequity
The sun was beginning to set on a small suburb in the middle of nowhere. In the west, the sky was ablaze with the dying sun, while the eastern edges of the sky were already navy blue and purple. A single white car drove up the street past the neat rows...
Huskystag Sauna
Konu pushed the door the sauna open and there he was. The husky was sprawled out on the lowest rung of seats, his arms resting against the seat above and behind him. He didn't even blink as Konu stepped into the warm, humid sauna, though his muzzle...
Comeuppance
The streets were wet and humid. It was after dark and the rain had only recently decided to stop. The clouds above the skyscrapers were still iron grey, and seemed to be brooding on unleashing another downpour unto the streets and buildings below. ...
Slither
For a long time, the world was nothing but darkness and pain. Gradually, Thornton regained consciousness. He could taste blood in his mouth. He smelled smoke, felt heat. The kodiak groaned as he opened his eyes, his head thrumming with pain. For a...