A Matter of Trust
The Tex-Mex place on the other side of town always boasted busy evenings and this Thursday was no exception. Alex was glad he'd had the forethought to make reservations, because the line for a table had exceeded the capacity of the small lobby about...
The Wish and the Rat
It was another hot humid October day on campus and all the students had abandoned the great outdoors for the refuge of air conditioning. Josh had just come back from English 2201 and set his backpack down on his bed. “Ugh. Sweaty." He grimaced then...
Best on the Job
“Do you have any idea how much trouble you’ve caused?” Grant pulled the phone receiver away from his muzzle and looked at the picket line outside the window. They marched back and forth across his lawn, trampling the chrysanthemums Alia had devoted...
How Do You Roo?
Stephen stepped out of his car and into the parking lot of Wild Things, the new theme park in town. He counted maybe ten vehicles already here. He pulled out his phone and started filming. "Hi everyone! Stephen here. Today I'm checking out Wild...
Alice and the Dragon
Alice and the Dragon Alice pulled herself through the tight passageways of the dragon’s cave. Doom lay ahead of her, and death lay behind her. How many days now had they been captive? They had seized little Gavin first, while she was picking berries....
Alone
## I The swift fox couldn't remember the name of the young badger lad on his knees before him, yet he was good at his task and that was what mattered. It wasn't exactly a match made in heaven. There was enough of an age difference between him,...
Dancing Skies
Jak rolled the truck to an easy stop in a shallow ditch. “We walk from here," he said. “It's not too far." He hopped out of the truck, tail swaying easily behind him. He'd been here before. He knew it well. He slammed the door shut. Mik had not...
Linda’s Place
A heavy drizzle fell from the sky as the deer made his way four blocks down Fifteenth to the restaurant which had caught his attention two days earlier. He'd wanted to pay a visit then and there, but it wasn't a good time. So he waited. And now the...
New Life
Bern was in trouble. The heist had not gone well. The overnight servant they’d paid off had found a better offer, or perhaps a conscience, and sounded the alarm when they were barely a quarter hour into plundering their minor noble target while she...