Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 2
Pilot had made it her business to know any cats of note in Twin Rivers – but by no means did this involve ever meeting or building a relationship with any of them. She had _heard_ of the Collector, long before their paths had been set together, but...
Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 6
"What is _wrong_ with you?" Orchid wailed. She recoiled from the stone, its six sides now trembling with reflections of light from another sky. Midnight's guards unsheathed her claws, but every cat gathered was too occupied by the weird phenomenon to...
Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 5
The sun cast a kaleidoscope of shadows from the trees as it moved overhead. Gold and dark swirled along the road as it turned from concrete to gravel. Pilot followed it until she spotted a worn dark patch of earth that ducked underneath a twist of...
Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 4
Pilot's paws twisted in the air, bracing her for a landing on the hard concrete below. Shock riddled her limbs, causing her to quake from nose to tail. She stood, stunned, in the shadow of the bridge for a moment before a flash of light warned her off...
Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 3
"Saffron." Pilot shook her head. "You're telling me that our missing paramour, the _house cat,_ killed one of your gang?" "Chestnut says he saw it with his own eyes," said the Second. "Shoved him right out into traffic." Pilot shuddered. The...
Battery Life
Toya tested the rig line with his wing claw. The metal cable bowed and hummed, causing his ear to vibrate with harmony. He frowned. The pulley system had not been replaced in years. The micro-fractures and frays in the wire caused the vibrations to...
Twin River Mysteries - A Curious Case of Lovers in Limbo - Chapter 1
Twin Rivers was a little old town between its namesakes, Copper River and the Horn Rock. The cats out there were about what you'd expect—felines of all colors and stripes who wanted to live life at their own speed, out of the spotlight. The kind of...
Tallulah
A lone soul watched me from beneath a sodium lamp, cupping his hand to block the wind from the embers of his cigarette. The Scottish Fold's wrinkles deepened under gray-tipped fur, eyes bouncing to the rhythm of the guitar case bound at my...
Frozen River
"I'm afraid the patient has stopped." Malik's words raised the brow of the Heskar on the other side of the room. She was growing accustomed to this type of scrutiny. Most of the members of the Confederacy seemed taken aback that the station's chief...
Blind Spots
Jules held the door to the holding cell open, watching with curiosity as his commander guided the last survivor of the Pteran transport inside. Although he was not a prisoner, the H.S. Skycrest was a military starship twice packed to its gills with...