Festive Preparations
The Lavvu shelter shuddered as the roaring winds battered it, the birch frame creaking as it gently flexed - many herbs and dried meats swinging from side to side as it did. But the reindeer hide walls held firm, stretched tightly across the frame with...
Lakeside Leisure
The forest shone a deep bronze, the dawn light pierced the dense canopy of birch, pine, and spruce in sparkling rays. The bracken seemed to reach for the light, so often starved of it deep in the forest. Broad patches of lavender, and tiny sprouts of...
The Hunt
Sleep didn't come easy to the hyena, Conor. Even as he sat there, wrapped in a cozy sleeping sack lined with reindeer fur, his footpaws warming by the guttering campfire, he could not find respite. Surrounded by strangers as he was, his anxious mind...
Practice #1 (908 Words)
"You're gonna break your neck." Kuveli whined, tugging on his big brother's auroch-fur cloak. His big brother, Sakara, smiled down at him. They shared a gaze of azure-blue eyes. Then Sakara pushed off the edge. For a moment all was well. Then...
Bear Den
Bear Den By MetroFox "I think he went in 'ere!" Kuveli dashed-into the cave. The soft grass gave way to cold stone. The warm summer sun faded into black. None of it put the foxkit off. He charged-on with spear in paw, loincloth catching on low rock...
Flying Circus
The deafening cry of the bell roused the men from their bunks. They hurried to don their stylish leather boots and fine, grey pea coats, emblazoned with the white, yellow, black tri-colour of the brand new No.4 Squadron. Emyr's heart skipped a beat at...
Bragging Rights
**Bragging Rights - By SakaraFox & Rob MacWolf** A full moon hung low in the sparkling night sky. Its silvery light streamed through the pines and skittered across the deathly still lake. But the night was still young, and the warbling coos of...
Men of the Dragon’s Footplate
The Dragon hissed, disappearing into a cloud of steam. She creaked and groaned as her pistons drove her six great wheels into action. From the platform the early spotters watch large prairie "Dragon - No. 4115" awake for the days work with rhythmic...
A Funeral For A Horse
A Funeral For A Horse By SakaraFox The fire crackled gently at the heart of the Lavvu, sweet-smelling smoke rising into the night sky. A mournful sobbing could be heard from outside, muffled through the thick reindeer-hide skin of the shelter,...
The Wicker Man (Co-Written by Myself and Conor Hyena)
The Wicker Man, by MetroFox and ConorHyena He'd moved away for ten minutes. Ten minutes to the river, to have a quick wash. Ten minutes he'd left Kuveli to tend to the fire. The boy was almost of age, he could do this. Conor wasn't going to emulate...
Feathers of the Crowned Bird - 1,835 Words
Feathers of the Crowned Bird By Brandon Armstrong 1,835 Words Home, it was somewhere out there... Okunitka stood atop the world, a paw shielding his eyes from the scolding autumn sun. The savannah stretched out before him, golden grass...
Stone Mask (485 Words)
Stone Mask By Brandon Armstrong 485 Words One could feel the tension in the air. Upon the vast, rolling steppe, stood a sacred stone. It was painted vibrant blues, reds, greens, and yellows, marked with paw-prints and intricate symbols. Around...