Skyscraper
Vulpri, like the fennec fox Karpat here, were foxes born of the World Tree, who rarely left the comfort of the vast forests and plains of the dara ("gift of life," called wilderness in more vulgar places).Karpat pulled at one of the vines running up...
Hops
We stepped through the transport pad, one by one, until everyone made it to the flat desert of world X-390. The X meant unexplored. Our sponsor paid us to turn those Xes into Ps (or U if the planet was hostile to life). Our leader Cameron, the gruff...
Derelict
Maki walked slowly through the dark corridor. The sounds of his steps and breathing bounced off the walls, into his sharp fox ears, painting a fuzzy picture of the world around him in his mind. The bodies stood out. He came from a place where humans...
Framed
The heavy rain mixed with the smell of tens of millions of people packed into the City Between Worlds, Antara, and my fur, which hadn't seen a proper shower in the week since my life went to hell. "It doesn't have to be like this. I know you think...
Wonder
I used to look up into the night sky and wonder. Then I went there. Among the trillions upon trillions of stars, none had that kindred spirit I longed for.I found a machine civilization, a sentient black hole (I called him Phil, which he enjoyed very...