Cinnamon 12: Warrior Spirit
Lily squared her shoulders. Freshly made a Warrior of the Village, the youngest ever, and with the Champion in a faraway land, she had been given a difficult quest indeed, and was determined to see it through. If she were to fail, if she were to return...
Cinnamon 11: Lost and Found
Cinnamon's tail-tip flicked with anxiety. She was leading Sabine along a lane on the village outskirts, both of them wearing simple pullovers and dark jeans, a small pack slung over the dog's shoulder. What had her on edge was that neither of them had...
Trust
The polecat-girl shuffled from her room with her paws held out, ears askew and eyes squinting; her fulsome fur was mussed, her dark green pyjama top and paler green bottoms rumpled and twisted. "Carrie?" she called out. "I can't find my glasses." A...
Cinnamon 4: Mousehunt
Cinnamon lazed on her side along the couch, one hand holding Hazel's copy of_The War of the Worlds_ in a comfortable reading position, other idly combing the fur of one breast. The cottage was peaceful, the only sounds the faint humming of the...
Moonglade C6: One Stormy Night
**Chapter Six** One Stormy Night A HUNCHED FIGURE DUCKED in through the door, bringing a violent squall of wind and rain with them; flicking back the hood of their long, sodden wool cloak and straightening up they looked around; a shrew acknowledged...
Moonglade C5: Remnants and Echoes
**Chapter Five** Remnants and Echoes VEE HAD TO SIDESTEP the moment she left the room, avoiding hands grasping for her midriff. She levelled a cool expression at the owner of the paws, an extremely unkempt male fox with a limp tail, ragged red...
Moonglade C2: Long Way Home
**Chapter Two** Long Way Home BEN GRIMACED, PULLING A bolt from his left shoulder as he slumped into sitting in the water, painful tingles spreading from the wound. Lia, standing next to him, her head slightly higher than his now, took it and gave...
Chapter Two
**Chapter Two** I spent the next two weeks bouncing back and forth between cublike euphoria and crippling doubts, equals parts ecstatic at being asked to join the Guild, and petrified that I wouldn't come up to snuff. I really struggled to see how...
Stage Left - Chapter One
Another day over. Another nine to five, eight hour stretch of rote mindlessness in the guise of a paying job done and dusted. Signing out of his terminal the listless and dull-eyed cat took a few short moments to mechanically reorganise the many piles...
Moonglade C1: The Subtle Approach
**Chapter One** The Subtle Approach THE PATH WAS SO well hidden it took them the best part of an hour to find it, tracking back and forth along the east face of the hill nearly a dozen times, their frustration growing as the morning wore on. The sun...
Willowisp Chapter 1: Meet The Robertsons
_Author's Notes: This is a work-in-progress of one of my current projects, which will be updated as and when I write new material, rather than only when I finish a chapter. It's something of an experiment, with hopes of ensuring more frequent new...
Willowisp Chapter 2: Welcome to Willowisp
_Author's Notes: This is a work-in-progress of one of my current projects, which will be updated as and when I write new material, rather than only when I finish a chapter. It's something of an experiment, with hopes of ensuring more frequent new...