Stereotypes
Harsh neon light strobed across the snow-covered parking lot. Amy watched the building sign flash while her dulled claws strummed fretfully on the rusty fender of her truck. No small amount of willpower had taken the German Shepherd to this...
Reckoning
Reckoning Written By: Spudz The sun stood higher in the mid-morning sky when the pack moved out. _No going back._ Araki steeled herself as she ghosted through the trees at a steady pace. The husky's footfalls carried only the slightest crunch of...
The New Order of Things
The New Order of Things Written By: Spudz The seasons moved on, never faltering. With the days growing longer the snow had already started its gradual melt, creating a steadily growing layer of mud and filth all across the streets and paths of Nome....
Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever Written By: Spudz Featureless. Utterly featureless no matter where he looked. The horizon held nothing but a flat white expanse of snow, made all the more eerie by the waning light of dusk. Tom McCarthy was a dog well and truly out of...
Starting to Look Up
Starting to Look Up Written By: Spudz Trash littered the gutters and anywhere else it could collect. A few parked cars sat on cinderblocks, long since abandoned by their owners. Only one streetlamp provided any usable light to cast eerie shadows...
I Was Born To Fly
I Was Born To Fly Written By: Spudz There were perks to the job, and drawbacks as well. You had to learn to balance the good with the bad and roll with the punches. The hours could be long and erratic. The pay was good at least, but only achieved...
Shadow’s Recompense
Shadow's Recompense Written By: Spudz The vixen's eyes opened all at once. She did not move from her sprawled position on the bed, and instead listened. She'd trained herself to be a light sleeper, to rouse from a dead slumber in an instant. The...
The Alphas
The Alphas Written By: Spudz _\<What will it be?\>_ Lynua demanded, slowly circling around him like a predator stalking her prey. _\<Decide quickly. Will you become part of the pack?\>_ The other wolves looked on in silence, sitting on their...
Bloodtails
Bloodtails Written By: Spudz Koov tried to gather himself. He could not believe what he was seeing. This was a wolf, a fabled creature of myth and legend long thought extinct. Across the room from him, Araki gave the creature a pat on the head. "His...
Beta Test
Beta Test Written By: Spudz The hallway was dark, the dim glow of the illumination strips on either wall providing just enough light for Rainer to make his final rounds. Most of the staff had already gone home for the night. He was one of the few...
Following Her Steps
_Story thus far: a young sage by the name of Araki finds herself tasked with a simple mission, to deal with a wild animal nuisance in the remote village of Northpoint. When she arrives, she discovers that there is much more at stake, as unnatural...
Round Two
**Round Two** **Written By: Spudz** The shackles around her wrists held her arms down like lead weights. The bindings around her ankles fought her every step as she trudged out the doorway into the open air. This was her destined fate. "I'm going...