The Lakelands - Chapter 1
The loved up pair - a black bear with a short dyed head of blue fur, and an Axolotl with a buzzed down head - knew the journey would be a long, arduous one for them. Granted, most of the work was going to be the conscious energy of travelling long...
Carlton and Dante - Deprivation
He lays spread out on what he presumes to be an examination table, a cold sweat breaking out over his body. The cold metal pressing against his skin, fur stood on edge from the ordeal. His thinking is in a haze of confusion, unable to see through the...
Treble threat
`The warm sun beat down on the guests in the hotel, a collective of multiple species taking in a lazy day at the pool. While the more light-furred and furless species were residing around the pool with books and iPods and phones in hand, the aquatic...
A night in the asylum
Night began to take over the autumn sky, invading quicker and quicker with every passing day, bringing with it a looser grip of boundaries. Halloween was a matter of days away, meaning that the boundaries of this world and the next were progressively...
Rainy day
Ryan had left the library of the university, having stayed back to add the finishing touches to his presentation for class next week. The weather was looking a little overcast for the day, so the Dalmatian was in a rush to reach the bus for his date...
fall writing challenge - friday the 13th
Every year is exactly the same. I hope for one year to come where I don't have to worry, but alas my wishes aren't granted. Any other date or any other day of the week I'm perfectly fine. Example? Thursdays which fall on the 8th of the month - no...
Isolation Treatment: 1 - the lure
He didn't know how long he had been left, but he assumes it has been a few hours. He's adjusted to his position of blindness, his other senses having been amplified due to his isolation. His arms had lost sensation due to his extended period of...
Don't 'hey gurl' me
When we were children We explored many things From the trees and their leaves As they blow through the breeze To our bodies, from the eyes in our heads To the skin on our knees Now adulthood is on the brink Waiting to sink its teeth in...
Halloween Tail: The Pup Experiment
It was a calm October evening, the night before Halloween. It was the sixth week back at college, which meant all departments had decided to make it 'reading week' - which is basically another way of saying, "hey, take this week to rest". Of course,...
In the Professor's office
On a cold October day, mid-morning, a classroom full of students is bored to tears, listening to a lecture on Sociological theory. Whilst a minority of the class paid half-attention to the lecturer warbling on about theory, the rest of them sat in an...
Trent the gift horse
It was January, and a coach full of students had been taken down south for the day. The group went down south to look at an ancient British site, Flag Fen. The teacher's opinion? An interesting day for class. The students? A bunch of old damp...
A Pleasant Surprise
Ryan, a Dalmatian student, had woken up on the day of his birthday. He had just turned 19, and was looking forward to the week ahead. Since he was away at University, no plans had been strictly made for his birthday, but he knew that when he got home...