My Dad's a Werewolf
**MY DAD'S A WEREWOLF** “I'm gonna do it." “Dad, no." “I'm definitely gonna do it, Foster." “You better not." I gave my father a look that meant I was serious. A full-on disrespectful glare, even. “This is the one time of year I can get away with...
Uncle Rusty's Gift
Uncle Rusty's Gift My father couldn't find out what I was about to do with Uncle Rusty. To be fair, at the time I wasn't aware of what I was about to do either. Hell, I didn't even want to see him. "You sure he lives around here?" I asked my...
A Flame Uncovered
**A Flame Uncovered** The mad rush of air snapped and snagged at the young man's coarse hair, and at his earth-stained clothes he wished he had changed at the last town. He briefly attempted a recall, but the town's name had tumbled from his head as...
Dude, It's Huge!
**Dude, It's Huge!** Almost another old Friday afternoon. And yet the showers were running when they weren't supposed to, at least according to Bruce. The beagle somehow deduced that the locker rooms were to be empty when school was out and no...
The First Summoning
**The First Summoning** The warning jingle battered the stillness of the store. A young man, bent over some historical novel at the cash register with a citrus wedge in mouth, lifted an eyebrow. He caught a glimpse of leather-brown hair wrapped in a...
Library Check Out (Knotty Version)
**Library Check Out** **(Knotty Version)** The second floor of the university library was a rumble of students hunting for open computers, empty desks for studying, or the rare available book that would help them ace a college paper. For some, the...
Where's the Cook?
A dog's dick. It wasn't on my mind now, but it would be. And technically speaking, he wasn't no Fido you'd find sleeping at the foot of your bed or hunching a turd in the backyard. But close enough. Forty-five...
Confessions
**Confessions** “I'm a werewolf." Few things disturbed the quiet of the sports bar today: the clatter of pool balls in the corner, a few flat-screens mumbling overhead as a basketball game progressed in high definition. A couple pints of Guinness and...
The Space Beneath
**The Space Beneath** The more Jack packed his things, the more his mother unloaded her tears. The universe always sought balance, he thought. Equal and opposite reactions. The only child prepares for college, for dorm-life, for the chance of making...
A Kindness Never Wasted
**A KINDNESS NEVER WASTED** The Mouse knew he was in danger. Yet, when danger had announced itself with the flick of a tail that ended in an auburn tuft, the Mouse decided against the urge to flee. He knew the creat1ure's sort from this lone hint,...
Three Plus One (Knotty Version)
**Three Plus One** **(Knotty Version)** “Why are you doing this to me? To _us_?" White paper birch and aspen trees ripe with early summer greenery towered around the three men, a few mountain ashes peppered throughout. Oliver shrugged his...
Library Check Out
**Library Check Out** The second floor of the university library was a rumble of students hunting for open computers, empty desks for studying, or the rare available book that would help them ace a college paper. For some, the place served as a...