Leaving Heaven (Spring Story Contest Entry)
Mosin drew his rain-slicked olive coat tighter around him as the filthy mid-March rain pelted his stocky frame. The roe deersquinted up as the miserable drizzle kissed his snout with its tainted moisture...
Coming Home
Three hundred and forty-five klicks above the Earth, the mess toaster from the station Europa circles the planet in a decaying orbit. A shadow flits across the ceramic white appliance. The toasting routine is triggered. The Machine Intelligence...
Packmates
This is a short story for sheercontest2021. hope you enjoy it. “listen, ken, i'm telling you that it's just not possible. i understand where you're coming from, but the fact is they're designed that way, especially the first gens."
Clipped Wings
It turned out what they told you about coming home after a long time away was nothing but the unadorned truth. Initially you had assumed that this experience was either greatly exaggerated or downright made up from scratch to make the "baby-birds"...
(SheerContest2021) A City Wolf Joins the Pack
Written for sheercontest2021 a city wolf joins the pack "most folk drop out after a week, y'know?" my hackles raised and i looked away from the rolling fields of corn and towards the middle-aged wolfess sitting next to me on the bus.
A Place at the End of the World
On July 25th, 2125, the final Salvation departed. Gargantuan engines roared to life, enveloping a colourless landscape in thick, black smoke. Fire blazed, turned sand to glass as the howl of fuel combusting at a million degrees exploded across the...
Sins of the Father
Francesco LeClair tossed his duffle bag gently onto the bed and took the moment to look over his motel room. Pretty good, all in all -- king-sized bed (expertly made), comfortable work desk, a couple of chairs, the usual vid options. The bathroom was a...
Speak to Me of Summer
"Where you heading?" asked HotSauce while stirring his drink around. "Don't know," I lied. I covered it by taking a long draw from mine through a straw. HotSauce drank from his, straight from the tall glass as only a human could without spilling...
Smoke Trails
Entered as part of the sheercontest2021 contest, with the theme "getting back to your roots / heritage". this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0 international license. the house was gone.
Boonies Know-What Now?
Now, I finally understood why curiosity killed the cat. As someone who was farm raised by chickens, I was never somebody who looked down on cats. Looking back at it, as a wolf, I always bristled at any...
Raven's Demons
**word count: 6,634** **sheercontest2021** **link to raven's ref sheet: [https://toyhou.se/9857036.raven](https://toyhou.se/9857036.raven)** **info on kaishark here: [https://www.deviantart.com/polyhexian/art/open-species-kaisharks-813768589](