School Drools
Bobby sulked in the front seat. "But _moooom_-" His mother sighed. "No, Bobby. Public school until highschool. You have to learn survival skills sometime." He continued to sulk until they pulled up at his school. His mother put the car in park and...
Perfect Moments
The birds were singing, though she couldn't hear them. Through her window, out in the tree, she could see them singing their hearts out in the summer heat. Laughing, she cranked up the radio and watched the birds, like a ventriloquist's trick, singing...
Going For A Ride
The office was filled with hopeful actors, singers, dancers, models, and dozens of variety and weird acts. Furs mixed with humans mixed with chimerae, all of them here for a chance to be represented by the new agency. The billboards had been up for...
Strike A Pose
Regina Mallory Kensington III walked the halls of her school, heart fluttering with excitement. When the art teacher had offered the senior a chance to model for his after hours life drawing class, it hadn't been the extra credit that had made the...
Kleine Freude
The sounds of the city at night pulsed and throbbed all around him. Cars shot by on the road, the soft _shushing_ of tires on asphalt still wet from rain underpinning the occasional honk and the sound of music from the various clubs fighting each other...
Cream With Your Coffee?
It was a nice-ish neighborhood, small lawns, medium houses, common cars in the driveways. Clean, but firmly middle class. Walking up the driveway from her car, Celeste lifted her sunglasses up to rest on top of her head, smelling fresh cut grass and...
Where Have All The Bad Men Gone
"Hey, Mark?" "What?" "Look at this." John Malone turned his screen around so his partner could see it. Mark Ramirez leaned over their shared desk with a frown. "What am I looking at?" John scrolled down a slowly. Mark's lips moved a little as he...
The Vampire of Gamma Seven
The night was loud and gritty, lights and holograms flickering on and off like fireflies all around, the shadows stuttering in and out of being under the assault of hundreds of colors. But for all the light, it was still dark, the shadows between and...
Whirling Onward
"And that, ladies and gentlemen, leads me to my big announcement: in light of the success of the Southwest Regeneration Project, we will be taking the initiative national!" The room exploded with questions and Cindy fought down a grin. The press...
Fulfillment
"What can we get you ladies today?" Cindy smiled. "Can I get a prey menu, please?" He blinked, as they always did when she went somewhere new. She was decked out today, wearing a t-shirt with a prey heart on it in addition to her beloved pendant....
Cindy Goes To Camp
"Compound, tuned to my draw strength..." Bethany gestured at the bow and arrow set laid out on her bed. "Same brand the professionals use, even. Grandpa really went all out last year on Christmas gifts, and I've really been looking forward to trying...
Cindy's Truth
Cindy stared at the doors to the school, heart pounding. People like her weren't supposed to do this, weren't supposed to want this, but she'd dreamed of it every night for years. When the first blush of puberty had washed over her, she'd gone wild...