Trowel, and Despair (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The fox gazed out at the shrunken plants and dying leaves of his garden. Some portions were as though a desert, the others a swamp. All had too much or to little water; nothing had successfully grown. ~ His attention turned to the trowel in his...
19 Sling
It was with a heavy sigh that I moved on. All I could do was sling my bag over my shoulder and keep moving along the road. I'd been traveling for nearly two weeks, trying to make it to a city where I might have time to rest in the relative luxury of...
29 Injured
"Again?" the medic at the adventurer's guild asked. "Yep. Really." the crow said, slumping back in his chair. It was the fourth time this year he was placed on the injured reserve list. Being black-feathered, near silent, and capable of flight had...
26 Dark
Going into the cave seemed like a bad enough idea. Turns out it was even worse than that, as you discovered the hard way that you had fewer torches than you thought and the last one burned out before you could make your way out, leaving you and your...
16 Wild
It was a simple enough concept: transportation by much larger creatures. Why walk yourself when you could instead hitch a ride on a Kaiju? Turns out, there are plenty of reasons why. For those upon the transport, it was quite the wild ride as they...
Musical Pause (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Through the dimly lit haze of the bar, the badger up on stage could see that a pair of folk off in the corner were standing rather angrily at something. She stood up from her stool, fingers not missing a beat or strum of the wooden guitar currently...
Canine Planning (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The coyote settled down into the bench, holding his bag firmly to his side. He glanced around the park furtively, lingering for the anxious moments of waiting to be recognized. When neither alarm or violence arrived, the canine slipped a notebook and...
13 Ash
It started with a simple misunderstanding. A few words, poorly chosen at a difficult time. It created a resentment that smoldered, getting just a little hotter with every subsequent misinterpretation of something that, on its own, would be...
11 Snow
Though those from northern climates are well acquainted with snow, the south is far less familiar with such weather. One particularly chilly January, the port town of Bexley experienced something they hadn't borne witness to in a generation:...
10 Pattern
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. The electronic music fired up at the beginning of the show. Pyrotechnics showered the stage as the performer began the act. A steady pattern underlined the beginning of the set, with a slowly evolving...
07 Enchanted
Legend has given us no shortage of enchanted objects and places. Swords. Lakes. Entire kingdoms. Some stories were pure fiction. Others, perhaps, held a grain of truth that had grown wildly with the passage of time. Little thought is given to the...
Pop (Otherwise Untitled)
~ In the rumbling din of the theater, the squirrel first noticed when her popcorn seemed damp. After a pause in the action, when the characters tumbled into a well lit room to express their feelings and goals to each other, she looked down to find a...