Sibirskaia: Casualties of War Part 4
Casualties of War Asylum (December 15th) Early Sunday morning, James Callaway sank into an unfamiliar couch with a sigh. In the raccoon's paw sat a thick paper cup, steaming from the tea inside. Earl Grey: something Scott had turned him onto in...
Sibirskaia: Casualties of War Part 3
Casualties of War Refugee (December 8th) "This would be so much easier if Scott was the only one they were investigating," James Callaway paced a dimly lit room, while Jeffery and Scott Hammond looked on from the couch. "I've got an entire...
Ulterior Motives
**Ulterior Motives** Marcus was a very good big brother...and Keith adored him. A twelve-year gap separated the eighteen-year-old wolf and his six-year-old half-brother, but still, Marcus always made time for the pup. Helping him with school work,...
Sibirskaia: Sticks & Stones Part 3
Sticks & Stones What Could it Hurt? (December 4th) "You're really going through with it, aren't you?" Scott asked, sitting shirtless on the edge of his bed. And the raccoon in his dresser mirror looked back at him, but the real James did not...
Sibirskaia: Casualties of War Part 1
Casualties of War Retaliatory (December 3rd) "Good morning," a large rabbit stopped before a receptionist's desk... ...and, from behind it, a skunk smiled back at him, "Morning, sir! How may I help you?" "I'm here to speak with -- and excuse...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 3
An Unusual Family Unbearably Close (October 13th) It was nine in the morning when the door bell rang. Later, much later, William and Aaron would describe that ringing bell with their finest hyperbolic flair: the words of consummate writers. It...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 2
An Unusual Family Uncannily Connected (October 11th) C. L. Sibirskaia: soldier, leader, explorer...and junior-high-school busy work. To say that most of the world had never heard of the husky would be an understatement to say the least. MOST of...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 1
An Unusual Family Unexpectedly Familiar (October 11th) C. L. Sibirskaia: war hero, statesman, politician, and pioneer. He was the most prominent husky of his time. In a 'new world' where huskies were a rare sight to begin with, he lead men...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 2
Blood & Water Ashes & Dust (November 1st) I really didn't want to speak, here, today. I'm having trouble just talking. At all. To anyone. Let alone handling a responsibility like this. I'd much rather be hiding in the back row -- head down, so...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 1
Blood & Water Cotton & Silk (November 1st) Slow and meticulous, Elliot dressed alone before the mirror in his new bedroom. Black slacks with their ever-present pleats, white cotton dress shirt carefully tucked in and double checked from every...
Sibirskaia: An Unusual Family Part 4
An Unusual Family Uncontrollably Curious (October 18th) Only now and again is a day especially significant. Only now and again, do events come along that truly change someone's circumstances...events which make a normal day into a milestone:...
Sibirskaia: Blood & Water Part 5
Blood & Water Silver & Gold (November 7th) There they were. Orange and black. For two months, that was all he'd needed -- just those two colors -- to set his chest aflutter. They brightened his eyes, they put a smile on his muzzle, they turned...