The Golden Age: Chapter 7
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 7: The Deep Blue Sea** Concealed by a shallow headland our fleet lay in wait, floating up and down on the gentle swell. It was an impressive sight, their low, predatory shapes seeming more like living things than mere...
The Royal Oak: Chapter 2
**The Royal Oak** **Chapter 2: Cruel and unusual** It was shortly just after midnight, as the last toll of the cathedral bell rang out across the city, that the grey tabby was woken by the weight of someone straddling his body. He opened his eyes...
The Royal Oak: Chapter 1
**The Royal Oak** **Chapter 1** My boyfriend Paul is a real sweetie. I mean, he bought tickets for us to go and see Tannhäuser together and he doesn't actually like opera. He slept through most of it but it was still a lovely gesture and it was nice...
The Golden Age: Chapter 6
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 6: Myths and Legends** The war was to grind on for ten years, but after our first victorious campaign the city was filled with optimism. Our part of Greece was peaceful and the weather the following year was especially...
The Golden Age: Chapter 5
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 5: Fighting a battle, meeting new friends** As we walked to the barracks after the assembly we all assumed that the next few days, perhaps weeks, would be quiet as we waited for the Aeolians to invade. Aristides' however...
The Golden Age: Chapter 4
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 4: The Assembly** The next morning dawned bright and clear. I woke up early, still holding Antenor in my arms. I didn't move, but lay still, listening to his gentle breathing. Eventually the light became too bright and...
The Golden Age: Chapter 3
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 3: Silver and Starlight** As those first few weeks of training turned into months the routine of military life became easier, and tasks which had at first seemed like the torture of Sisyphus gradually became enjoyable....
The Golden Age: Chapter 2
**The Golden Age** **Chapter 2: Moonlight** I was somewhat surprised to shake Antenor's paw and find it damp with my piss, although as surprises go it was a pleasant one. I could see the panic on his face and his ears dropped when he realised what...
The Golden Age: Chapter 1
**The Golden Age** **Chapter One: Meeting** My name is Antenor, son of Eteocles, a red fox of the house of Alopex. My story begins when I was 18, and travelled to the city to begin my training as a hoplite. My home was in the hills above the city,...