A Most Inconceivable Rescue
I awoke without any mention of the embarrassment that transpired last night. My temples seemed imbalanced, my legs and wings needed a good stretch, and I was bleary-eyed as all of hell could take it. I slapped my face, waking myself up. "Today's a new...
Born to Lose, Live to Win (A Tribute to Lemmy)
I was at Sneaky's Bar in Guelph when I heard the news. My band--a young, upstart act from Toronto called Claws of Perdition--had just finished our show, loitering around the bar with my good friend Dashaen and I. The raccoon wasn't a huge fan of my...
Memories of an Unnatural Dream
I awoke, sweating and startled from a miasma of love and confusion, to find out that my golden bed was soaked. My head pounded as I sat up, my wings and elbow spikes brushing the luxurious bed-frame. Now, before anyone panics at the mention of...
A Cure for Writer's Block
"I can't do this!" My retort against my usually creative instinct sounds into the hallways from the bedroom, accompanied by the sound of a laptop slamming shut. Then, after several minutes of silence, I stumble out into the hallway: a grey Manx bobcat...
The Pearl of Amaroq
It was a rainy day in the village of New Port-town, where people of all species lived. Everyone worked in spite of the weather: bison and tigers tired endlessly in the factory downtown, while various individuals tended to the shops and dives that...
The Chosen
When I was young, I never thought of myself as much of a hero. As a lion-dog growing up in southern Alabama, I was bullied throughout my life. I guess you could say it was because of my mixed ancestry; after all, my mother and father were not expected...
A Walk on the Wilde Side: Chapter 1
"You want to go to Zootopia to be a musician? Good luck with that." "I heard they only like Gazelle there." "You won't be famous! Stay here!" "Zootopians won't give a crap about your loud screaming music. It's all noise." Those words--and many...
Manuki
"I have to do this. I can't have you anymore." Tears streamed down the orange-haired man's face as he held out the soft white animal suit in front of him, the bottom parts of it being lifted up by the wind every few seconds or so. "You... were a part...
The Unlikely Kinship
The sidewalks of lower Boston were teeming with deer. Not your regular kind, I should say, but with bodies more human than the stark normality of our Earth. They walked about, their furred forms clothed by garments of various color, their hooves an...