The Christmas Fox
This was their first holiday season since Ricky Tebrick's wife, Silvia, had become a fox, and, to tell the truth, Ricky was somewhat worried. He wouldn't have even gotten the tree if not for how last Christmas, before she became a fox, she expressed...
Correspondence
Every morning since Sunflower left the fortress, Reive woke up in his new (well, it was new to him), comfortable bed, warm in the keep, hidden from the autumnal alpine cold. Every morning, he'd look around the room, where he'd added his own bookshelf...
Faux Fur
It was their anniversary in a week, and Carla had to get her girlfriend something nice. Okay, so, they weren't exactly married, but they'd been together so long that if they were a straight couple they'd already be common law married, so what was the...
Damn You I Loved You
Cyrus Krauley: Your cruel heart's sooty, Cracking, popping, embers lit Clean fire in my heart. Heavy on my mind Your deeds and your words reside, Heavy on my life Your shadow hangs like thick smoke, You have gone away And I still wish you were...
Generous Prince Goldengrin
The lamp's wick was as low as it could be and still be alight. Kesta was trying to conserve oil. She couldn't afford it. She was effectively squatting in this hovel, but finding it had been a miracle, especially now that the weather was getting bad. It...
You Huff Like a Vixen
"Sunflower, what's wrong with you? You look like hell." The vulpin saying this didn't look much better. He had a forked scar across the side of his muzzle, dark flesh showing through. Golden teeth glinted in the dim, dim light. Rain was falling all...
The Fox and the Berries and the Mushrooms
Marmalade in jars, Preserves of summer's sweet fruit, Recalled on sour breads. It would be disingenuous to suggest that times were always hard for Sunflower. He kept all his fur and he kept his sword arm strong. He had not just unwavering...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E4: Singing Robot Blues
Miss Songdog was out in the rainy night in her long blanket-lined coat and her wide flop hat. Both were incredibly soft. She couldn't feel it, but it must have lent her some kind of comfort. Her heels clicked on the asphalt and concrete. The lights...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E5: Payment Plans
I was on Miss Songdog's couch for days before I could finally sit up without feeling dizzy. Eventually, I was hobbling around her flat and making a mess. It helped that I was out of my mind on one potent course of painkillers. It was a hell of a way to...
Those Grey Steel Nights S1E7: Trouble just for kicks
The first snow had broken and I was looking for a streetwalker I didn't know the real name of. I called the number she left me and the line had been disconnected. All I had were Vincy's photos to describe the woman I was looking for. I drove back into...
The Second Conception
> > > > "In sleep, we are at our most vulnerable. In our dreams, where every memory, both good and> bad, can lay siege to our hapless minds, we have no defense. We can be tricked into> believing that pain, smells, sensations of touch such as heat and...
The Voice of Treason
"This is Admiral Smoke of the Voice of Treason. I hereby take charge of your vessel in the name of the Transastria Confederacy." An aged coyote appeared on the screen of the bridge of a Republic freighter, saying these words. Freighters had small...