I want you closer
* * * "I have to be better," he whispered through gritted teeth. Each squat burned, the weights he carried barely slipped his sweaty, feathered hands, his sharp talons scratched the mat flooring of the gym area; but he kept going. Lifting provided...
Half n' Half Pizza
* * * I pressed the plastic token against the lock and watched in amazement as an electronic jingle unlocked the front door. The heavy duffle bag slipped from my hand and thumped on the floor as I released a loud sigh, along with a hearty...
Deer fight
* * * To the foreign observer, the Scandinavian town of Lärkanshem is small and irrelevant. Its entire area fits twice within Manhattan, and its population is only a quarter of the residents of Austin. Not even historians are too interested in this...
Briga de cervos
* * * Para o observador estrangeiro, a cidade escandinava de Lärkanshem é pequena e irrelevante. Sua área inteira cabe duas vezes em Manhattan, e sua população é só um quarto dos moradores de Rio Branco. Nem mesmo historiadores têm muito interesse...
The painful yearning
* * * I awoke, confused at the golden sunlight on my face. The daze faded as my mind gradually rebuilt the previous hours. The provisions were ready, the children were in bed, and I stood outside my friend's house at the edge of the village. Before I...
Lowering your guard is not a weakness
* * * "Fuck. Fuck!" The word had lingered in the samoyed's head all week. Maybe Andrey really was fucked, because he stalked the dinosaur he met the week before. Among the aisles of a grocery store, the little dog cast discreet glances at his...
Baixar a guarda não é fraqueza
* * * "Que merda. Que merda!" A frase tinha se repetido na cabeça do pequeno samoieda a semana inteira. Talvez Andrey estivesse mesmo na merda, porque ele estava basicamente stalkeando o dinossauro que ele conheceu na semana anterior. Entre os...
Gil & Max - Meeting (1/3)
* * * The flavor of Earl Grey tea finally awoke him. The mind of the grizzly rabbit had not even registered the past five minutes; not that he would want to remember the many times he hit a wall on his way to the kitchen. That was to be expected, he...
I realized
I awoke from a deep slumber. To you, it probably was A mindless action, But I got a revelation. When you left for the bathroom, Your paw had escaped me, And I did not pay attention. Before I became aware, My hand was empty. I realized at...
What the Prince Wants
* * * He was fully attired and pampered when he came to his senses. The three short old ladies, who prepared the prince for the evening's gala, moved at dizzying speeds. The act of getting dressed had never tired the liege so much, and...
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf meet again
* * * I have caught myself thinking of my childhood lately; actually just a specific moment. It happened in late elementary school, when I was eight years old. We needed to put on a play based on a classic fairy tale. The class voted, and we...
A Quick Stroll in the Woods
The goat panted harder with every blasted step. Green surrounded him; a color he cursed well that day. A surprise he would feel this exhausted by a walk in the national park, given his athletic build. More surprising was the stamina of his fat bear...