Dead End Date
Jaecob sat with a cute bengal kitty in a floral summer dress. One of his arms was extended and wrapped around her, playing with her long, stringy braids. Sam sat uncomfortably in his seat, glancing over occasionally at his date, an awkward black lab...
Golden Rule Broken
5 - Golden Rule Broken Helix and Nym rose from the river, their fur still damp from the water. The wind rolled through the mountain, rustling the sun-doused leaves. The Human before them, a young woman with a flushed face and tautly tied hair, looked...
Understanding
_ -- The First Moon rose and, borne upon its wind, came our first breath of order. The universe wanted us to treasure it and to follow its measure. There will no longer be recklessness between kith and kin. There will no longer be scorch marks upon our...
Wild Things
The lioness stared across the table, rolling a small Roma tomato between two of her fingers. The tip of her ivory coloured claws did not pierce the flesh. Tyler watched her move, her owns lender tail flicking beneath her chair. Just outside the window,...
Underground in the Air
4 - Underground in the Air After a quick breakfast of packaged cookies and slimy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Helix ordered Nym not to leave the room. He grabbed the plastic bags as he stood up, bunching them and setting them on a table for...
Motel Blues
3 - Motel Blues Helix smoked. This came as a surprise to Nym, who sat on the edge of the bed. Helix stood outside of the door, lighting a cigarette and puffing out into the rain-droplet drenched parking lot. Beat up cars lined one end. Some couple was...
Offer
"Three reasons drive our fear of death. First: the fear of the unknown. It's like walking into a dark forest. You won't do it if you have no clue what's there. Even if there are cuddly bunnies in wait. But, no, your instinctual fear conjures up bears -...
Sky Splitting
"I lost my job." "I'm sorry to hear that." Helix's tail twitched. Nym stood a good distance behind him, looking past his arching shoulders. As it turned out his friend, Aleks, was some sort of fluffy chipmunk. His eyes were watery and beneath his fur...
Onward
1 - Onward The police car rocked in the traffic. Its engine hummed beneath Nym's feet. He sat with his hands cuffed behind his back, a seatbelt strapped across his waist. The car wasn't a normal transportation vehicle. He and Helix had been stuck in a...
Prologue
"Oh god you mean I'm stuck in here?" Nym howled, his claws flicking out of his paws and attacking the bars. Harsh screeching wailed off of it, intertwining with his cursing and thrashing. Two bear arms pushed through the bars, heavy paws landing on...