Comeuppance
The streets were wet and humid. It was after dark and the rain had only recently decided to stop. The clouds above the skyscrapers were still iron grey, and seemed to be brooding on unleashing another downpour unto the streets and buildings below. ...
Revenant
Russell pulled his truck up in front of the abandoned hospital and turned it off. The large ram sat in the cab for a moment staring up at the ramshackle exterior of the ancient building. No patients had been treated here for almost a century. Most of...
Slither
For a long time, the world was nothing but darkness and pain. Gradually, Thornton regained consciousness. He could taste blood in his mouth. He smelled smoke, felt heat. The kodiak groaned as he opened his eyes, his head thrumming with pain. For a...
Raptor
The afternoon sun hung high in the sky. Its rays beat down, warming the green grass of the hilly plains land. The sky was clear blue, not a cloud marring its azure expanse. The wind blew through the grass and around the hills, cool with the chill of...
Weekend Getaway
Ivan grunted as he pushed the door to the cabin open and stepped inside. "Ah, here we are at last!" He exclaimed, his shaggy wolverine features splitting in a toothy smile. He looked over his shoulder at the stag climbing up the porch steps behind him,...
Rivalry
Ivan grunted as he pushed the door to the cabin open and stepped inside. "Ah, here we are at last!" He exclaimed, his shaggy wolverine features splitting in a toothy smile. He looked over his shoulder at the stag climbing up the porch steps behind him,...
Corruption
The cellar was pitch black and smelled like mold. Xavier stared into the darkness that filled the stairwell just beyond the reach of the setting sun's last light. "You gonna go down or you gonna chicken out, Xavier?" the hyena's friend, a snow...
Three Brothers
The sound of metal scraping against rocky earth echoed through the darkened cemetery. It was nearly 3am and the boneyard was completely deserted except for a single figure. The shadowy figure was toiling with a shovel in a clearing between a circle of...
Executioner (unfinished)
Konu knotted his fingers in the kangaroo's long ears, jerking his head back and stretching his long muscular throat out taut. The bound marsupial struggled, bound to a chair in nothing but his fur, both of his long powerful legs broken to assure he...
Inequity
The sun was beginning to set on a small suburb in the middle of nowhere. In the west, the sky was ablaze with the dying sun, while the eastern edges of the sky were already navy blue and purple. A single white car drove up the street past the neat rows...
Calming the Pet
The heavy cellar door squealed loudly as it was pulled open, its rusty hinges shrieking in protest. The slender fox stared down at the stairs leading into darkness below, the last vestiges of sunset casting a weak glow on the first few steps. "Are you...
Hot Day on Termina's Docks
The smell of the salty sea was particularly strong on Termina's docks, the alabaster white city's walls encrusted with brine. But nowhere was the sea's scent stronger than on those docks, and in the sensitive nose of one particular leonid dockworker...